sfgirl
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Post by sfgirl on Jul 11, 2020 22:55:40 GMT
It’s graduation season and we’re receiving a lot of announcements from our friends’ children. (We are child-free / best aunt and uncle here in SF.) I’m hoping the peas can help here: what is the going rate to send graduates? $100? More for closer friends?
Thanks in advance for any input and congratulations to all parents of graduates in 2020!
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AnotherPea
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Post by AnotherPea on Jul 11, 2020 22:58:39 GMT
I don't know what the going rate is, but I send $25. Only to close friends/family. Super close family gets $50.
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Post by ~summer~ on Jul 11, 2020 22:59:40 GMT
I’m in the Bay Area and had one graduate last year and one graduate this year - $25 for friends and $50 for close friends/family.
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Post by ScrapbookMyLife on Jul 11, 2020 23:09:48 GMT
I give $20 in a card for acquaintances and extended family....if I attend the party.
$50 for Niece and Nephews.
I can't afford to give, for each one that I receive.
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Post by mags243 on Jul 11, 2020 23:19:22 GMT
I have twins who are going to be seniors, and this year we were invited to a lot of parties. A LOT. So we gave $20. For close friends, nieces/nephews $50. My best friend's son, $100.
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Post by ~summer~ on Jul 11, 2020 23:30:08 GMT
I also don’t think just because you get an announcement you “need” to send anything. We sent out announcements and only a few people sent money in a card - and we really didn’t expect anything.
In turn - we obviously have had a lot of friends graduate and I only gave money if they had a party or if they were family.
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amom23
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Post by amom23 on Jul 11, 2020 23:31:34 GMT
Around here people usually give $10, $20 or $25. Close friends might give $50 to $100 and family (aunts/uncles) have been giving my kids $100 to $150.
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johnnysmom
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Post by johnnysmom on Jul 11, 2020 23:49:35 GMT
Ds graduated this year but hasn’t had a celebration yet. We’ve only been invited to one and we gave 2-$20 bills (2020). This was a semi close friend of ds’ who we’ve known for years. Some friends may get more or less.
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Post by littlemama on Jul 11, 2020 23:56:53 GMT
$25 is our base gift- for parties we are attending. (If it was only ds attending, then we followed local tradition, which is no gifts among the kids except for closest friends).
$50 for our nieces and nephews- we have 15.
More for kids we are very close to.
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Post by freecharlie on Jul 12, 2020 0:29:08 GMT
Middle of nowhere Colorado- $20 for not close, $50 closer, niece and nephew will get $100
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Post by iowagirl50147 on Jul 12, 2020 1:00:39 GMT
Standard go to gift--dollar amount equals the year. This year for $20.20. Next year will be $20.21. I give it in cash in a card made by me. If they are extra special they get the super duper iowagirl50147 laundry care kit. This includes a hamper, laundry detergent, dryer sheets, a stain stick, bottle of shout, a box of color catchers, a box of shout wipes, a small bottle of dawn dish soap (for the tough stains) and if the graduate is a girl a laundry bag for the dainties. Years ago I used to put in a roll of quarters but quarters have been replaced with a swipe card.
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Post by Eddie-n-Harley on Jul 12, 2020 1:05:31 GMT
The amounts in my family were $25 (high school), $50 (college), and $100 (advanced degrees). I don't think any of my parents' friends sent gifts, but I probably didn't send announcements to them, either.
At the end of the day, I'd just figure out roughly how many graduates you're going to gift and what amount fits in your budget.
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Post by malibou on Jul 12, 2020 1:17:25 GMT
I do the year amount, so $20.20 for this year. That is what I sent to Ds friends. His bestie got $50. Nieces and nephews get $50 for high School $100 for college.
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gina
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Post by gina on Jul 12, 2020 1:52:46 GMT
My older 2 went to two different grad parties tonight. I gave one kid $40 because I don't know him at all, and my son's friend I gave $50 because he's definitely closer friends with her.
My niece gradated from Sacred Heart University last month and I gave her $200.
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Post by librarylady on Jul 12, 2020 3:15:37 GMT
So much depends upon your family budget and the circle you travel in.
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sweetpeasmom
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Post by sweetpeasmom on Jul 12, 2020 14:38:14 GMT
My son is a senior. He has gotten $50 from one of my uncles, $25 from a cousin and a few other amounts in between.
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Post by 950nancy on Jul 12, 2020 17:13:08 GMT
When I get graduation announcements from previous students, I get a gift card to Target for $25. If it is a close friend's kid, closer to $50-$75. I think it is an accomplishment to be recognized, but I don't go overboard either.
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Post by used2scrap on Jul 12, 2020 17:24:32 GMT
Last year for ds’s close friends when he/they graduated I did little Frappuccino jars with grad caps on them, with a $20 and 19 $1 rolled up and tied like diplomas.
This year for the two cousins who graduated, I sent each of them $50 Amazon gift cards in the cute grad cap box.
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Post by lucyg on Jul 12, 2020 18:08:00 GMT
I had two graduates to gift this year ... the kid next door whose mom I’m friendly with graduated from high school, and a good friend’s daughter graduated from college. I gave them both $50. My PITA son said I was being cheap. I ignored him as always.  When my kids were graduating HS so there were lots of kids I was gifting all at once, I gave smaller amounts. Probably $20 to kids I didn’t know well, maybe $40 to the ones I was closer to. That was many years ago, though. I’m on the outer edges of the Bay Area, if that helps. |
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sfgirl
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Post by sfgirl on Jul 12, 2020 19:57:45 GMT
Thank you all for your responses! Really appreciate pea input!
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Post by mikklynn on Jul 20, 2020 11:57:46 GMT
First of all - don't be pressured to give more than you are comfortable with. That advice is for everyone, not OP alone.
We give nieces & nephews $100. Close friends kids get $50. Not so close get $25. People I haven't talked to in years get a card.
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Post by Basket1lady on Jul 20, 2020 13:10:57 GMT
First of all - don't be pressured to give more than you are comfortable with. That advice is for everyone, not OP alone. We give nieces & nephews $100. Close friends kids get $50. Not so close get $25. People I haven't talked to in years get a card. This is what we do as well. |
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