Presents for siblings partners. Necessary?

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I will start with saying we are on a very limited budget this year due to just spending out £1000 on fixing our car and an unexpected vets bills amongst other things. Thankfully I’ve been able to complete Christmas shopping for DC and have bought some bits for family.

me and DP are the only ones with kids in our family. We all have 3 siblings each who have no children so we tend to get them something because they buy for the children.

2 of my siblings have boyfriend/ girlfriend that I’ve never met as the relationships are long distance, as has dp’s sister and one of his sisters has a partner we’ve only met once - they live abroad.

I am not sure where we are spending Christmas or who will be home or if I will see our siblings partners as they could be spending Christmas at theirs. But is it necessary to buy them something just in case I do? When I know nothing about their likes?

feel an idiot if I don’t buy don’t want to waste money if I don’t see them.

If I was going to spend Christmas Day itself with a sibling's partner, I might get their a token present (chocolates/nice biscuits). If seeing any other day, I probably wouldn't. Will you know more about plans closer to the time?

Either way, don't stretch yourself too thin - it's not an obligation.

Maybe a couples’ present to both of them.

If you haven’t met then I don’t think you need to buy a gift. For the one you have met, I’d buy a couple’s gift rather than a gift for your dp’s sister, but spending the same amount you’d have spent on her.