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MrsRitaB
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Re: Christening gift question
Posted by dpli
Posted by cds58019
Honestly, while Im grateful for the gift to my children, I hate when people give them bonds.
Ditto. I give a check, it's not up to me to decide how parents use the money for their child and if they choose to invest it, they will earn more than on a bond.
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Sassyz75
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Re: Christening gift question
Posted by fight the future
I like to give bonds -- honestly because I know a lot of parents who would pocket the cash. You're supposed to be giving a gift for the KID.
And then they get twice what you spent and (I feel) a bonus is that YES, they do take a long time to mature but guess what? You know how much that kid's gonna appreciate having an extra 200-300 bucks from you when they are dirt poor in college or just about to get married?
I cashed my bonds in last year when I was engaged. I called the people up who they were from and thanked them again and told them that their gift was helping to pay for... XYZ.
I agree.
This is what I do.
I used my bonds to pay for 1/2 of my honeymoon :)
money is money
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MrsH2009
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Re: Christening gift question
Posted by fight the future
I like to give bonds -- honestly because I know a lot of parents who would pocket the cash. You're supposed to be giving a gift for the KID.
And then they get twice what you spent and (I feel) a bonus is that YES, they do take a long time to mature but guess what? You know how much that kid's gonna appreciate having an extra 200-300 bucks from you when they are dirt poor in college or just about to get married?
I cashed my bonds in last year when I was engaged. I called the people up who they were from and thanked them again and told them that their gift was helping to pay for... XYZ.
My parents payed the majority of our wedding by cashing in my bonds. It was great. There were few we had to take a penalty on b/c they weren't mature, but no biggie. These were mainly bonds they had bought for me along the years.
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VickiRG510
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Re: Christening gift question
i would say 200 is good.
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| Posted 3/2/11 7:41 PM |
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Pray4Baby2010
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Re: Christening gift question
Posted by fight the future
Re: not giving savings bonds in place of money for a savings account.
BECAUSE SO MANY PARENTS TAKE THE MONEY.
I'm sorry but it happens.
I've been to a lot of Christenings and Never heard of that- call me naive but I am honestly shocked that a parent would do that... we are planning my ds's now and I would die before I would think of touching a penny of his gifts
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