College Graduation Announcements - Good or Bad?

[Anonymous]

Graduation at DD's school is very fancy, and the school provides the announcements and invitations to the event. We're sending them to our relatives, who are also invited to graduation. I would not send them to anyone who is not invited, though. That sounds tacky to me.

[Anonymous]

I don't send announcements and instructed DD not to order any when she had the opportunity. Small family. The relatives I would send to are all retired now. My friend's children are 5-10 years older than my kids. They didn't send us announcements. A few sent my kids money for HS graduations. I in turn sent their kids money for college graduations. No announcements were exchanged.

My husband insisted that DD have 50 announcements made. They will go to his family and friends. I refuse to send these to my friends (we don't have couple friends).

Husband is tight with his money. When our children graduated from HS his best friend gave them $100 each. When this friend's son graduated from college last year he gave him $50.

I guess I shouldn't complain. It will be nice though she will receive gifts. I will purchase the blank note cards for a personal acknowledgement.

Do what's in heart if your wallet can afford it. I just don't think an announcement should guide your decision.

[Anonymous]

I never cared for the concept of sending out graduation announcements and never understood why you would send them out. Anyone who is close enough to the child to send a gift already knows they are graduating.

It does feel like a money-grab. I have a cousin I have never met who sent me a high school graduation announcement. I did nothing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We sent announcements for DC1s high school graduation. Most people sent gifts which made me feel guilty since that really wasn't the intent (although DC certainly appreciated the gifts). So we didn't do them for DC2s HS graduation and aren't doing it for DC1s upcoming college graduation.

Highschool? Really tacky.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We sent announcements for DC1s high school graduation. Most people sent gifts which made me feel guilty since that really wasn't the intent (although DC certainly appreciated the gifts). So we didn't do them for DC2s HS graduation and aren't doing it for DC1s upcoming college graduation.

Highschool? Really tacky.

Actually it was a very traditional private girls school and all the girls did announcements. They were provided by the school. When I graduated from private high school announcements were the norm. It's a social standard in certain circles but is generally out of favor these days.

[Anonymous]

We received 25 announcements from our children's prep school. I did not use them. The children still received monetary gifts from close friends.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We sent announcements for DC1s high school graduation. Most people sent gifts which made me feel guilty since that really wasn't the intent (although DC certainly appreciated the gifts). So we didn't do them for DC2s HS graduation and aren't doing it for DC1s upcoming college graduation.

Highschool? Really tacky.

Actually it was a very traditional private girls school and all the girls did announcements. They were provided by the school. When I graduated from private high school announcements were the norm. It's a social standard in certain circles but is generally out of favor these days.

With good reason.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We sent announcements for DC1s high school graduation. Most people sent gifts which made me feel guilty since that really wasn't the intent (although DC certainly appreciated the gifts). So we didn't do them for DC2s HS graduation and aren't doing it for DC1s upcoming college graduation.

Highschool? Really tacky.

Actually it was a very traditional private girls school and all the girls did announcements. They were provided by the school. When I graduated from private high school announcements were the norm. It's a social standard in certain circles but is generally out of favor these days.

With good reason.

Actually what's unfortunate is that it has evolved into being seen as a gift grab, which is not what it was when I graduated (and sent out announcements). It was simply a nice way in the pre email/facebook era to let family and friends know about a milestone event. It was the opposite of tacky in fact - it is what the kids graduating from elite high schools and colleges did.