# Is there any culture in the world where money is not given as gifts?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 11, 2014, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-culture-in-the-world-where-money-is-not-given-as-gifts/685859 "2014-04-11T09:57:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-culture-in-the-world-where-money-is-not-given-as-gifts/685859/1 "2014-04-11T09:57:32Z")

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Also, if you know of any culture where gifts of money would be rejected or insulting, that would be great too.

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**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-culture-in-the-world-where-money-is-not-given-as-gifts/685859/2 "2014-04-11T10:46:25Z")

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What type of gift? Money is usually welcome at, say, weddings. But it’s alway going to be offensive as a hostess gift.

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**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-culture-in-the-world-where-money-is-not-given-as-gifts/685859/3 "2014-04-11T13:46:14Z")

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I bet if I gave the hostess $1 million she wouldn’t complain.

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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-culture-in-the-world-where-money-is-not-given-as-gifts/685859/4 "2014-04-11T14:18:26Z")

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> [@even\_sven](#):
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> What type of gift? Money is usually welcome at, say, weddings. But it’s alway going to be offensive as a hostess gift.

> [@Superhal](#):
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> I bet if I gave the hostess $1 million she wouldn’t complain.

“We’ve already determined what kind of hostess you are. Now we’re just haggling over the price.”

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**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-culture-in-the-world-where-money-is-not-given-as-gifts/685859/5 "2014-04-11T18:45:37Z")

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> [@Superhal](#):
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> Also, if you know of any culture where gifts of money would be rejected or insulting, that would be great too.

There are still a few cultures in the world where there is no money.

Read the articles in National Geographic, don’t just scan it for the nekkid people pics! 😛