Ang Pow Issues...
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BlueBells:
After coming across a STOMP article about how a teen feels when she received a S$2 red packet from her grandfather, I think I would just stuck to the true meaning of giving red packets - for blessings, and blatantly disregard what other people say behind my back....
BlueBells, can share what was said? -
http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/stomp/sgseen/this_urban_jungle/915656/youth_calls_grandfather_dumb_old_fella_online_for_giving_her_2.html
Reference the above. I think the youngs these days are so rich that S$2 is nothing to them. Must ensure I pass on the correct meaning and values in receiving red packets to my children. It is the blessings that counts, not the amount in it. -
Bluebells, sadly people today tend to judge one by the amt of money in your ang pows…that’s one of the reasons I don’t like CNY. It has become more abt the ang pows than the gathering of families and friends to catch up on the good old days.
Sometimes relatives met each other over the CNY don’t even talk much, just dig into the food and watch TV… -
BlueBells:
:yikes: Thanks for sharing, BlueBells! I have to admit I never open the AngPows until we've completed all visits, and I have not allowed my kids to open them. Of course, that's cos they are still young. But you are right, it's about time to teach them ABOUT values, not THE values in the AngPows...http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/stomp/sgseen/this_urban_jungle/915656/youth_calls_grandfather_dumb_old_fella_online_for_giving_her_2.html
Reference the above. I think the youngs these days are so rich that S$2 is nothing to them. Must ensure I pass on the correct meaning and values in receiving red packets to my children. It is the blessings that counts, not the amount in it.
I think you can't help people making judgements on the AngPows. Many adults do that - observe Wedding Dinners...It's good they have the AngPow box these days. But what we can do is to teach our own kids. -
Think the norm for "other kids" has been raised to $6. My boy received $6 from some "not so close" friends and relatives
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Blobbi:
Best is above blue! hehe
:? Okok. Can tell us in $ value?KSP:
Those not so familiar ones - Purple
Those familiar ones - Red
For immediate family - Blue
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concern2:
My parents want us to give unmarried younger cousins angbao.
Great. Looks like I'll have to set the records straight from now on.. :rubhands:phankao:
We don't give to older unmarried siblings lor - as I mentioned. Nor unmarried older cousins. Can't be bc of dialect group? We're Cantonese.
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Oppsgal:
My parents want us to give unmarried younger cousins angbao.
Great. Looks like I'll have to set the records straight from now on.. :rubhands:concern2:
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We don't give to older unmarried siblings lor - as I mentioned. Nor unmarried older cousins. Can't be bc of dialect group? We're Cantonese.[/quote]Yes, Oppsgal, that's what we do too. We give unmarried cousins angpaos - as long as they're younger than us.
I've talked to DH, and guess what he said, he knew it all along - that no need to give unmarried cousins older than us. I was so mad. \"You mean you knew it all along and you made me go through those embarrassment!!\" He argued that it was about your own conscience, that he give his older brothers cos they're not doing well. But the least he could do was to let me know - and obviously some of his other cousins aren't doing that badly...so, I've made up my mind to follow the tradition - and depending on the situation of that person of course, which then is another case. :slapshead: after so many years.. -
I thought to give to all unmarried? In my family it was traditional that the younger married person give 2 oranges and an ang pow to the elder. By right, the elder would exchange the orange and keep the ang pow. However, from our generation, the elder return another ang pow also. We also put the same amount in the ang pow so that nobody lugi. Of course, if want, can put more than the standard. All unmarried will get ang pow from the married. I give to my unmarried aunt every year and she will give some money (not in the red packet) to all her unmarried nieces and nephews etc.
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Can tell us in dollar value?
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