"How Much Is an Appropriate Wedding Gift Money?"... Singles and Married Couples Show Divergent Answers

Here is the next hot topic.

We have brought up a very heated topic today.

It is about wedding congratulatory money, or chukuigeum.

How much do you usually give when you attend a wedding these days?

How much do you think is appropriate?

However, answers varied significantly from 130,000 won to 290,000 won depending on marital status.

A matchmaking company surveyed 500 single individuals and 500 married individuals about wedding monetary gifts.

Let us first assume the relationship is that of a friend.

And suppose you are attending the wedding in person.

How much do you think is appropriate?

Unmarried respondents said an average of 130,000 won.

Married respondents answered with an average of 290,000 won.

That is a difference of more than double.

Single men and women stated that their top criteria for determining the amount of wedding money are their closeness with the person and how long they have known each other.

Following that, they consider factors such as whether the person will attend their own future wedding and whether they handed them a physical wedding invitation.

On the other hand, how about married people?

They stated that intimacy with the other person and the nature of the relationship have the greatest influence.

Next, they consider how much that person gave when they themselves got married and whether they have a companion accompanying them.

Naturally, married individuals have experienced actual weddings firsthand and know the prices they can feel in reality, which seems to be reflected in their answers. In addition, because married couples often attend together and dine, the baseline amount for wedding money was estimated to have been tallied relatively high, according to the matchmaking company's explanation.
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