Wedding Present - Cash

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Perhaps I'm from a stingy family but generally the more well-off relatives generally give £50 - £100 at family weddings, and I can only afford £20-30 tops. We are in the south west though, and have generally lower incomes around here.

Maybe my Mum/Dad would give £150 to me at my own wedding! (actually my Mum & Stepdad are paying for wedding cakes so a lot more than that but not direct cash)

OP - I would say £50 and a nice card is perfectly acceptable, unless it's a very expensive posh do.

burnoutbabe

£150 for a friends wedding? that does seem quite a lot and more than the normal - maybe that much for close family but max £50 for a friend (maybe more if bringing someone else)

Not being allowed a +1 seems tough, unless you are going there with lots of other friends or its a very small wedding?

Hollie84

Id give £50 for a good friend and £100 for a family member

MrsDrink

I think this thread just serves the point that it is very individual, and to give what you can afford to and are comfortable giving, knowing both your personal circumstances and your relationship with the couple. I am shocked by some of the amounts mentioned.

Mojisola

MrsDrink wrote: »

I am shocked by some of the amounts mentioned.

Me, too. Our family have always been fairly modest in the present-giving line because most of us haven't had big incomes.

I was really shocked - and this was about 30 years ago - when a work colleague said his sister wasn't speaking to him because he'd "only" bought her a television for Christmas - top the range, not a cheap one!

Everyone has to give what they can afford and, if the people receiving the gift aren't happy, I would question whether they were really friends.

lazer

If going with the OH - I'd give around £100 - although usually try and get gifts instead, and get good offers on them!.
If giving Cash, I do tend to buy a small gift as well to personalise a bit more, for example a wedding day candle, poem etc


If on my own £50 to £75 - depending on how well i know the person

lovecake

This is such a toughie! It really does depend on circumstances and how much you can afford. My wedding is next month and we have had quite a few cash gifts already - ranging from £30 from a couple that are coming all day (but we know that they are saving for there own wedding in September) to £255 from a family of 4 (grown up kids the same age as me) who are coming all day. Most seem to range from £30 to £60 for friends and a bit more for close family friends or family members. But to be honest we are just happy that they are coming and any kind of gift is an added bonus. HTH