to ask you how much do you spend on socialising

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By this i mean going out (with kids or as a couple?) plus weddings/hen nights and presents, friends's birthdays etc.Do you have a set amount for presents?

Do you budget for that yearly?

Weddings are within that £100 a month. We probably have about 2-3 weddings a year. Used to be more generous with presents, but now it is about £50 as a gift.

We went to a wedding last year, and stayed in campsite down the road, to save money on hotel. It was within walking distance. Only way we could afford it. We also had some alcohol in the car, so we were popping out to car park to top our drinks up....

I would say about ?600 a month for the 4 of us (2 DC aged 14 and 10) Some months it can be up to ?800. That includes everything, eating out, cinema, sporting events, parties, enteraining at home, weekends away, outdoor activities, coffees / lunches. Rarely do the pub thing though.

It be slightly more now that I think about it.

I have no idea how much money I spend

I just charge it to dh's credit card.

£1.50 at Toddler group
£1.00 at NCT coffee morning
Grand total

£2.50

Sounds like my life Don

Erm.... Reckon about £70-ish a month on household wine/chocs/DVDs/nice treats. Add in maybe another £200 for meals out/cinema/treats outside the home. Gigs/theatre we quite often get for free, it would be unusual to pay for that.

Presents: £50 for a wedding/baby gift, maybe another £150 to go to one. £5-£20 for birthdays. Wouldn't spend money on extended hen parties etc. or really expensive gifts. DH goes completely bonkers as far as his family goes and his M&D get the most obscenely expensive presents - to compare, last Xmas my parents got £10 each spent on them, his parents got over £700!!! I just ignore it. And to be honest if we tried to even it up my parents would be quite hurt that I suddenly felt the need to give them "gifty" gifts rather than something silly - it's a family tradition!

Hi and sorry for not being log in.

Thank you for the replies. It is something we dont talk often about, not like food, bills etc, but it is an expense. I know its not essential one but...

Interesting, even so the majority seems to do a moderate 'socialising' when you write it down and you add it up it seems a lot, doesn't it?