W2R
Moderator Emeritus
I'd feel grateful that my sibling thought of me and selected a gift for me. That would seem really nice to me.How would you feel if you received a wedding gift from a close sibling that was quite noticeably "less" than you were expecting, given their fancy, spendy, country-club lifestyle?
But then, I don't consider money spent on a gift, to be proportional to love felt by the giver. How can you put a dollar value on love? I also feel that expectations such as those you mention are not just useless and illogical, but also pretty tacky.
Not meaning to be hypercritical - - I don't know you or your sibling, but was just trying to answer your question about how I would feel.