Graduation Celebration

[Anonymous]

What can you do if you are going to another state for graduation ceremony. How can you celebrate there? I mean other then taking the grad child to a dinner and giving a gift?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What can you do if you are going to another state for graduation ceremony. How can you celebrate there? I mean other then taking the grad child to a dinner and giving a gift?

What is wrong with going out for a celebratory meal and giving a gift?

[Anonymous]

We had lunch after graduation with DS's close friend group of six guys, who had lived together since first year. We reserved a private dining room at a restaurant near campus with a set menu. With parents, sibs and a few aunts and uncles and grandparents, we were a group of around 40. The restaurant did a wonderful job and they actually seemed to be totally into the celebration. Later we had dinner with DS's girlfriend and her family at another place. Keep in mind, too, that there will likely be major field and residential college/dorm receptions throughout the afternoon as well. And, at some point, you have to go back to the res college/dorm to get your kid's stuff out of their room. It's a busy day and a lot of fun. Enjoy!

[Anonymous]

We had lunch after graduation with DS's close friend group of six guys, who had lived together since first year. We reserved a private dining room at a restaurant near campus with a set menu. With parents, sibs and a few aunts and uncles and grandparents, we were a group of around 40. The restaurant did a wonderful job and they actually seemed to be totally into the celebration. Later we had dinner with DS's girlfriend and her family at another place. Keep in mind, too, that there will likely be major field and residential college/dorm receptions throughout the afternoon as well. And, at some point, you have to go back to the res college/dorm to get your kid's stuff out of their room. It's a busy day and a lot of fun. Enjoy!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What can you do if you are going to another state for graduation ceremony. How can you celebrate there? I mean other then taking the grad child to a dinner and giving a gift?

What is wrong with going out for a celebratory meal and giving a gift?

Nothing but staying open to other good ideas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We had lunch after graduation with DS's close friend group of six guys, who had lived together since first year. We reserved a private dining room at a restaurant near campus with a set menu. With parents, sibs and a few aunts and uncles and grandparents, we were a group of around 40. The restaurant did a wonderful job and they actually seemed to be totally into the celebration. Later we had dinner with DS's girlfriend and her family at another place. Keep in mind, too, that there will likely be major field and residential college/dorm receptions throughout the afternoon as well. And, at some point, you have to go back to the res college/dorm to get your kid's stuff out of their room. It's a busy day and a lot of fun. Enjoy!

Wow, 40! You all flew there?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We had lunch after graduation with DS's close friend group of six guys, who had lived together since first year. We reserved a private dining room at a restaurant near campus with a set menu. With parents, sibs and a few aunts and uncles and grandparents, we were a group of around 40. The restaurant did a wonderful job and they actually seemed to be totally into the celebration. Later we had dinner with DS's girlfriend and her family at another place. Keep in mind, too, that there will likely be major field and residential college/dorm receptions throughout the afternoon as well. And, at some point, you have to go back to the res college/dorm to get your kid's stuff out of their room. It's a busy day and a lot of fun. Enjoy!

Wow, 40! You all flew there?

Not this poster but this is what my friends and I and our families did after our college graduation in the mid 1990s. Some flew, some drove. Dinner was a lot of fun but I remember we wanted to wrap up on the early side because there were lots of final parties that night

[Anonymous]

P-A-R-T-Y

[Anonymous]

Both our oldest two kids graduated across the country. We took them and a couple of their friends out for a nice dinner to celebrate. Then we gave our graduate a gift later, not in front of the friends. Then when they came home, we had a graduation party at home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We had lunch after graduation with DS's close friend group of six guys, who had lived together since first year. We reserved a private dining room at a restaurant near campus with a set menu. With parents, sibs and a few aunts and uncles and grandparents, we were a group of around 40. The restaurant did a wonderful job and they actually seemed to be totally into the celebration. Later we had dinner with DS's girlfriend and her family at another place. Keep in mind, too, that there will likely be major field and residential college/dorm receptions throughout the afternoon as well. And, at some point, you have to go back to the res college/dorm to get your kid's stuff out of their room. It's a busy day and a lot of fun. Enjoy!

Wow, 40! You all flew there?

I'm the PP -- the group of 40 were from six different families of six different grads; yes -- all flew in from out of town, but we didn't all fly together because we weren't all coming from the same place. Apologies for the confusion.

[Anonymous]

If you're planning to celebrate as a family unit (as opposed to with college friends) you might get an Air B&B in the area and let DC spend time with friends before they leave, and then stick around for a family staycation where DC can show you all of their favorite semi-local things before they leave town. Depends on the locale, of course. But it might make the departures more relaxed, too.