RetiredHappy
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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Our standard gift for nieces and nephews has been $1000. All have been first weddings of young couples (the nephew who got married last week was 24 and his bride was 22), and we know from experience that new young couples face a raft of expenses setting up a house together. We can afford it and we are glad to help them get started. It has nothing to do with how fancy the wedding is, or even how close we are to them. I don't have any idea what their expectations were, but they would be hard pressed to draw a conclusion about our feelings from the size of the gift alone.
Can you be my uncle, please?