See - it IS a gift grab. |
Nonsense. Everyone hates gift-grabbing people. Anyone who knows your family knows that your kid is graduating from high school. Anyone who doesn’t know, does not care and will be pissed to get your gift-beg. |
+1. It’s a tacky, blatant gift-grab. |
Along with baby shower and bridal showers. I’m sure you didn’t have either of those. Hope you also didn’t accept gifts at your wedding. Otherwise—- hypocrite |
| I'd like to get announcements. I can't remember who is graduating when, and it's a tough year for them. |
LOL. I like them! Especially when a photo of the grad us included |
Use whatever date graduation was scheduled for. |
Me too! |
Ignore. They’re fine. And a nice way to celebrate your senior. I would put 2020 or something like “COVID class of 2020” but then again I’m not a formal person. |
That’s different. Those activities are specifically to provide gifts - hence the word shower. A graduation is not to provide gifts. That activity is to graduate. Also, 99.99% of the people who were going to send your kid a gift anyway, already know your kid is graduating. It’s a gift grab, like showers for second babies or second weddings. Obviously you believe in them but it doesn’t change the fact that they are gift grabs. |
This. We all know how old your kid is and that s/he’s graduating. If we care, we will send a gift. |
This! I have little kids and work full time and can’t really keep track of all of the cousins I only see every 5 years or so. I am thrilled to get the photo announcements. And yes I am also happy that I can send them some cash to have at college. I felt like a real adult the first time I could do that for family instead of always receiving the gifts. |
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I love them and don’t find them tacky. I’d rather send an 18 year old a check than grown adults wasting money on expensive weddings.
DCUM is insane with the “tacky” nonsense. |
And showers and weddings were likely and invitation to an event. People wouldn’t have an issue if OP was asking for wording on for a graduation party invitation. Wedding announcements or baby announcements are also tacky. |
Not even close to the same thing, you idiot. The point of a baby or wedding shower is to shower the first time mother or first time bride with gifts. You are invited to a wedding to participate. A high school graduation announcement is unbelievably tacky and rude as you aren’t inviting the receiver anywhere - just telling them your kid finished high school. |