Can I use you lot to do a very unscientific poll?

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On how much you'd spend on someone very close to you (so close family or best friend):

Just to say sorry you're having a bad time:
Sorry you're ill:
Happy Birthday:
Wedding present:
Other:

Or just generally? £20? £30? £40? £50? And what about if you were sending them something exceptional, that you knew they'd absolutely love and would delight them and cheer them no end? TIA to anyone who can be bothered to answer!

£20 on family but more on Dh and my kids

if I knew of something that would just make the perfect gift, then yup to 50 quid I guess. that doesn't happen very often thankfully!

otherwise 20 quid ish or 50 for a wedding.

Well I am totally broke most of the time so usually under $20, although I make sure its had a lot of thought put into it.

birthdays generally £20 - £30 and then weddings around £40.

sorry you're ill (gotta be very ill though, man flu doesn't get anything)- a bunch of flowers usually (so about £20-£30), or practical help which doesn't cost anything.

Happy birthday - Depends on what the person has been saying they want for the past year I got a friend an extended weekend break in France in the past.....

Wedding present- I'm aisan so it's generally gold jewelery of some sort.

Other- dpeends don't know...

Maybe:

Just to say sorry you're having a bad time: £10 (a little token, just to show you're thinking of them)
Sorry you're ill: £10/15
Happy Birthday: £20-30
Wedding present: £50 if close friend, maybe £30 if not so close

If I saw something I knew they'd really really love, I'd probably buy it even if it was expensive, depending on whether it was near pay day or not...!. Once did this with a picture for my parents, but said it was for both their birthdays (a month apart, thank god!!).

Same as clairemow

weddings probably £40 - £50, the others between £20 and £30.

Just to say sorry you're having a bad time: home-baked cake, bunch of flowers or bottle of wine - up to £20
Sorry you're ill: card / flowers

Happy Birthday: £20

Wedding present: £50

Other:

bad time - bunch of £5 flowers
youre ill - compasion
HP - 10/15
wedding 50

Actually, want to revise - sorry you're ill would just get Soz.

bad time - a phone call or a visit with bunch of flowers
ill - if very ill then flowers or something they would like maybe £25. If a bit ill then a phone call (saying pull yourself together )
Happy Birthday - £25 to £50 (more for dh/dd)
Wedding - £100
Other - usually get people housewarming pressies about £20
If I see something I think someone will really really love then I never mind spending more (or less)

hmm, perhaps i should clarify that I took bad time/ill to mean a really bad time or really ill (like divorce or cancer or something). I also spend 20 quid ish on birthdays when I remember, which is not that often. probably works out to an average of a fiver a year for my siblings.

I may have misrepresented myself as being more generous than I am!

Sorry you're ill : card and help ie would go shopping for them and pay for it. Wouls iron or hoover etc.

Happy birthday : £30ish but more for a 'big' one or if invited to party

Wedding : £100 is the going rate for invitation to a bells and whistles do.

Other : baby being born ? About £40.

Sorry you're having a bad time - £10
Sorry you're ill - £10
Happy Birthday - £20-30
Wedding present - c. £50

a bit tight on presents me!

Just to say sorry you're having a bad time: 10
Sorry you're ill: 10 - 20
Happy Birthday: 20 - 30
Wedding present: 100
Other: depends what it is...

I tend to be v impulsive with things like that plus depends on financial context eg if skint or not, Don't think i really know.

Just to say sorry you're having a bad time: £10-£20+
Sorry you're ill: £20-£30
Happy Birthday: £20-£40
Wedding present: £100+
Other: £20+

I'm constantly skint.
Just to say sorry you're having a bad time: £5 flowers, home made cakes, practical help if needed, unlimited shoulder to cry on over glass of wine!
Sorry you're ill: As above
Happy Birthday: £10-£20. More for family.
Wedding present: Depends on who it is and how close friends they are.
New baby: Practical help (cook meals, home-made buns/cookies for siblings, dos hopping etc) Pass on relevant baby clothes. And then between £10 and £30 on pressies, either for baby or for mum!

Just to say sorry you're having a bad time: £15 - big bar of choc and fave wine
Sorry you're ill: generally too lazy to bother
Happy Birthday: £40
Wedding present: £5 - I'm a bitch with weddings

Sorry you're ill: No more than a fiver. Posted a bar of choc and an I Am 2 balloon to cheer up a down new mum last week.
Happy Birthday: £15 is my budget for the next couple of years at least
Wedding present: £20 usually but nobody that special has got married lately so might be more for special friends

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£20 on xmas and birthday for family about £10 for weddings and get well's.

DS and DP more about £50 Birthdays/xmas's but about £10 - £20 on get well.