https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 07 Jul 2026 19:10:42 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-still-give-gifts-to-your-siblings#post-28605 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 12:16:45 +0000 Mrs.KMM 28605@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm 24 and married, my sister is 22 and in a long term relationship (engagement talks are happening), and my brother is 19 and single.</p> <p>We do not buy birthday gifts for each other (but we do send a birthday card with personal note). We definitely still buy Christmas presents for each other though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-still-give-gifts-to-your-siblings#post-28413 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 08:13:31 +0000 bushelandapeck 28413@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have one sister and we do still exchange gifts though it's becoming more difficult each year. There's not much I need or want and she seems to have a list that goes on forever. :) On DH's side we do couple gifts for his brothers and their wives and we set a dollar amount. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-still-give-gifts-to-your-siblings#post-28392 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 03:21:58 +0000 mynoahbear 28392@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we exchange gifts with my sister and her husband for christmas. my sister and i also exchange birthday presents every year. we don't exchange with my husband's brothers or their wives at all. we never have for any occasion with them. his side of the family isn't as close like that and they just aren't the gift giving type. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-still-give-gifts-to-your-siblings#post-28084 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:07:33 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 28084@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I exchange gifts with my siblings because I don't think they are old enough yet to understand why I wouldn't give them one. My budget for them is pretty inexpensive though. Maybe in the future once they are all married or in committed relationships we will stop.</p> <p>My husband and his siblings decided to stop exchanging gifts last Christmas. Instead we all get together and go out to dinner. It is a nice change. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-still-give-gifts-to-your-siblings#post-28080 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:02:02 +0000 MegWag 28080@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I only have one brother and he's not married. We generally don't do birthday gifts- just a card. Christmas is definitely still gift time though!<br /> I think it's more the thought than the money that gets spent. My dad's siblings send a present (like candies or family games) to our whole family, rather than to individuals. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-still-give-gifts-to-your-siblings#post-28044 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:53:58 +0000 MamaMoose 28044@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My brother gets presents for his birthday and Christmas (much smaller for the bday). We give my sister in law (bro's wife) presents at Christmas but just a card for her birthday. They do the same... my hubs gets a Christmas present from them, but not a birthday present. My husband's sister gets presents for bday and Christmas. She's single but I'm sure when she's married some day we'll give her husband a Christmas present. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-still-give-gifts-to-your-siblings#post-27958 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:07:13 +0000 chopsuey 27958@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always send birthday/Christmas cards and presents to my immediate family. My sister enjoys starbucks so I usually send her giftcards or hair/face products. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-still-give-gifts-to-your-siblings#post-27957 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:06:41 +0000 sbjmorgan 27957@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We still buy sibling gifts, but I think we'll probably stop sometime in the next few years once everyone is married and has kids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-still-give-gifts-to-your-siblings#post-27954 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:03:36 +0000 sandsandmore 27954@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I gift my sister, but much less than I used to. DH gifts his 5 siblings as well, but also way less than he used to spend. He's never received a return gift, so I'm not sure why he still bothers. I know that's not the spirit, but still. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-still-give-gifts-to-your-siblings#post-27901 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 11:23:46 +0000 looch 27901@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Since the poll doesn't have a both option, I couldn't vote, but what we do is a swap where you pick someone's name out of a hat for DH's family. I give a gift to each of my brothers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-still-give-gifts-to-your-siblings#post-27900 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 11:22:36 +0000 TJBee 27900@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My siblings and I have never exchanged gifts for any occasion. We all work hard and if there is something we want/need, we will buy it for ourselves, so we never found it necessary to buy gifts for each other. To mark a special occasion, we'll go out to dinner. To us, a great meal is ALWAYS better than material things!<br /> DH on the other hand buys his sister (and parents, and grandparents, and aunts/uncles/cousins) gifts for every occasion. It pretty much drives me crazy. It's expensive and unnecessary, but it's the tradition that his family created so I just have to grin and bare it. However, I have put an end to them buying me anything for the holidays or my birthday. I'm 30, I don't need another pair of pajama pants, thanks :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-still-give-gifts-to-your-siblings#post-27897 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 11:21:47 +0000 SouthPaw 27897@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Gifting isn't supposed to be burdensome and if you don't have the money to do it then don't. A heartfelt card is thoughtful and appropriate, don't feel guilty. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-still-give-gifts-to-your-siblings#post-27893 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 11:20:16 +0000 Rosie Girl 27893@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes we still give gifts, but I am always really late on sending out birthday presents! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-still-give-gifts-to-your-siblings#post-27884 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 11:15:27 +0000 Rubies 27884@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I only have one sibling and he is still single so when gift-giving comes around, I give him money or ask him what he wants. He gifts me/hubs/LO with one gift for the family, which is find by us! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-still-give-gifts-to-your-siblings#post-27880 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 11:11:52 +0000 Mrsbells 27880@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my siblings are not in the same state as me, my sister is actually lives in europe so its a bit much sending gifts all the time. I used to do it but I stopped last year when I was planning my wedding. I think we are all old enough now to not NEED a physical birthday gift </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-still-give-gifts-to-your-siblings#post-27879 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 11:11:41 +0000 themcmom 27879@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do buy them presents, but I'm starting to make stuff instead. For birthdays, I'm going to start giving them a box of cool things to do. Like, for my sister's birthday, I'm sedning her a ice cream sundea box so it'll have cones, sprinkles, some kind of topping, and maybe something else. Basically, everything but the ice cream just to give her something cool, but not expensive. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-still-give-gifts-to-your-siblings#post-27873 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 11:08:30 +0000 BSB 27873@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sometimes we do, sometimes we don't. I guess it all depends on how we are all doing and if we can afford it. We haven't done individual gifts in a long time. It's always a group gift if we do it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-still-give-gifts-to-your-siblings#post-27871 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 11:07:07 +0000 Mrs. Bee 27871@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>if i see something that i think my brother will like, i will buy it and send it to him at a random time during the year. i just don't have the time and energy to buy birthday and christmas gifts anymore! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-still-give-gifts-to-your-siblings#post-27868 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 11:05:52 +0000 LuLu Mom 27868@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We do a drawing for the siblings/significant others and it works out for us! We were all abotu saving money and still having something to open when the kids are doing theirs. Maybe suggest this to help save money? It's fun to do it as a 'Secret Santa" and guess who gifted who what. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-still-give-gifts-to-your-siblings#post-27866 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 11:03:34 +0000 prettylizy 27866@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We stopped exchanging w/ siblings last year. We still do neices/nephews and parents but it was getting too expensive buying for siblings every year. My sister and I usually go shopping on Boxing day anyhow, so we call that X-mas gifts :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-still-give-gifts-to-your-siblings#post-27862 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 11:01:36 +0000 heffalump 27862@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We give gifts. And it's also a lot, with the in laws now. But they give us gifts so I'm going to give them gifts back.</p> <p>Luckily I'm the creative one in the family so I can get away with a DIY gift that doesn't cost much. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-still-give-gifts-to-your-siblings#post-27849 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 10:51:10 +0000 junebugmama 27849@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The gift giving has changed as we have gotten older. We are 36, 31, and 30. The oldest doesn't participate in anything so gifts are no issue with him. However, my sister and I still exchange. For Christmas we probably spend $50 on the couple. So I get my sister and her husband a combined gift and vice versa. (I also usually get her a little something extra) On our birthday's we don't buy a gift for the other per-say but we usually will have a girls night and take the other out to dinner or to get a pedicure or something. </p> <p>On DH's side, we draw names with his siblings and set a dollar amount. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-still-give-gifts-to-your-siblings#post-27818 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 10:21:31 +0000 lemondrop 27818@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My SIL and I agreed now that we both are having kids that we will start doing Christmas and Birthday gifts to just the nieces and nephews. Usually before we would just do a gift card for dinner out and call it good. </p> <p>Since my brother is still single we still do gifts. Likewise to parents and IL's. But we have it much easier since we only have one sibling each. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-still-give-gifts-to-your-siblings#post-27817 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 10:21:04 +0000 mrstilly 27817@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have two full siblings (29 and 26) and three step siblings (HS and college age). Last year was the first year I didn't not do gifts for my step siblings. They don't give gifts to me or my brother and sister, and they are pretty spoiled overall. It makes a huge difference in our gift budget and I didn't feel like it was really appreciated. I did get gifts for my brother and sister last year, but this year we agreed to buy for our parents and my niece and my son, and skip gifts for one another. I prefer it that way. We don't do birthday gifts for one another either, but we are all long distance. I think we would if we lived close by.<br /> I do get gifts for my husband's brother and his wife. It's my husbands only sibling and we are all really close. This is the first year that there has been a baby (my son) and I imagine in a few years we might change to kids only gifts, but not yet. Since we see them so often, they are much easier to buy for and we see them on Christmas Eve when we celebrate Christmas with my husband's family. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-still-give-gifts-to-your-siblings#post-27813 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 10:16:42 +0000 tequiero21 27813@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yes and no. there's no button for sometimes. i'll give if it's a milestone - 30th, 35th, etc. but now that he has a kid, we stopped and i'll just get gifts for the kid. but we take each other out for dinner or what not. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-still-give-gifts-to-your-siblings#post-27799 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 09:59:27 +0000 mrsjyw 27799@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I still gift my younger brother on his birthday. I usually buy him clothes or something else he needs for work. I am sure this will change once he gets married, but for now, I still like spoiling him :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-still-give-gifts-to-your-siblings#post-27798 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 09:58:22 +0000 mediagirl 27798@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are giving my brother, sis-in-law and their nephew a scrapbook I made so they can fill it with his first photos. It's not big but it's something and it's handmade. It was $20 for the scrapbook and $5 for some embellishments. I had everything else I needed (like paper and tools) at home. I have no problem cutting back on family when we need to. They understand. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-still-give-gifts-to-your-siblings#post-27794 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 09:54:03 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 27794@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Now that we are older, as in 37, 34, 28 and 26 and everyone has a boyfriend, I'm thinking of stopping gifting my siblings for their birthdays.</p> <p>It's alot of money... and we are all adults now and some even parents. I was thinking of stopping gifting my siblings starting 2012, but I know it will cause drama. Sure we don't all have the same budget but I don't want to give a ridiculously low amount because then I won't feel good about it.</p> <p>For sure I wouldn't stop giving my parents, step-mom and inlaws seeing they gave us everything all our life, but I'm wondering if you still give gifts to your siblings. If so, who old are you? And do you gift their SO?</p> <p>(in my case, that over 400$ a year in just birthday gifts, without counting Christmas, and with a second baby on the way and my husband on sick leave... the budget is beyond tight) </p>