How much do you spend on a wedding gift?

I don't like requests for money for treats like a lavish honeymoon. Either they need household goods or they don't, in which case there's no need for a wedding gift. Choosing a present should be the prerogative of the giver, and not dictated by the recipient, even though suggestions may be welcome.

However, it sounds as if they haven't given you much choice. How much you should give depends partly on your financial circumstances and partly on theirs. I would have thought between £50 and £100 was an acceptable amount if it's cash they're asking for .

A compromise would be to give, say, £50 plus a small gift, just to make it personal. When my nephew and niece got married (not to each other, that would be weird!) I gave money plus a gift related to their shared interests (travel, gardening).

£50 seems about right to me. I hate being asked for a monetary gift..
Expectation seems to inflate giving but I would always stick to my choice.
They are hardly likely to cut you off and if they do, so what.

if you want, not is! Where's that edit button when you need it?

It depends of course on your own personal circumstances. I think £80 is more than generous, and would round down to £50, or even £30 is you want. If they're well brought up, they'll be sincerely grateful for whatever you give them.

£80 is fine but I also think whatever you can afford is fine however much that is. I've given sums between £25 and £100.

I hate money requests ,whatever you give it never looks enough .Buying a gift and wrapping it beautifully always looks much better.£80 seems a decent amount to me but I know if it was me I'd be inclined to round it up to £100 in case they thought I was being mean....sometimes I wonder if thats the thinking behind the money requests ..they always get more than you would have spent on a gift

Seeing it written like that, it seems a bit unfair, but it wasn't intended at the time.

When I was asked for money for my niece's wedding, we gave £50 from myself and my sons. When my other nephew and niece married and had a John Lewis list (and much grander weddings) we bought items nearer £100.