18th birthday money

Five hundred pounds?

I was going to say £100
#meanandstingy

Only you know what you can afford but if you were close in his formative childhood years and you are fond of him I assume you want to treat him. I give £50 to my nephews and nieces when they turn 18. I could give more but I think that is enough. I also give them £100 when they go to Uni and £100 when they graduate.

I should think anything would be welcome at 18. Give what you can afford and what your finances allow. Maybe buy a nice gift and send it, that way if your finances are in short supply he will not know how much it cost. You can buy gifts online and they will send for you with wrapping and a card if needs be. Search gifts for boys etc.

Iwould say 50, but any amount you can afford would be appreciated

I would say £100 if you can afford it.

If not, anything would be great, I'm sure.

You might also need to consider how many nieces and nephews you have. I have 14 on my side of family and 3 on dh side so 17 in all. You may only have 1 or 2.

Sorry, read it as grandson. Fifty or a hundred fine for great nephew.

£50 is absolutely fine if you can afford it.

I would say £100 is a good amount but it is up to you as to what you can afford.

As long as a piece of string, dependant on your means.

When my god daughter's children were small I gave them £25 for Christmas and birthdays. This ended when they were 18 when I gave them £200.

Agree that £50 is more than generous. Unless you are very rich in which case £100 is super generous but as newnanny says, consider if you have a lot of nephews/nieces coming if age.

I'd give 50.

I too think that £50 is plenty. After all, you have barely any contact and he's not exactly a close relative.
I personally don't/wouldn't give anything to great or great great grandchildren on their 18th if they've done nothing to deserve it, except live (with parents footing the bill) for 18 years.

Sorry...meant great or great great nephew/niece.

£20 is enough if you don’t have much contact.

Blimey deep breath, some of you must be made of money ! Genuinely shocked that someone would consider giving a great nephew that they have no contact with £500 or even £100 for a birthday . I couldn’t even give that to my own child or grandchild .

I think £50 is plenty.
It is a gesture, and plenty of you haven't been seeing him regularly.

I may seem stingy, but I`m not well off, my grandchildren have each received £20 at 18, then £25 at 21. All the other birthdays they got £10 whilst at school, then £5 for ever after. There are 7 of them, but one is still only 11.

Oh for goodness sake gillybob. I said five hundred because I thought it was a grandson. I wouldn't give that much to a nephew I didn't have anything to do. Wouldn't actually give him anything. Might manage a card.

I am really sorry you are hard up. Life is not always fair.

Definitely wouldn't give him anything.

I agree maybe a hundred, That seems about right to me

Give him what doesn't negatively affect your finances. £18 pounds would be a fun amount.

I've changed my mind.
£50 now I've thought more about it.
I must have been full of the joys of spring this morning, and not my usual (tight) self.