At what age do you stop giving gifts to nieces and nephews? Or do

[barb162]

you stop? I am talking about Xmas and birthdays. I was giving Easter, graduation, XMas and birthday gifts and these kids are now 20 and 26. Should I have stopped a while back?
They usually get gifts in the 50-100 buck range from me.

[shoelace414]

1. Do you get loot in return? :)

[barb162]

2. nope

[shoelace414]

4. Then they get a boot to the head.

[barb162]

8. LOL; I am really rethinking my stance on these two kids

and their expectations of me

[LDS Jock]

3. I don't know.. I probably won't stop

I don't have kids, never will, so they replace whatever I would be giving to my own children. Mine are only 8 and 5 though. Well, the ones I give gifts to are 8 and 5. I have tons more, but since I don't really see them, or the brothers and sister they belong to, I haven't done the same with them. Big families can be VERY fragmented.

[Beaverhausen]

9. I don't have kids either

and my 22 year old nephew only has one set of grandparents so he still gets gifts from me and probably always will.

He does reciprocate and is always thankful. We are pretty close even if he is a young republican (how the hell did that happen?)

I guess it depends on how close you are to them.

[barb162]

10. no kids here also. They are my only niece and nephew.

Howvever, I would like to hear a "thank you" every ten years or so if you get my drift.

[progmom]

5. Do they seem appreciative?

Are they fun to shop for?
Do they not buy for you because they're not in a financial situaion to?

I don't think there's a cut-off. I exchange gifts with uncles and aunts, and I'm 33.

[barb162]

13. They are not thankful at all; they think I should be giving them a

lot more. My sister-in-law was hinting I should have given each of them new cars for their high school graduations. My name is NOT Bill Gates.

I am thinking of just sending them cards from here on in. For my sister-in-law, on Mother's Day I would give her presents. I think I may have been trying to be extra nice and they all just came to expect a bit much.

[progmom]

14. Well I think it has less to do with their ages

...and a whole lot more to do with how spoiled and rude they are.

[barb162]

15. yeah, that is where I am coming from too. I kept thinking they

would straighten out as they got older and now that the younger one has hit 20 and neither are teenagers anymore, well, hmmmm, they are not straightening out.

[babylonsister]

6. I stopped after they turned 18.

I send cards. However, if they do something special like graduate from college or join the military (CG in my case), this warranted a lil something, cash, which, as they get older, I prefer to give anyway.

[LynneSin]

7. I think 18 is a good age or when they graduated college

which is usually around 22.

Geez, I don't want to be giving my nieces & nephews moola for the rest of their lives!

[MrScorpio]

11. When you're dead

Uncleness and Auntness lasts forever

[Tweed]

12. As a 22 year old...

Most of my aunts and uncles stopped when I was 18. I still get $25 checks from a aunt and uncle and I get 15$ or $20 from grandma and grandpa. That little money makes my day. I understand why the other aunts and uncles have stopped giving me checks. When I get out of school, I think it will be a little odd if they continue to give me something. I don't get them gifts, I can't afford it.