Son graduating from high school, not enough tickets to the ceremony

[Anonymous]

I have 2 kids, my oldest is graduating from high school. Due to the venue there are limited seats.
We weren't given enough tickets. We are short one. Who do you not take younger (and only other sibling) or a grandparent?

Attending
1-Mom
2- Dad
3-Grandma (on dads side, grandpa is deceased)

We have 2 more tickets, who goes, who doesn't go?

Sibling
Grandma (on moms side)
Grandpa (on moms side)

On my side of the family, my oldest is the oldest grandchild so first to graduate from high school.
On my husband's side, my oldest is the 6th grandchild to graduate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have 2 kids, my oldest is graduating from high school. Due to the venue there are limited seats.
We weren't given enough tickets. We are short one. Who do you not take younger (and only other sibling) or a grandparent?

Attending
1-Mom
2- Dad
3-Grandma (on dads side, grandpa is deceased)

We have 2 more tickets, who goes, who doesn't go?

Sibling
Grandma (on moms side)
Grandpa (on moms side)

On my side of the family, my oldest is the oldest grandchild so first to graduate from high school.
On my husband's side, my oldest is the 6th grandchild to graduate.

I know you want this to be relevant but it isn't really. Unless as the 6th grandchild, your older DC was ignored by paternal grandmother. Sibling and either grandparent. Let your DC choose between GM and GP.

[Anonymous]

My younger would have zero interest in sitting through her brother's graduation. I'd take the grandparents. They will appreciate it a lot more than the sibling.

[Anonymous]

Take sibling and one grandparent per family.

But ask sibling first, they might not want to go.

One other suggestion that you might not have thought of.

At our school's graduatjon, they had underclassmen at the doors handing out programs. Perhaps the sibling (assuming she is in high school too) could volunteer to hand out programs?

Then you could take all grandparents.

[Anonymous]

Whoever doesn't get to go will be relieved, ha ha.

[Anonymous]

In our family the grandparents would go and the sibling would sit outside waiting for it to be over and then join us for the reception.

[Anonymous]

Have you asked any other graduate families if they have spare tickets?

[Anonymous]

Do not split up an old married couple! It will mean more to them for them to go attend a grandchild's high school graduation than it will to a younger sibling.

[Anonymous]

Try asking on Nextdoor if anyone has spare tickets.

[Anonymous]

If your son is the first grandchild to graduate high school and the 6th grandchild to graduate high school on your husband's side, why isn't at least one of the maternal grandparents automatically getting a ticket yet a paternal grandmother (who presumably has been to 5 other graduations) is?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Whoever doesn't get to go will be relieved, ha ha.

there is that.

[Anonymous]

I disagree with everyone who says the sibling stays home.

[Anonymous]

Is it DAR? They show it on line! Otherwise can you live Face Time them? Explain the situation..ask them what they would like to do. They should understand. I would include the sibling however.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I disagree with everyone who says the sibling stays home.

Same. The sibling would be a given to me, over any grandparent. If you can’t get enough tix I would probably just leave all grandparents out. Is there a live feed in another room at the venue? Our HS uses the gym for the event and does a live feed in the auditorium, which has better AC.

[Anonymous]

Isn’t it a little late in the year for a graduation, or are you worrying 11 months in advance?