To think that £300+ is too much to spend on a GC Birthday Present?

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Just that really.

My parents have 12 GC in total and they openly admit that their eldest GC is 'more special' to them than the rest GC1 has just recently celebrated a significant birthday and they have spent more than £300 on birthday gifts. I am completely at this because my parents are not well off and are still having to work FT in poorly paid jobs, despite being past retirement age and collecting their pensions (which are not much to write home about).

The other GC won't have the same spent on them for their birthdays (one of them has a significant birthday coming up but they don't consider it the same because its not GC1!) and I find it completely that they do not treat all of them equally, especially when GC1 has 4 siblings and they obviously see what they get compared to GC1.

So AIBU in my thinking? Is £300+ a normal amount to spend on a GC these days even if you only spend it on one, when you have others? (I should add that I do not have any DC's myself).

What is a significant birthday? 18? When I turned 18 my grandparents gave me a small savings account which totalled over £300. They'd carefully put a little bit of money into a money box since I was born. However, all cousins were given the same.

It depends on whether your parents will treat all grandchildren the same. Will the other grandchild be celebrating the same landmark birthday?

I think what ilovecolinfirth describes is fine, not the same as a present exactly but yes it should be the same for all grandchildren. I was the only grandchild of my mum's parents and they were very generous towards me although I doubt they would ever have spent that much on birthday or xmas. My dad's parents had 3 other grandchildren who were much older than me and lived far away so I can't compare birthday gifts but I know we all received the same in their will when they passed away.
I think £300 does seem a bit excessive and unfair on their other grandchildren tbh.

I didn't want to add the ages in case I outed myself but GC1 was 21 and the other GC significant birthday is 18. I have already been told that 18 is 'not as important as being 21'