Ang Pow Issues...

[kuzco]

auntieM:

After giving out 12/10 for few years then 'receive' back 4/6...

I not trying to be that calculative here, those are from close and well to do relatives...

He he...... now I 'smarter', using \"flexiplan\"

Same here. I used to give out 20/22 to close relatives but received back 8.... Don't know how many years liao until one year I decided to check the ang powers ds received. Was rather downtrodden because these were from close and well to do relatives too, and to add salt to the wound, I have one while they have two or three. Try not to be too calculative too but lately, have not been receiving much bonus and other half also not doing so well. So now, have decided to downsize our angpows too.

[mummy of 2]

Mine is quite straightforward now, after some modification to keep it simple:


- $6 for kids we hardly see/friends’ helpers
- $10 for kids of close relatives/friends/neighbours/single grown-ups
- $50 for nieces and nephews
- $100 for own kids

We do not give to ILs and parents, as we have alraedy given them extra when we receive bonus.

[schellen]

I only give to my parents and 2 grandmas (blue notes). Sister earns her own keep and more than me when I was working so no angpow for her. (I do give her presents, usually bought overseas, on her birthday though.) I have, like, maybe 2 nephews/nieces on my dad's side? I hardly ever see them so if I do, they get; if not, nothing from me. On my mom's side, no kids except mine so I gain lor. I don't give to same generation people.


As for ILs, sashimi is in-charge of that and thank goodness, cos his family is complicated and BIG and full of kids. He feels obliged to give to his cousins who are very young too.

Since I'm a SAHM now, I must be even more prudent when giving angpows other than for my elders.

[auntieM]

Wonder if it is common this year but I found ang pow rates 'dropped'...

Seems that $6 is the popular amount to give this year, from what DS has been receiving.

[qms]

auntieM:

Wonder if it is common this year but I found ang pow rates 'dropped'...

Impact of recession? Lower/no bonus last year --> no money for bigger ang pows?

[starlight1968sg]

Has the market rate gone up?

I still give $4 for kids we met. :roll:

[Serafiel]

Ooh, I get around $100 from my parents combined… my sister gets only $20, haha. But my friends all get $200. I know it’s bad to complain, but I just feel very depressed when people all get better than me

[phankao]

MMM:

Kids in general - $6 as we've 3 kids. Most exchange are $4 but they have 2 kids so cannot let ppl lugi.

Special cases - $10 (eg. unmarried grown up cousin)

Immediate nieces/ nephews - $20 (we all use the same rate for years) The funny thing is the most of them have 2 kids but we've 3 and youngest sil has 1. But it's still a flat rate per child.

Grandparents - $100 e...

I only prepared 2 types of angpow this year. S$10 & S$20. S$10 for those grownup cousins/nieces/nephews (bc they don't really need and would be paiseh to receive too, right?).

But the rest, we had to increase our angbao value to S$20 bc from last year's experience, so many gave our kids S$10 each. And we have 4 kids! So shy to make them \"lugi\", and most of them only have 2 kids. Last year recession - i thot angbao value go down, but we were mistaken. After day 1 of cny, I so shy, i started repacking all my angbaos.

[ooptimizer]

So generous, my children can go to your house pai nian or not?

[Augmum]

talking abt ang pows issues,

it’ll be nice if my cousins are as "considerate" as u guys here…
u see…they never know what is "paiseh"
our family’s side, me , brother and sister, all of us only have 1 child
but my cousins’ side all of them have 3 to 4 kids
and they are giving our kids $4 each, (all these yrs)
for the first yr, i was dumbed to enclose $10
even by giving $4 ang pows, i also "lugi" …
(fyi, one of my cousin’s hub is earning at least $20,000 per mth, and yet they they’re not paiseh to do such thing)…