Those who are an aunt/uncle with no kids, how much would you spend on your nieces/ nephews for Christmas or birthdays? Do you spoil them?

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Too dang much or not enough. There is no middle

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All of my nieces and nephews (11) are pretty spoiled so def don’t feel bad for not spending more. I usually spend about 25 per kid for Christmas and birthdays. I have a huge family and still buy presents for my sisters, BILs, and parents. Having to buy for so many people is a pretty big factor in how much I spend on the kids.

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Same same same.

My niece is six and has no concept of how much things cost. She likes to play "waitress" and charge me $18 for a cup of coffee, steak, ice cream or whatever ... it's always $18. Point is, it makes no sense to spend a lot of money on little kids.

I do put some money in her savings account every year.

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My nephew asked me if he could buy an airplane on my credit card when he was like 5. They have no concept of money

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I have 10 nieces and nephews and are close to the same age. They all get the same thing. No favoritisms, etc. Usually around ~$50. Easy Christmases. Birthdays are maybe around $70-100 but I don’t see them all for their birthdays. Those that are far get a birthday card. They are usually more excited to get something in the mail.

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Whatever you can or want to afford. Is the family well off and / or have a lot of grandparents, aunts / uncles, etc.? If so, then go small or more meaningful because they will already get a lot of toys and stuff. Otherwise, it’s up to you.

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I ask them what they want

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All my nieces and nephews are young (8 and under), so I don’t get them anything too expensive since they’ll just outgrow in a year. But I contribute heavily to their 529s until they get to their teen years and then I’ll splurge on the gifts

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$50’ish. Sure I like them, but given it wasn’t my choice to have them I don’t feel any real obligation to them. I chose not to have my own kids to actively avoid obligations like that.

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Same. But I also never got an acknowledgement text or phone call from my sibling (across the country) so it started to feel like I was sending gifts into a black hole.

50-Bday 150 Christmas

$200

My sister is has a lot less income than me and my husband, and gave us three amazing crazy nephews. I usually spend $50-80 for birthdays, and probably around $100 for Christmas. They get stockings and Easter baskets from us too.

And I love to host holidays and do silly themed stuff for them. They're 9, 7 + 5. Gotta get all those good memories in/surprise them while you can!

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