how much do you spend on presents for brothers/sisters if they don't have children?

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my sister always spends loads on me and my ds for christmas and i feel bad cos i only ever spend about £10 on her and £10 on her dp.

also do you just buy for your sibling or do you buy for their partners too?

My brother and sis both don't have kids and have very well paying jobs, as do their partners and they spend more on presents for us than we do for them. I don't worry about what they spend on ds as spoiling him is a joy for them.

We usually have a £10-£15 budget for each, in lean years we reduce it to a joint present. I do put a lot of effort in getting things that suit them so I don't think the money matters.

I have to admit I don't buy gifts for my sisters and brother, and they don't for me. We all have children but did this before we had any. We must all be meanies! I only get for children and my mum and stepdad at Christmas.

I have 2 brothers, 1 has children but the other doesn't (both married) - we ignore that fact and have agreed a budget of £40 per couple and then spend about £20 on each of the children. Before we had children we used to spend about £60 per couple which was getting a bit out of hand !

On the other hand, DH has one brother who is single and childless and we'd spend more on him (Mainly because DH hasn't talked to him about a budget and we know he'll spend more on us).

Mind you, I think if my other brother has children the adult figure might go down more and maybe eventually stop but at the moment it would seem unfair not to get the childless brother and SIL any presents (Although at 35 am sure they'd cope !) .

My brother and SIL dont have children as yet.

They spend £15 each on me and DH, and £20 each on the kids.

We spend £15 each on them from us, and then £10 each from the kids.

So total - they spend £70 on us and we spend £50 (£60 this year!) on them

But.... i will say, if i can get what they want for xmas cheaper, i will. Just got my brothers xmas present for £14 so ok, ive only saved £1 but every pound helps!

We are a really close family though, and its the thought that counts, not the value. We like to think about what we buy each other rather than concentrating tooo much on the cost.

oh and we dont get anything for or from DH's sister and BIL. We only buy for kids that side. £10 per child.

I spend the same on my childless sister as I do on my sister with children and in a way I feel a bit mean. Because she is single so only has the one income, and yet she is buying for me, DH, our two children, my sister, BIL, and two nephews. I spend about £20-25 on each sister and the same on my BIL and about £30 on the children - and same on DH's side.

I normally spend £30-£50 on my sister, but spent more on her this birthday (£80) because it was her 30th.

we used to buy each other presents but when we all had ids we decided to just buy for the kids.
We used to spend btw 10-20 pounds on each other and partners too - I have 3 siblings so when I was a student it was a ridiculous amount of money1

For my brother this year I spent about 50p on his birthday present - a 'drinkers' chess set (shot glasses with the chess pieces shapes etched on and a glass chess board) from a car boot sale - I added a bottle of whisky I bought last christmas - he was delighted

I have 5 siblings and 12 nieces/nephews I simply cannot afford to spend much so I don't I do trawl around looking for things they will really appreciate - a small thoughtful gift is better than an expensive generic one, imo.

When dh and I were dinky's we bought playstations (I and then II) for my sisters 7 kids. The older boys still remember this so are quite happy now they are just getting large choc selection boxes (at least that is what I tell myself - lol).

btw I only buy for a sibs partner if they have been together a long time/ are committed in some way (and I have actually met them!).

i usually make up something for the grown-ups (hamper, bicuits, jam, choclolates etc) and then buy something for the children.

about £30 on ours and between £5 and £10 on others. usually something really silly and fun, like voice changers, puzzles, whoopee cushions etc.

Around £30 on my brother
Around £25 on dp's sisters and around £10 - £15 on their current boyfs if they are there for christmas. None of them have kids.

It is really about getting good, thoughtful presents though and not about the money at all. Eg I would rather have a child's drawing in a clip frame than most other stuff.

Only child so no brothers and sisters on my side. DH has a brother & sister. We're a pretty close family so we have spent up to £50 on each in the past. This year, DH's brother is now engaged and has a darling newborn so I guess our budget will have to be adjusted slightly to approx £30 each since we have an extra 2 close family presents to buy. I have to buy token presents to my first cousins & their kids on my side whom we see over the Xmas period but it's generally limited to £10 each.