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

My dd graduated two years ago. I didn’t see any flowers.

i didn’t do a gift but don’t see any reason not too.

I graduated in 1994 and my parents gave me a cheque to fund my gap year. Very generous when I look back.

Flowers are an American custom. A few grads had them at DD’s ceremony last year but I’d say they are completely unnecessary and a pain. She settled for a drink in the uni bar’s souvenir plastic pint glass
Oh and having three years rent paid for her.

Yes its a thing. I wouldnt do flowers but I hate cut flowers. Id get her a nice piece of jewellery oe a good bag.

Two of our girls have graduated, no way would I want to carry flowers around but each day we happened to have 30 degrees weather! There’s so much time, hours of getting gowns, the ceremony, photos, they’d be dead by the photo stage! I did get each one a nice bracelet or something from Missoma that they each wore on the day.

I've always been of the opinion that the reward you get for working hard at school/university is your qualifications. My parents never gave me presents for passing exams etc, they were very much of the "success is it's own reward" school of thought so it didn't really occur to me to get presents for my DC. We always took them out for a meal or something to celebrate the end of school exams though and we did go out for nice meals the night before their graduations.

My son’s friendship group all got Jellycat graduation eggs, they absolutely loved them!

Assuming this is university graduation, yes presents are a thing. I got diamond earrings, as did quite a few of my friends. The guys got watches mostly.

American commercialisation. Why would you spend more money when you've just funded your kids through Uni? Save it for their house deposit rather than graduation tat.

I'm quite clearly very working class, old or both. My parents didn't buy me anything (2008), and I didn't expect anything. Maybe times have changed, but if you have funded her education too she is bl**dy lucky! My parents contribution to my degree was 2 bags of food shopping once. A token gift maybe, but I'd certainly not be asking for things.

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I mean, we paid / will be paying for the gown etc, and the Graduation tickets, and a meal out afterwards, but no presents as such.

Flowers on the day would be SO impractical.