My nephew is graduating from highschool this month. He is the first of the cousins to graduate since he is the oldest. How much does an aunt or uncle give?

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$50..... I would say would be nice as long as it is within your means.

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I really have no idea, but I can say that my immediate response when I read your question was $50-$100 depending on the particulars. Now I will find out whether I am cheap, right on, or generous (unlikely ) with the responses that come in. Looking forward to what people think...

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When I graduated, some of my family gave cash and some gave gc's for stores (SWM). They did this for all of the cousins...many of us with plans to get a job and move out while others planned on going onto college. The gc's came in handy no matter which avenue the person took. If I remember right, most of the aunts and uncles gave about $50-75, depending on what their comfort level was.

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When I graduated from high school my aunts/uncles all gave a 100.00.

Oh my. These amount suggestions are higher than I anticipated. For those of you with many nieces and nephews, do you give them all $50-75 for graduation? I can see a grandparent giving an amount like $100, but an aunt? Wow, some of these graduates do quite well.

Do you stop giving birthday gifts once they graduate from highschool?

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Well, to put my input into perspective, it is typical for kids around here to give $25 GC for birthday gifts for friends. I guess that's why I would at a mininum double that for a relative and such a special occasion. This is New England, perhaps your region is different. However, I grew up in Illinois and received $25-$100 cash gifts about 30 years ago when I graduated from high school....and the cost of living is definitely higher for a grad now ($3/gal for gas, for example...) But if $25 seems right to you, then it is a WONDERFUL gift and will be appreciated!!!

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I gave my nephews $50 for graduation. Now if you have a lot of nieces and nephews and there will be years when more then one graduates then you may want to give less. If I could not afford $50 I would have had no problem giving less. When my son graduated a couple years ago he did not compare the amounts he got from different relatives and friends. He was just happy to get money. LOL

I was kinda wondering the same my oldest niece grads this month then she is off to boot camp, so dont really want to load her up with a bunch of stuff she wont need so I was thinking $50 if she was going to college I would give more gc's or things she could use thier but because of this I figure money she can use for whatever she will need.

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We give $50.

For non-family, I try to find others invited and we go in together and do $25 each but in one big lump sum...

I think it depends on your financial situation. It also depends on how close you are with the nephew.

I gave $50 plus a graduation frame that I found for $5. for my daughters best friend.

I would say that if your really close to this nephew and you can afford it I would give him $75 and maybe a small gift. (like a frame, or photo album) If your not really close to him I would give $50.

However if your budget doesn't allow you this amount then give what you can.

Wow, $25 is more the norm around here.

When I graduated from high school I got $100 from aunt's/uncles. Depending on how close you are, I would say $50-$100

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I gave mine $100 bill, CASH, my sister started this so don't blame me!! I just didn't want to look as cheap as I am!!

I think between $100 would be a nice gift. If he is going off to college, the money will really help with getting some necessities for the dorm.

$9,400 would he great

(your nephew asked me to post this)

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Wow!! Either everyone here has a lot more money than we do or you're just extremely generous. I graduated 31 yrs. ago and the largest amount of cash I received, besides grandparents, was $20. Around here (in west central AR) the norm would be more along the lines of $25-50 depending on your financial comfort. Birthday GC's are normally $10-20.

Honestly, anything and everything should be appreciated. Maybe talk amongst the other members of your family?

Crittles

1st ..how many more cousins do you have that will graduate? You will be setting the standard with this one

I would say $50 to $100, unless there are MANY more cousins

Christine

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FYI - $20 adjusted for a modest 3% inflation rate over 31 years would be a $50 gift today. Which is about the average of what folks are suggesting.

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The problem is when there are many and this is just the beginning. I just got an announcement from my cousin's daughter. There was high school, college, and now a masters. Then perhaps a doctorate. Then will come engagement, wedding shower, wedding, baby shower and baby or babies. Multiply that by whatever number you have in your family and you can see that the years ahead are going to be costly. I lean to the $25 or $30 range for high school, if you have lots of nieces and nephews coming along after this one. If they all do most of what I listed you could be out probably about 900 to 1000 per kid over possibly an 8 year period. That does not allow for inflation or the new clothing to wear or travel expenses to get to some of these events.

When I read this post, I thought $25. Again, depending on your situation (and just because someone is well off, I don't think they need to "break the bank") financially, and relationship-wise with your nephew.

As for the b'day gifts....kind of confusing in my situation. We stopped giving b'day gifts around the time they graduated, no gift, no cash, etc., for MY nieces and nephews. For some reason we didn't institute that policy with DH's nieces and nephews, until recently. What's that saying.....with age comes wisdom??? Not to mention, when there was no response from the recipient, we figured they didn't need/appreciate what we were sending, so there was no need for us to send anything.

HTH.

P.S. If you choose to go with $25 or less, I wouldn't feel the least bit bad, cheap, or anything else. JMTCW.

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i got $100 from family i saw often and $50 mailed from those i wasnt as close too. this seems about right to me.

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We gave our neice a picture album ($2 on clearance, but very cute and nice) and filled in some of the picture spaces with restaurant gift cards. My bro suggested the gift cards and gave us the name of her favorites and the ones near her college. We bought $100 worth of cards.
She has a brother who will graduate next year and they are the only neices and nephews we have.

Gave our granddaughter $200 2 years ago.

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$20. was the largest amount. I received mostly gifts or $5 -$10 cash gifts.
Back in the dark ages, cash wasn't given as much as it is nowadays.