Fair's Fair

pips1 | 23:36 Tue 27th Nov 2012 | Family & Relationships

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My mother wants to give us a bit of money for Christmas, there are 4 of us in varying degrees of financial circumstances. Some of us have partners/children and some of us haven't, some own our homes and others don't. I'm not talking loads of money here, but last time she did this there were arguments, how do you think she should do this fairly?

omg.....ww3 has erupted in my house!

Is my wife losing it..........

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Canary42

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If they argued about it they don't deserve any more in my opinion - she should spend it on herself and give each of them a mince pie.

23:55 Tue 27th Nov 2012

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MASS1961

If your Mum want's to buy a present for all then why not go to a nice restaurant/hotel for ALL of you to have a nice meal together?
If she wants to buy the children something then equal value(ish) per child.

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joko

what so thge one with 3 kids expected more because he has more kids?

unbelievable

the gift is for them, not for the kids ... its a treat, no meant as a donation towards upkeep of their family

she should do it ansolutely fairly and equal.

my dad once said about his will, that my bro gets more because hes the oldest ... and my sister gets more because shes the baby ...

theres only 3 of us! ... so basically what he was saying is i get the least of us all.

i had to actually point that out before he realised ... (he came from a family of 10)

ummmm

methyl - It's £100!

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ummmm

You don't pay inheritance tax on £100.

pips1

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joko, no no it was the one with no children who thought it unfair. Sorry, I haven't explained it very well, the £100 was given to each child and each grandchild.

ummmm