I'm going to my best friend's sister's graduation party (I normally never talk to her but their mom invited me to be a greeter and yeah..)..
Is it normal etiquette to bring gifts in these situations?
2007-06-09 07:46:42 · 11 answers · asked by romantic 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
Take a card, maybe even a small gift card or something.
2007-06-09 07:50:26 · answer #1 · answered by fmxkrazyone 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not just a gift, but a wish for their future. That's why graduates sop often get pens or books. You might give this graduate a flower or a banzai tree, or you may present them with a poem or a book of poetry. Give this person something that expresses your hope for them, not that they have reached this milestone and touched past this marker in their lives. I have a friend who gives a pebble. He instructs the graduate to put it in their shoe in times of trouble. After they've walked a few steps, they should begin to realize that every step is important and has a purpose, and that if they waste a step, they are only causing themselves unnecessary pain. I would rather give them some Dr. Scholl's Gels. I have wasted many steps and even pirouetted for the sheer joy of being in motion. The pebble idea is profound in it's own way though. It doesn't have to be an expensive gift though. Sometimes the most profound gifts cost hardly anything at all. The meaning of the gift, and whether you can communicate that meaning to the graduate, is the real treasure.
2007-06-09 14:54:33 · answer #2 · answered by MUDD 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was just at one graduation party - my own one, we celebrated all together, all the friends we graduated the same week, we spent the night in disco club, dancing 6 or more hours... and I did not need to buy present .
But if I went to party, that is not at the same time mine, I would surely bring some present : nice set of pens ( if it would not cost a penny, I would ask some friends whether they are willing to participate ...). Or it might be some nice book. Lava lamp, some funny/nice cup ( maybe paint your own cup), T shirt with print of phote of graduate and his/her friends, some expresive photo-border, .. .
2007-06-09 15:05:44 · answer #3 · answered by osmantus 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bring a card and if you can afford it a small gift. A gift card, a calling card, or stamps and stationary are just a few things she could use if she is going off to college or even if she isn't.
2007-06-13 11:07:50 · answer #4 · answered by deerogre 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if i was graduating too, i'd say no, but if you're going to the graduation of someone else totally not your friend or related to you, you might bring something small, but considering how you hardly know this person, i'd say you could show up with just a smile.
2007-06-09 14:50:32 · answer #5 · answered by KJC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where I live, we do bring gifts on such an occasion but this really depends on your own culture.
Think of other such parties you've heard of or ask people around you, to be on the safe side.
2007-06-09 16:32:56 · answer #6 · answered by GB 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is.
It doesn't have to be lavish though-- just a nice card. If you want to get something more, you can get a gift card or something small you know she would like.
2007-06-09 14:51:09 · answer #7 · answered by Lisa the Pooh 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, something. It doesn't have to be anything big. A card, at the very least.
2007-06-09 14:49:00 · answer #8 · answered by merrybodner 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you have the money and the high school gradute is going to college you can buy him a laptop or something to do with higher education
2007-06-09 14:49:55 · answer #9 · answered by master x 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
balloons, cards and for a girl graduating you can bring flowers.
2007-06-09 16:54:01 · answer #10 · answered by shesmypunk 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋