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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You’re just favoring DD over stepson.  I would try and do both.  [b]Grad school is a big deal, much more important than finishing high school. [/b] [/quote]

Agreed. High school graduation is not an accomplishment unless there are extremely extenuating circumstances. Tell your daughter she may need to sacrifice some of her graduation festivities. Warn her now so she has time to process this. It's part of being there for family. She'll get her turn in the spotlight when she finishes college. [/quote]

This is a wild take. High school graduation is more about being the end of of chapter and entering adulthood. It's closing the door on 4 years of seeing your best friends every day and being a kid. In some cases these are kids who have been friends since grade school. It's a big deal. As an adult he should understand this. I didn't even attend my grad school ceremony. In fact, if I had to choose between my younger sister's graduation and my grad school one, I'd choose my sister's. [/quote]

OP here, I personally agree, down to skipping my own. But I don't think it's a fruitful line of discussion. Because, logistically, it doesn't seem reasonable to me, and if it were, of course we'd do both. So I guess it comes down to your risk tolerance for stadium logistics, ultra budget  airline leaving on time, and getting home 1am. Which clearly different people feel differently about![/quote]

I think it's incredibly rude of your son to ask his sister to miss her entire graduation weekend and get home at 1 am before an 8 am graduation for a third graduation. He's being a selfish prick. Stick up for your daughter and let him and your husband pout about it. And I would absolutely say the same thing even if the roles were reversed and the daughter was the step daughter.[/quote]

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