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[quote=Anonymous]We received an invitation to a friend's child's graduation today. The family doesn't live anywhere near us and we've never met the child. (DH may have, when the child was very, very young. I definitely haven't.) On the back of the invitation, the sender had printed, "if you can't join DC at the graduation, we hope you remember him/her on their special day." My first reaction was that this is a gift grab. But, maybe they mean something like, remember him in our prayers? DCUMers - what say you? Gift grab or not? Is it rude to just not respond?

Also, for background, we are not close to these people. My DH used to be close to the DH (who is DC's step-dad) 15 years ago but in recent years they haven't had much contact. The DW and I are not friends, though we get along fine at social events and keep up with Christmas cards. We live several hours away from them and although we always ask to see them when we are in their neighborhood (my family lives near their house so we're there for holidays) they never make time to see us when we are home. (By that I mean they have *never* seen us.) The most regular contact we have with them outside of holiday cards is when they contact us to promote their business. Honestly, if it weren't for the fact that DH feels a nostalgia for his friendship with the other DH, I wouldn't bother at all. So, maybe it's because I just don't feel that close that it seems like a gift grab?[/quote]

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