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How much do you spend on nieces / nephews?

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dogsandbudgey · 17/12/2025 18:29

I have 4 nephews and 1 niece on both mine and partners side of family. They range in age from 9- 17. im finding it hard with the older ones to pin point a price tag for gifts. My sister is very well off and tends to go crazy on my children which stresses me out. How much do you spend on your N/N?

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Wowsersbrowsers · 17/12/2025 20:04

About £20 each but more or less if there's something perfect. We had kids first so we roughly matched what they were spending.

christmasideers · 17/12/2025 20:07

One side of the family have a strict budget so we spend £25 each on them.

The other side it varies depending on what they want/what I decide to buy them. This year I’ve spent about £50 each on them but in previous years it has ranged from £15-60.

AlwaysADramaHadEnough · 17/12/2025 20:08

Used to be £25 but we all stopped 4 years ago and concentrated on our own households. Best thing we ever done. No stress. The extra cash we spend on our own families for a day out or whatever

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Kevinbaconsrealwife · 17/12/2025 20:09

£30 each for my 2 .. x

ThePerfectTimeToPanic · 17/12/2025 20:10

About £100 on each. From reading threads on here before though, I think we’re at the higher end.

Didntask · 17/12/2025 20:11

They all get £30 each in a money wallet (if they're part of a couple, £50 between them). With my lot, thats over £500. That'll do.

TheOpalReader · 17/12/2025 20:13

£50-70 for Christmas and the same for birthday. I have a very small family so only one to buy for.

Nourishinghandcream · 17/12/2025 20:14

We have seven nieces & nephews and four great nieces & nephews.

The nieces & nephews are all grown up so really only get token gifts costing around £25-30 each.
Two great nephews are older (at uni) so got £100 (cash) each. The others are much younger so about £50 each (mixture of cash & gifts).

RichPetuniaAgain · 17/12/2025 20:15

Zero. We do a secret Santa for the adults instead.

FormerlySpeckledyHen · 17/12/2025 20:17

3 nieces, £60 each, but we don’t buy any adult presents for family, other than our 2 DC so that’s the lot.

Queenfreak · 17/12/2025 20:18

We only have 1 niece, and no possibility if others. Likewise we only have 1. We always spend holidays together, and the girls are like sisters. We spend around £100 on her at Christmas, and about £50 for her birthday.
Its what we budget for however we would have no qualms about reducing it if we couldn't afford it.

ocool · 17/12/2025 20:25

ThePerfectTimeToPanic · 17/12/2025 20:10

About £100 on each. From reading threads on here before though, I think we’re at the higher end.

Same here. I've no kids of my own, so i can do that. All five of them get a Revolut transfer of £100 each. Saves me going shopping! Each to their own and their circumstances though.

3WildOnes · 17/12/2025 20:26

I have spent between £10 and £20 on family children. This includes nieces, nephews, cousins who are under 21 and sone of my adult cousins children. 12 in total.

isthesolution · 17/12/2025 20:28

£40ish

Phonicshaskilledmeoff · 17/12/2025 20:30

8 nieces and nephews - I spend £50 each. BUT i don’t buy for my in laws - just my 2 sisters.

youalright · 17/12/2025 20:32

Aim for £20 spend £40

Purplewarrior · 17/12/2025 20:32

£50 each but there’s only the two of them and I don’t buy for any adults in the family.

Curiousrobin · 17/12/2025 20:33

£30. There are 4 of them!

Fryth · 17/12/2025 20:36

I dont have a limit but I think about £150 on oldest nephew and £40 on baby nephew. But it’s only the two of them.

GameOfJones · 17/12/2025 20:40

£10 ish each. The younger ones get a toy and the teenage ones get a tenner in a card and a selection box. DH and I have have 12 nieces and nephews between us so there is no way we could spend a lot of money on each of them.

DaisyChain505 · 17/12/2025 20:42

I have 11 nieces and nephews so it’s £10 each and it stops once they hit 18.

CandyCaneKisses · 17/12/2025 20:44

No budget. I buy about 5 presents per child but I have to restrain myself and tell myself that is enough. I love them like my own.

suburberphobe · 17/12/2025 20:45

Nothing.

Just all more tat really.

Get them a Greenpeace subscription.

youalright · 17/12/2025 20:50

suburberphobe · 17/12/2025 20:45

Nothing.

Just all more tat really.

Get them a Greenpeace subscription.

And a merry Christmas to you to.

caringcarer · 17/12/2025 20:58

When my nieces and nephews were in education up to about 21 I gifted them £30 each for Xmas and birthdays. Now I've only got 1 niece in education DH and I give her £50 per month to help with student expenses but only gift her £30 for Xmas and birthdays. I helped out her older sister when she was a student too because I knew my younger sister couldn't afford to help her DC out much at uni and I could afford to help them.