Gift for my DD who has just found out that she achieved a first

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So bloody proud.
Our DD got the result today, she achieved a first. Unbelievable considering her subject was maths and she caught Covid 4 times in her first year.
What be a suitable gift/reward?

God there is some right fun sponges around.

DD is 11, whenever she's achieved something at school, in sport, dance etc we've got her a gift. Nothing major, there was a time when it was an LOL doll or some lush bath bombs, now it might be a Pandora charm or a bottle of perfume or something. She puts her all into everything she does, we're extremely proud of her and it's a little recognition for her hard work. Absolutely no doubt in my mind that this will continue into further education and adulthood if that's what she chooses to do.

Well done to your DD op. Gift wise, I'd go with something she can keep, a piece of jewellery, pair of earrings or similar probably.

You must be very proud. Well done to your daughter.

DH’s parents brought him and his siblings out for a celebratory meal when they got their results.

Congratulations to your DD!Massive achievement and your pride speaks volumes.

I struggle to help my 12 year old with his maths homework🤭

I nodded to this when I read it but then it depends on the circumstances really. The parents could have financed her throughout uni, she could have left without any student loans hanging over her etc. Better than any gift…

I’m sure the poster would have managed to shoehorn that in if she had. 😉

Wasn't I tending to be an arse btw but really never occurred to me to buy gifts and quite surprised that so many do.

Do you not celebrate achievements though? It's odd to me that someone wouldn't think something as brilliant as getting a first in their degree wasn't worth celebrating?

New car for our lot.

Congratulations to your DD! I think the greatest gift you could give her is the knowledge that she’s made her parents incredibly proud and she too should be very proud of herself. This is an achievement nobody can take away from her. May it fill her with self-belief and confidence for the next step.

Second best gift would be to pay off her student debt 😂😂

Yes to a degree but daughter lives 300 miles away and has since she was 19 studying so going out after the graduation and telling her we were very proud was what we did. Same as when I did my own degree and post grad studies. My dad made me a laminated certificate saying they were proud. We have never been a spendy family to show love I suppose. Obviously First is a great achievement so well done to OPs daughter.

What does your DD like?

im going to pretend I’m her and put myself in her shoes: I’ve slogged for days and days studying. My brain needs a rest. I want something to mark this for ever, what do I want? An amazing trip, flights, hotel, food, to an incredible destination.

You took her out for a meal post graduation, that was a gift. No one's saying you have to spend a fortune, a gift can be anything and a meal out is a perfectly reasonable gift to acknowledge an achievement.

This is a great idea

Some right knobheads on this thread.

No advice of a gift but your daughter sounds awesome, you should be incredibly proud parents.

PMSL 🤣🤣🤣

There really are some pompous posts on this thread.

I 'graduated' from a tech a million years ago and my parents were just as proud of me as if I had graduated from with a first from Oxford 😅

OP, well done to your daughter. One of my kids did a maths degree so my suggestion would have been to get her therapy but a tattoo seems a much better idea.
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Sorry but we didn't get anything for DS. We said it was bloody marvellous and had huge hugs.

It never occurred to us to buy anything nor did DS expect it.

We stayed in a nice hotel and had a lovely meal for his graduation though.

But for the OP, why don't you ask what she would like?

She's exceptional OP

You should be very proud 🌟🌟🌟🌟

Not sure what a good gift would be, maybe vouchers? But wanted to say congratulations 🥳 what an achievement

My parents got me a gold bracelet when I graduated many years ago. It was a nice marker/permanent keepsake.

I think it depends where she is going now. When my sister got her masters she had to move home for a year to live with parents and was skint and fed up so something to do would have been nice eg gym membership or cinema vouchers or similar.
I didn't get anything when I finished my degree and couldn't afford to hire the gown for my graduation so didn't go which I think was poor of my parents neither of which were interested so I think paying for all the bits and a nice meal out afterwards or the next day is a lovely thing to do. So if you do all that then a nice paid of earrings or jewellery of her choice (as you said she was alternative) to wear for the meal/ graduation.

Well done to her.

Tattoo it is.

How far away is she?!? A surprise visit would be one of those lifelong memories that gets talked about for decades.........

Hope you're proud of yourself

Well done to your DD! No idea on gifts but congratulations to her, especially after what sounds like a difficult time.