How Much Money Should You Give a Married Couple
By ppersaud
@ppersaud (65)
United States
May 4, 2009 5:01pm CST
I am try to figure out how much money is approiate to give a couple that is getting married in September. I don't want to come across too cheap and I don't want to have to struggle to make it up for my bills the following month. Any tips would be appriciated.
2 responses
@mylesnarvaez (5451)
• Philippines
4 May 09
what is your relationship to the couple? are they expecting you to give them money as a gift?
since this is a gift, what should be appropriate is a balance between what you are willing to give and what you can afford. it should not matter if it's a small amount, a gift is still a gift. but if you think you can do better by buying a personal item for the couple that wouldn't cost much for you, then go ahead. what matters is that you have only good wishes along with the gift. in this hard-pressed time, i think nobody would expect luxurious gifts.
@mylesnarvaez (5451)
• Philippines
6 May 09
well, i don't think you should give them a cash gift that would put your bills payment on hold.
if that would be the case, what we do in my family is that we ask small contributions to those willing to give, then give the sum as a gift. what you can do is have a few friends (in the same situation) join you in a joint contribution to make the cash gift appear bigger.
@captainmorgan (773)
• Canada
4 May 09
Well if you gave them a gift instead of money then they would not know how much you spent. You could get something on sale that looks really expensive. Then it's a guessing game and they can't call you cheap because they won't know.
