Can I ask how much people spend on an anniversary gift for their parents?
My mum and dad have never made a big thing of it, until their 50th, where my brother and I sent them to the Ritz for afternoon tea. i have usually bought a bottle of wine /flowers etc. My brother contacted e asking to go halves on a present £25 each. i don't normally spend this much...am I being tight? I don't mind spending that much and worried now I should have been...over the years. Brother is better off than us as they both work full time and both jobs are well paid. He also has had, and always has, more help with his 3 children off our parents...child care etc mainly because he lives 10-15 minutes away and I live across town (20 mins tops) and also cos my my mum was at work part time when I had my kids (she has retired now) I am not bothered about this...it is the way it is, circumstances have meant I worked school hours in education (cos couldn't afford the child care...left me out of pocket) but that was my choice really. I would say he is more of a spender than me...but earns more to fund that.
So...should I be spending a lot more? In my family it is thought rather than money. He now says he's sorted his present as I didn't seem keen, leaving me with no present and not sure what to get or how much to spend! ARghh!!