Graduation present - is it a thing?

[Treviarpelli]

Dd graduates this year, we’re beyond proud, we have funded her and will celebrate with her generously- but it’s only just occurring to me that graduation gifts are a thing?
Likewise flowers on the day, she seems to think they’re a thing, I think they’ll be a pain in the arse waste of money personally

Why not? But buy her something that will last.

We did talk about a graduation present but we paid for a meal afterwards and bought new outfits (not for dd, she got her own) and she was living back with us by then and it just felt like buying something for the sake of it. She knows we are proud of her but also its cost us a fortune to get her there. Maybe she should be proud of us and get us a present!

Flowers, very much a yes, and I think something small like a graduation teddy as a keepsake.

You can get a build a bear you can record a message on. We did this when my DD graduated.

It’s been a thing for years, lots of posts from people who bought their children flats, cars, jewellery etc.
Most girls got bracelet charms, jellycats, earrings, Birkin’s or Kelly’s.

We bought our daughter the graduation teddy and gave her money for clothes for her first job which she really appreciated.

We bought ours some jewellery, paid for an holiday for them and gave them some cash.

They weren’t very much a thing at my DD’s. Nobody had flowers. It was a warm day, we took many photos then we were in a big hall, I would not have wanted flowers with me for my of that. Then after the ceremony it was all very sociable, dd seeing friends, more photos and champagne. Who is holding the flowers then? Then a meal , where are the flowers going? Then we stayed over. Unsure on vase facilities at the hotel.

Flowers would be a proper pain. Like when a toddler insists that they want to take their little tykes car to The supermarket and they tell you that the definitely will go in it the whole way and you won’t have to push it once not even one time and then the last 10 metres.

We bought our sons gifts. Nothing major - a new pair of Raybans for one, a new iPad for the other.

The flowers are definitely a thing. A stupid thing, imo. We saw so many girls tottering around clutching huge bouquets. Utterly impractical when they are going straight to the drinks reception, no doubt followed by a restaurant with parents then partying with mates.

This is just another example of commercialisation. Actually quite annoyed me 😂

A teddy, fine. A car, no.

Wasn't in my day but I have heard of this flowers thing now. Where do you put them when you go on from the ceremony to another celebration? Seems very odd and just an inconvenience to me.

Flowers will be annoying to carry around all day, I work at the graduation ceremony at my uni and it is so cramped in the venue, nowhere to leave things.
take her out for a meal and get a her a bottle of champagne to have with her friends that night.

My parents bought me a Pandora charm for my graduation and then a family friend bought me a charm for my masters

Waste of time and money, agreed.

We gave our two framed prints of the places they studied at which went down well.

i’ve still got the picture from my graduation of the place where I studied.

These make nice presents.

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We paid for everyone to stay in an air b and b at the university town and then a celebration meal - that is plenty

A friend has paid for a long trip to the far east for their son, I’ve got mine some funny graduation socks, a card and a framed picture of a favorite place in their town. Flowers would be a nuisance.

Yes it can be. We took our DD on an all expenses paid trip to Europe for 4 weeks as a grad gift. She didn’t want a keepsake so memories it is.

I graduated over 30 years ago. My parents bought me a necklace that I still have. DD is graduating soon and we have got her a uni hoodie. It’s just a nice token/keepsake.
I’m not good with doing stuff cos others are so no to the flower trend for me!

We sent flowers to my daughter and bought her earrings

I didn't think to ask if graduation presents were "a thing" when mine graduated. I bought them gifts when they graduated because I wanted to...

My parents gave me money as a graduation present. I will do the same for my daughter.

Flowers on the day are a really big thing for girls graduating. I see them walking around with huge bouquets in their academic gowns.

I have DSs. We took them each out for a fancy lunch at the restaurant of their choice with champagne. But no present, to my memory.