Re: IF your MIL wanted to buy you the cheapest gold set, would you mind?
I dunno. I just find all this really weird. Firstly when I give gifts I love to try to give someone something they would like. In the future I would probably take my DIL shopping with me so her and I can both choose together. Not only that but I've told my mom already that we are gonna give the same amount of jewelry to my brothers wife, if not more because I know I want her to have a sense of equality when coming into my family. I don't want all these thoughts going thru her mind and want her to be able to share a close bond with all of us instead of just looking at us as inlaws. Yes u don't buy that kind of bond but it speaks volumes when u go out of ur way to make someone feel loved and accepted by giving them the opportunity to choose what they like and voice their opinion over such matters.
Yes, hopefully your married life will be great, your husband will be awesome and you will get so many things later on but the wedding is also a great deal and although you shouldn't expect your inlaws to ever be like ur family and give everything they possibly can, the inlaws should not be stingy as well.