Graduation parties
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Anonymous
| So many of these approaching…what is the etiquette (if any) on gifting? Amounts for family, close friends, acquaintances etc |
Anonymous
Been a couple years now, but people who gave a card tend to $100 regardless of relationship. Plenty of others just give congratulations. |
Anonymous
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Wondering the same.
These are my thoughts: $50-$100 for neighbors $250 for friend’s kid $500 for best friend’s kid. |
Anonymous
Based on above, maybe $50 is too cheap for neighbors. |
Anonymous
Are you giving a gift card or cash? |
Anonymous
| I have been giving $150 for neighbors. We invited some of my DD’s friends and their families. I’m not close with the parents. I’m assuming I should give the same? |
Anonymous
| Wow! These are some very generous gifts! |
Anonymous
+1. I live on Long Island and friends gave (and received) less than that; more generous with family members though. |
Anonymous
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It’s UMC communism I guess. I don’t give anything for a neighbor’s kid unless I actually knew the family well…and then $50.
I find it a weird arms race where everyone throws a graduation party so their kid can collect $$$s…since you gave their kid $$$s. |
Anonymous
| $25. You all have a lot of money! |
Anonymous
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Anonymous
| $500?! Wowza. I’ve never gifted a friend’s child that much, nor would ever expect my kids to receive that much. |
Anonymous
It does sound a lot like rich people shuffling money between and amongst themselves. |
Anonymous
| We are UMC and none of us give graduation gifts to each other (referring to my kids and their friends). It's enough to just celebrate each other. |
Anonymous
My kids are always younger, but In most neighborhoods we’ve lived there were 5-6 kids graduating ever year. We gave the teens that babysat $100 and the rest of the kids nothing. Our neighbors were wealthy though (and so were we) They weren’t expecting anything and it would’ve been awkward. |