Graduation Announcements
![[Post New]](/jforum/templates/default/images/icon_minipost_new.gif){kind=icon}
Anonymous
| It was a rite of passage to have to send them when I graduated back when dinosaurs roamed the earth. You were expected to send them and I didn't expect gifts in return. Lots of times neighbors went to graduations with you. |
Anonymous
| I’ve never received one. Didn’t know they were a thing. Is it more common in certain areas or social classes? I grew up LMC in CT. |
Anonymous
| I'm 58 and from the south. Graduates were expected to send them. I received them from our relatives up north. The younger generation just seems rude. |
Anonymous
| I haven’t received one in probably twenty years. High school graduations aren’t that big of a deal anymore as everyone I know goes to college. |
Anonymous
It’s a southern thing. I’m 67 and from the east coast and sending high school graduation announcements when frowned upon when I graduated in 1973. It’s absolutely a money grab. |
Anonymous
| Maybe it is a Southern thing. I get them every year, and I love them! I do not consider them a money grab. If I am close to the graduate or their family, I send money. |
Anonymous
| If you think it’s a money grab, that’s your personal opinion. Instead, why not look at it on the positive side and be thankful that they value you as a friend and cared enough to let you know of their achievements and new milestone?? |
Anonymous
| Oh wow they’re graduating high school? 🍪? |
Anonymous
My sentiments exactly! Unless there are extremely extenuating circumstances, high school graduation is not an accomplishment. It’s the lowest bar if anything! |
Anonymous
| It's presumed that they graduated so doesn’t really merit an announcement. |
Anonymous
| No. It is not tacky. If someone doesn’t want to send a gift, they don’t have to. |
Anonymous
|
I haven't seen one in years unless I was invited to a graduation party. And even then, it was probably an invite, not an announcement.
That doesn't mean I won't send a gift to someone who didn't send an announcement. If I am close enough to you that I would send a gift, I'm definitely Facebook friends with your parents and have seen your senior year highlights all year long! |
Anonymous
|
We have gotten these from the kids of DH's cousins. I like that this is still done and always send a gift in response. A $50 check is not going to break me and I value keeping relationships with extended family. I come from am immigrant family that would never do this for graduations - but we have our own traditions with gift giving obligations. Same concept. Different milestones.
|
Anonymous
| We aren’t sending any..come to think of it we don’t receive any either but we are getting slot of invites to grad parties..so |
Anonymous
I am not rigid about etiquette and love receiving announcements. |