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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People have become horrible in general. My youngest is graduating HS and we are very proud of her. She graduated with Honors and got into Honors college.

We wanted to throw a nice HS graduation party for her fully catered. On my side we invited my two sisters, my brother, my 7 nieces and nephews who are all older with a guest. My youngest is youngest kid in family as the nephews and nieces range from 20-33 I also invited my Godfather and Uncle still alive and my four closest first cousins with their family. I sent out formal profession initiation in last March way ahead of time.

Guess what on my side 100 percent of people said NO. What the Hell. Not only that three did not even respond. Even more annoying only 2 people even gave a reason. And half did not even bother writing anything other than I am not going.

Would it kill them to text. Sorry we cant make it (make up excuse) and say congratulations.

Not looking for gifts. The party was going to cost me money. I was going to have whole house ready, we opened our pool already, my landscaper already did really good spring clean up. Was being fully catered with tables, chairs and tents. My side of family is pretty cheap. More cost effective not to do it.

My favorite rejections

First cousin, sorry I want be in your town that day so wont come. 
Nephew. I wont be coming, tell her congratulations on her engagement (WTF)
Uncle I wont be coming Dinner or Desert. Thanks for making that clear. 
Some were just I wont be coming.

Only one nephew wrote sorry I can not attend. My Finance and I are attending her friends engagement party that day, wish ### Happy Graduation.

If I was looking for money would not be hosting an expensive party I would just send out announcements and hope someone would send a gift.

Good news we booked a vacation for week with our family to celebrate her graduation.

On wives side she got her Mom and Sister, one aunt and a BIL to come plus a niece with husband and child . Only seven people. We are now going to skip party and just take everyone to a nice restaurant for dinner. then back to our house cake and coffee. I am letting them all stay over as I have space and breakfast in morning.

We invited 60 people. It is a shame. When my kids were younger pre Covid I had parties for kids baptism communions, birthdays and we throw on average 3-5 parties a year and we have 4-50 people each one. I always lost money. [b]Families of five showing up with a $25 gift card to a party with dinner for five, drinks and a cake and coffee was not for gifts. [/b]

Point was a special day my child and wanted to share it. My youngest does not know her Uncles and Aunts and barely her Niece and Nephews .After getting the slap in fact I realized that I stopped getting a lot of invited in Covid to these type of parties from relatives. Now it is just weddings.

No one is sending out cards or doing family HS parties like in the past. Going forward we all have permission to ignore them. However, I will still go anyhow or write a card and send nice check or gift as I dont want to punish the kids for their parents being dicks    
 
        
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This is such an odd post and doesn’t connect with a thread about grad announcements.

Your bolded comment shows you do keep a tally. [/quote]

Well I did send out announcements in Covid last kids graduation. Some may have viewed it as a cash grab I guess. This time a full party. MY sister with the $25 was annoying, buy a gift, bring food. Dont show up a $25 check to eat dinner for five and when you live in a 1.5 million dollar home and discuss your vacations

I do keep track only cause my kids writes a handwritten thank you not for every gift. Now days no one shows up or bothers a gift. You get a gift card they got for free off credit card points at best for $50 bucks.

40 years ago my uncle gave me a $100 check for HS graduation and it went towards my textbooks. It paid for all of them in fact as I got used when possible. I dont think in 2025 a $50 starbucks gift card is doing much. Happy to have it.

But amazed that I sent out a FORMAL HS Graduation Invite. And 90 percent of people did not even say in a text congrats Just not coming in a text or no response         [/quote]

As I said, you keep a tally. What a sad way to live. Hard to believe you don't see how horrible you sound when you write things like this.[/quote]

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