GEM
Mommy to Paul - 1lb 7oz wonder
- Joined
- Sep 23, 1999
I usually give around $25 for graduation, more for a close relative and I usually buy something off the register for a wedding. I usually end up spending around $100 on wedding gifts - although I spent more on my brother and sister. That seems to be a little above the norm around here.
When my husband and I got married a few years ago, the cash gifts we got were anywhere between $20 and $100, with most of them being around $50. We did get several gifts over $100, but only from close relatives - my grandmother, aunts, etc. $50 seemed to be the amount we got most often. We also got a lot of truly bizarre gifts, including a plastic orchid and a set of lime green throw pillows that didn't match a single thing in our home. This is a small town rural area in the south, so maybe that has something to do with it. We also had a lot of people at the wedding who didn't give a gift at all. It really didn't bother me. We invited them there to share our day, not for the gift.
By the way, my husband and I paid for every bit of the wedding, reception, and honeymoon ourselves. We had a morning wedding with a luncheon reception afterwards. That was kind of unusual, though. Around here, cake and punch receptions are still pretty much the norm.
When my husband and I got married a few years ago, the cash gifts we got were anywhere between $20 and $100, with most of them being around $50. We did get several gifts over $100, but only from close relatives - my grandmother, aunts, etc. $50 seemed to be the amount we got most often. We also got a lot of truly bizarre gifts, including a plastic orchid and a set of lime green throw pillows that didn't match a single thing in our home. This is a small town rural area in the south, so maybe that has something to do with it. We also had a lot of people at the wedding who didn't give a gift at all. It really didn't bother me. We invited them there to share our day, not for the gift.
By the way, my husband and I paid for every bit of the wedding, reception, and honeymoon ourselves. We had a morning wedding with a luncheon reception afterwards. That was kind of unusual, though. Around here, cake and punch receptions are still pretty much the norm.