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vinny asked in Family & RelationshipsFriends · 1 decade ago

Money. Best friend engage?

my best friend got engaged last week. They are both coming to dinner tonight and as they are going to live in Australia, I am going to give money instead of a present. How much should I give her. I am a student nurse and I have very little . Whats enough and what is not???

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    i would have bought them both a England rugby shirt until last weekend now i think its a good idea to give them money about £50 each because a nurses pay ain't that good is it. but it shuold be a lot more. thank you for the job you do.

  • 1 decade ago

    I'm not really sure why you feel compelled to give them money when this is your best friend. You may feel that they have everything or don't need anything for their house, but in the end, what does money really do for them? What effect will $50 really have on their lives?

    If you feel that you must give them money (even though you yourself are very strapped for cash, and that might be 2 weeks worth of food for you), then go ahead. But why not give them a nice token of friendship instead? A framed collage of pictures of you and your friend, with open places for them to put pictures of the happy couple? It would be a lot less expensive, and be something for them to remember and cherish. If you are crafty, you could knit or crochet a blanket for them, or offer to take photographs for the wedding (as a present), or offer to help prepare food or decorations.

    All these things will mean more than money. You are helping them out by building memories and friendships. A token of money, though very kind and thoughtful, doesn't carry the same emotional weight as good memories, or something handmade in their honor.

  • erazo
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    don't be jealous!!!! 3 years merely approximately feels like pocket replace once you think of with regard to the indisputable fact which you would be spending your total existence together. the fact of the difficulty is this is going to take place. people do no longer wait till they're financially waiting or emotionally waiting to get get married anymore. I actual have been relationship my finace for 7 years, we've been given engaged after relationship 5. we are nonetheless no longer getting married till next summer. in the two years we've been engaged, we've had 7 friends get engaged and MARRIED and a few have infants after our engagement and in the previous our wedding ceremony. This troubled me somewhat, because of the fact it appeared like my thinder became into taken away slightly with each and every engagement and wedding ceremony. celebrate on your buddy enable her have her time, you might have your quickly!!!

  • 1 decade ago

    £100

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  • 1 decade ago

    Buy them a few lottery tickets! You can get away with parting with less than you would if you just gave them cash, and if you pick a winning ticket, the they have no cause for complain.

    If they lose, then at least you provide them with an exciting experience!

    So, ten or twenty pounds would make things quite interesting.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    shewill understand £200 or £100 is enough give ur best friend a card and write alot in it and say everythink in it bout how much u will miss her and hopes she has a gr8 time

    hope u hav a gd time a dinner

    gd luck xx

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    It is not the money , but the friendship that she will want to keep the most. I am sure she will understand , as you don't have much to give, but she will value your friendship more

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    £50/£100

    or £50 and buy some bottle of something?

  • Abdul
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    £50... that's enough as they will get more for it in australia.

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