My oldest friend had a son two years ago and asked me to be his godmother, which I happily accepted. I have been saving £10 a month for him since then, which isn't a lot, but will add up. I save it in my name and will give him it when he's 25-30 and buying a house or whatever, not when he turns 18. My friend doesn't know, although obviously I'll tell her in 20 years time.
My sister is now pregnant with her first baby, and I intended to do the same for my new niece or nephew. I mentioned it to another friend (who lives in entirely different circles to the first friend and doesn't know her) that I was going to start saving straight away for the baby because I didn't ever want him or her to be entirely skint when they're older. The friend asked how much and I said £10 a week, same as godson. This friend thinks I should put more away for niece/nephew so they get more, which I could afford to do, say £20 instead of £10, or stop saving for godson and give his proportion to DN because godson has his own big family who might give him money when he's older.
AIBU to keep them the same or does friend have a point that I should concentrate more on DN?
If it makes a difference neither me, either friend nor sister come from a world where we got any money at all, and £2-3k would have been a nice boost. I know it will have significantly less value when they're older though so we're not talking about particularly large sums.