Concept of choosing GOD PARENTS in baptismal and wedding

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I remember before that my boyfriend had talked to me regarding his friend who got married so of course they had their wedding. One of their sponsors or a Godmother have given the money as the gift to the couple which was Php500 so if you convert that into dollars that is $10 to $12, that was 2009 I think so I am not familiar with the exchange rate. Then all of them had laughed about it of course including my boyfriend. It was like the couples were complaining about the gift of their Godmother. In my case I had my eyebrows raised as well though I told my boyfriend right away that so what if she gave Php500? It is still a gift anyway then my boyfriend insisted that she is a Godmother to begin with. There was a time that we had attended the mass near to my boyfriend's place. We have heard from the priest about the concept of having God Parents and what is the sense of that to the God children. He cited an example that during baptismal there was a father who wasn't able to attend the baptismal just because he is preparing for the reception so only the mother was with the child. Then he even cited that when people are choosing the God Parents for the child usually they want the prominent ones especially the one that they can brag about it and the rich person who could surely give the cash or luxurious gifts. So the priest had already stated the importance of being a God Parent to a child or couple. They have chosen to be the God Parents because they believe that God Parents will be the second parent that will guide the God children to the right path, by teaching as well the good moral values and influence them to have more faith in God. So then it already stick inside my mind and I told my boyfriend about it on what we have heard during the mass. I asked him if he also realize the importance of God Parents? So now on we have to change our point of views in choosing a God Parent. That is why when I brought up the topic again about his friend who is complaining that her God mother had given them small amount of money then that is irrelevant to complain about it. We shouldn't be like his friend because my point of view about this for now is choosing a God Parent is not about giving your gifts during your birthdays and Christmas. They should be treated as our second Parents that we can respect and honor. And if we will be having our day then we have chosen them because we want them to be involved and witness our marriage. And now we are not supposed to be concern about gifts at all. Of course we wants gifts but then that shouldn't be our priority.