High School Graduation Gift from Parents

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Great-grandmother and grandmother: ring to go with the necklace they gave me when I started school and the earrings I got at 13 when my ears were pierced.
Mother, grandmother and great-grandmother: enough tp, paper towels, napkins, cleaning supplies, laundry detergent and dish soap for a year in an apartment or a dorm room. Fully outfitted a bathroom in my favorite colors (various prints in those colors, but mostly solids), no shower curtain, but everything else. Furnished enough dishcloths, dish towels and hanging towels in my favorite colors for a kitchenette, corelle ware and flatware(my great grandmother's), baking dishes (my mother's), pans (my grandmother's) and new dish drainer and cooking utensils (no knives). I knew about some of it, saw them purchase some of the things as early as freshman year, and by senior year, I knew what was going on and was helping find sales. Each got new things they wanted, I got a bathroom and kitchen almost completely outfitted, best of all it was with things I was used to using.

WTF were you going to do with a full kitchen when you're in a dorm with a one by one foot fridge and a huge meal plan>?

It was stored for me, so that I would have it for later I was the only one who wasn't worried about how to outfit an apartment after college.

That was ridiculous. They should have just given you all that shit as a college graduation present. Instead, they gave you a gift for high school graduation that was useless to you for four years.

[Anonymous]

my wife got a ruby ring from her dad for a high school graduation gift that seems to be her most prized and cherished possession.

My DD is graduating high school this month, she doesn't do jewelry but I would like to get her something nice like this but really don't know that first place to start. She has done an outstanding job in school , fighting to get a B- in very challenging AP chem course on same semester she switched from team taught to regular ed. Huge transition and she never gave up and did well.

where could a clueless yet cheap dad go to buy nice piece of jewelry (couple thousand say ?) for a DD ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:my wife got a ruby ring from her dad for a high school graduation gift that seems to be her most prized and cherished possession.

My DD is graduating high school this month, she doesn't do jewelry but I would like to get her something nice like this but really don't know that first place to start. She has done an outstanding job in school , fighting to get a B- in very challenging AP chem course on same semester she switched from team taught to regular ed. Huge transition and she never gave up and did well.

where could a clueless yet cheap dad go to buy nice piece of jewelry (couple thousand say ?) for a DD ?

1. You're not cheap to "only" spend a couple thousand
2. Don't copy your FIL. Your kid isn't into jewelry. So don't buy it for her. Does she need a laptop for college? That'd be a great graduation gift and should last her through college. Same with a personally made messenger bag (Timbukt2). I'd give that with a card where you write out how you're so proud of her and why.
3. My parents didn't give me a graduation gift for high school or college. My mom always bought the presents to give me from the both of them. Except a couple of times. My dad bought me a nail kit when I was about 11 (I still use the nail clippers, he bought me a "grownup-looking" wallet, and he gave me a cool calculator which honestly he may have gotten for free from work, but I've used for over 30 years. Your gift doesn't have to be expensive to be meaningful unless you've raised a spoiled brat.

[Anonymous]

College and a laptop for college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Great-grandmother and grandmother: ring to go with the necklace they gave me when I started school and the earrings I got at 13 when my ears were pierced.
Mother, grandmother and great-grandmother: enough tp, paper towels, napkins, cleaning supplies, laundry detergent and dish soap for a year in an apartment or a dorm room. Fully outfitted a bathroom in my favorite colors (various prints in those colors, but mostly solids), no shower curtain, but everything else. Furnished enough dishcloths, dish towels and hanging towels in my favorite colors for a kitchenette, corelle ware and flatware(my great grandmother's), baking dishes (my mother's), pans (my grandmother's) and new dish drainer and cooking utensils (no knives). I knew about some of it, saw them purchase some of the things as early as freshman year, and by senior year, I knew what was going on and was helping find sales. Each got new things they wanted, I got a bathroom and kitchen almost completely outfitted, best of all it was with things I was used to using.

WTF were you going to do with a full kitchen when you're in a dorm with a one by one foot fridge and a huge meal plan>?

It was stored for me, so that I would have it for later I was the only one who wasn't worried about how to outfit an apartment after college.

That was ridiculous. They should have just given you all that shit as a college graduation present. Instead, they gave you a gift for high school graduation that was useless to you for four years.

No, because my family doesn't pressure kids to go to college. I was the first cousin to graduate HS, so I wasn't sure what they were planning, now I know that they're doing the same thing for all the cousins, and since some aren't cut out for college, it's a good thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Since she will be a freshman -

College, new computer, cleaning service for dorm, all new wardrobe for college, spending money (5 K), uber account.

This sounds like DDs wish list.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Since she will be a freshman -

College, new computer, cleaning service for dorm, all new wardrobe for college, spending money (5 K), uber account.

This sounds like DDs wish list.

Cleaning service???

[Anonymous]

We're in the college and stuff she'll need for college (e.g. laptop, linens) camp.

[Anonymous]

I got 10k when graduating both hs and college. I went full ride on scholarship, so it's not like my parents paid for tuition too, but they did give me a paid off car. I really needed that 10k. SO much money was due when I moved to DC for my first job after graduation- deposit and first months rent, second months rent (salary takes a while to come in!), moving costs, some new furniture, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Since she will be a freshman -

College, new computer, cleaning service for dorm, all new wardrobe for college, spending money (5 K), uber account.

This sounds like DDs wish list.

Cleaning service???

http://dormmom.com/

Cleaning service, Laundry service, Grocery shopping service.