‘I’m concerned my friends will think I’m cheap’: I used to give friends’ kids $100 gift cards, but I left my job in tech. Is $25 an insult?

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‘I’m concerned my friends will think I’m cheap’: I used to give friends’ kids $100 gift cards, but I left my job in tech. Is $25 an insult?
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"I have been generous in the past when giving gifts for graduations or birthdays."

For the past 15 years, I earned a large salary in a demanding role at a tech company. The company was sold and I took time off and then started a different job in a new industry. I earn half of my old salary, and I have 75% less stress.For the past 15 years, I earned a large salary in a demanding role at a tech company. The company was sold and I took time off and then started a different job in a new industry. I earn half of my old salary, and I have 75% less stress.

We are all under orders from etiquette experts to give X amount if you’re a parent and Y amount if you’re an aunt or uncle or a close friend. This guide even suggests that you add $100 for every degree earned. What a load of poppycock! The Moneyist, to be fair, is guilty of this too. I recommend tipping in restaurants up to 20%, although that varies by restaurant and by city. But I don’t think your friends or siblings are holding you to the same one-on-one social contract that a customer enters into with wait staff.

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