quick poll please!!! if you were giving money...

[alexsCURSEDMUMMY]

to a much loved nephew for a 21st or 18th birthday, how much would you give?

depends on your circumstances - personally, about £50.

£20 but thats my budget - depends what you can afford.

£25

I am just remembering how many nephews I have and wish to revise my figure downwards accordingly - £25 tops!

I think it depends on the type of person he is? and what he may use it for?
Sounds mean I know but if he was planning on using it to buy something thats one thing adn I would give more but if he is likely to drink the lot I would give less as I wouldnt want to encourage that!

HTH

He's much loved... yeah about £50. That's how much a good bottle of aftershave or something would cost anyway.

I got £100 on my 18th from my godparents, and nothing on my 21st as I was married by then!!

about £20 - £21 is trad in Scotland (and maybe elsewhere) for a 21st.

If I had more money and he was much loved I would give more.

My nephew was 18 last year and we gave him £50 (I think, may have been £70) BUT we only have 2 nephews and the other one is nearly 30 now. It would make a difference if we had lots of nephews and neices!

mmmmmm- i have 2 nephews. they were born on the same day and tomorrow, one will 18 and one will be 21. i love them to bits, especially the 21 year old because i was still so young when he was born and i used to babysit for him and take him out in his pram etc.i have just written cheques for £50 each for them and dh has gone absolutely loco! he said we haven't got £100 to give away and my nephews parents are much richer than us etc.

that's not the point to me. there are my nephews and i don't think £50 is too much for a special birthday.

so am i being unreasonable? or is he?

oh quite bad luck they have both come at once! Then again, you don't want them to receive less because they both fall on the same day. Difficult.

Partly depends on whether you do have the money. £50 each sounds reasonable to me but maybe not if you have to live on beans on toast for a month as a result.

we won' have to live on beans on toast for a month. and we are always'skint' so it's not like it's anything special.

yes it's unfortunate that they are born on the same day, and guess what....????....they are brothers!!!!

My ds and my dd will be 18 and 21 3 days apart from each other!!!!

it'll be a heck of a party!