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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My parents and my FIL will be attending. Probably more extended family too. My dc is glad to have all of the support and we will have  big dinner somewhere for everyone including those who don't have ceremony tickets. [/quote]
There will be a big dinner for the college graduates and their freinds and their parents and siblings. College graduate wants to be with his friends. He does not want to go out alone with grandparents and us (parents). He wants to be with all of his friends and their parents/ siblings. [/quote]

Well he can do that. Doesn't stop the inlaws from coming. As long as they know what to expect who cares if they come. [/quote]
Husband has no sense of what is expected or normal. He is a parent pleaser and will spend the entire weekend catering to them instead of to our son and to what we should be doing as the parents. He will insist on driving over to pick up parents, take them to events, spend time talking to them, instead of focusing on our son and his freinds. Happened last event they attended. [/quote]

When my DS graduated last spring, he really had no interest in spending time with me and DH either. He wanted to be with his friends.

We brought his 2 living grandparents and his sibling with us to graduation. I asked DS to make time for one family meal. We ended up having a very nice celebratory lunch. Graduation was in the football stadium, so tickets were available for all of us. If it had rained and graduation was moved indoors, the plan was for DH and I to attend and my parents and other DC to go out for dinner and a movie.

My parents are 79/81, so we had to be aware of some limitations. But we all enjoy spending time with my parents and celebrating DS's graduation felt like a family thing-- and they're very much a part of our family. I was really glad they were there. But we didn't actually spend much time with DS or his friends, nor did I expect that. [/quote]

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