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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid hates any fuss, so we won’t be doing a reveal. However, the college application  process is a long and arduous ordeal. Lots of kids don’t get into their top choices. I think having some fun and getting your kid excited about wherever they’re going is totally fine. I’m a little mystified about why so many people on here are so anti-celebration. Life is tough, let’s take the wins and celebrate them![/quote]

I'm not anti-celebration.  I'm against turning everything into Instagram-worthy fodder, because apparently your life only matters if it's documented on social media with sufficient production value.  It's so materialistic and performative.  [b]Have a nice dinner or call Grandma and Grandpa to tell them the exciting news! [/b] Buy a sweatshirt!  But it's like gender reveals, promposals, smash cakes, etc.  Everything is about generating the right photos to get likes.  It's gross.  [/quote]
You can’t possibly have high schoolers![/quote]

Sorry your kids aren't close to their grandparents.[/quote]
It has nothing to do with them not being close. 
It’s developmentally normal for high school kids to want to celebrate with their friends, not their grandparents. Again, it seems like you don’t have high schoolers. [/quote]

NP, I have an only kid with one set of local grandparents and one set in the Midwest.  He is exceptionally close to both sets and absolutely celebrates life events with the local ones via dinners.  He calls the Midwest ones all the time when he has great news, and also just to chat - no prompting.

He ALSO is relentlessly social and stays out until 3 in the morning sometimes and also has a girlfriend and also is the friend group organizer of adventures.

I'm sorry if your teens blow off grandma with your misguided blessing.  I'm also sorry if their grandparents are dead and they never got the chance. [/quote]

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