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Saving for niblings

kimwp · 2022-06-20 12:58:40

Hi everybody, I'm thinking of regularly putting money aside for my nieces and nephews for when they are older. I'd like to share it equally according to the number of siblings I have, (rather than equally between my niblings), partly because they don't know how many children they will have. Any advice on the best way of…

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kimwp Posts: 3,482 Forumite

21 June 2022 at 8:28PM

Thank you all, some really helpful things to think about. I've decided I'll just keep saving as normal, then decide if and when to give according to the circumstances. I don't think fair really comes into it - I'm not going to give the same amount to a nibling that's going to blow it all on designer clothes as a nibling who's really trying and struggling to save a deposit for a house.

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