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AIBU?

To give less for a wedding as the couple haven't paid for it themselves and I've not got a +1

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Itsawd · 12/08/2015 11:45

Usually I'd give 50 per person for a full day thing.

Seeing as the couple I'm going to at the weekend have had it all paid for by parents I'm thinking about giving less just because other couples I know have had to save up for their own wedding. Aibu?

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Itsawd · 12/08/2015 11:46

Forgot to say I'm thinking about 20-25 pounds

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FayKorgasm · 12/08/2015 11:47

Why does it make a difference?

MakeItRain · 12/08/2015 11:48

I think YABU to weigh it all up in terms of who's paid what and why. I don't think that should come into it. But what you want to spend sounds fine.

ElizabethSpenser · 12/08/2015 11:50

Oh that sounds awful.
Give what you want from your heart not from such a cynical pecuniary basis.
Awful.

AuntyMag10 · 12/08/2015 11:50

What a stingy way of thinking about things. Really who thinks this way

MoralityPlay · 12/08/2015 11:50

Yes a bit. I think you are overthinking it. You can never know people's real situations.

TwinkieTwinkle · 12/08/2015 11:52

What a spiteful way to think.

EponasWildDaughter · 12/08/2015 11:52

??

It sounds as if you're thinking of the gift for the couple in term of payment for your invite.

That's a bit sad OP.

I've never ever heard of an invitee deciding the size of gift they give being dependent on who payed for the party

EWAB · 12/08/2015 11:53

It doesn't appear that you like them so why are you going?

CaoNiMa · 12/08/2015 11:53

What a stingy and joyless attitude.

19lottie82 · 12/08/2015 11:54

I doubt you know the ins and outs of the finances of every single wedding you go to, and basing the value of your "gift" on your perceptions seems very clinical and mean.

Also you mention you didn't get a plus one....... Do you have an official partner? Do you know other people attending the wedding? If no and yes, then not a big deal. It can cost a lot for each guest to attend, and numbers are often tight because of this.

WayneRooneysHair · 12/08/2015 11:54

You sound very cynical OP.

EponasWildDaughter · 12/08/2015 11:55

Supposing a friend's parents threw them a lovely birthday party and you got an invite. Would you give your friend a cheapy present because she hadn't payed for the do?

My goodness. Just give what you can afford and are happy to give.

Spartans · 12/08/2015 11:58

So you decide on how much is spent based on who paid for the wedding?

Do you have a plus one?

My personal opinion is that if you didn't gets plus one invite and have a long term partner, who they didn't include then you aren't that close. I spend more on wedding gifts for people who I am close to.

It just feels wrong to base it on the fact they aren't paying for it themseleves.

Spilose · 12/08/2015 11:59

That's a pretty miserable way of looking at it tbh

WallyBantersJunkBox · 12/08/2015 11:59

Make sure you eat two of each course at the wedding breakfast and all the bread in the basket then op.

Smuggle a few toilet rolls in your bag along with the cruet...

The scrounging bridal bastards.

That'll learn 'em.

FarFromAnyRoad · 12/08/2015 11:59

GF?

FenellaFellorick · 12/08/2015 12:02

I think you're overthinking it. It isn't a formula. It's a present.

Give them whatever you want to give them - as your friends - as a present on the occasion of their marriage.

Don't try to calculate something according to how much you think they need or how you think they've benefited or to make a point about you not getting a plus one.

they're your friends and they're getting married. Just give them a present.

SoupDragon · 12/08/2015 12:02

YABU and an arse.

swimmerforlife · 12/08/2015 12:07

YABU, and sound bitter.

I suppose, I would get a cheaper gift as I paid for my wedding through my late dad's inheritance.

titchy · 12/08/2015 12:09

Presumably if you calculate the gift price based on how much the couple have spent on the wedding you'd be happy to give £1000 worth of gift if you were invited to a wedding where the couple had spent £100k+? No?

Itsawd · 12/08/2015 12:11

I can't be the only one who just trys to cover their cost?

Yes I admit I'm cynical, if they hadn't of just asked for money I would be far far less cynical.

Partner but not long term.

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enderwoman · 12/08/2015 12:12

Give what you want but it is a weird way to judge how much you want to give as a gift.
Does that mean you wouldn't take a gift to a surprise party?

ratsintheattic · 12/08/2015 12:12

Sounds like you think you are being mean and want to justify it yourself. Don't - just give what you can afford/ think is reasonable.

TheHouseOnBellSt · 12/08/2015 12:14

I don't try to cover my cost! Is this actually a "thing that people do"?

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