artbabe
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Post by artbabe on Aug 16, 2022 16:35:14 GMT
Absolutely. I don't have any children though and my 3 nephews are the loves of my life. I pretty much go to every concert, awards ceremony, art show, etc. I definitely went to my nephew's graduation and I went with him to take him down to college. He is going back for his sophomore year this weekend and I'm planning on going to that, too.
I know that is not the norm but we are unusually close. I saw them at least 5 times a week when they were little and when they were older they lived with my half the week in the summer.
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Post by cakediva on Aug 16, 2022 16:40:05 GMT
Nope - even with them in town, numbers per graduate are always limited, so immediate family only.
We had a BBQ at the house for our girls when they both ended their first post-secondary programs in the same year. And family was all invited to that. But the actual graduation? Nope.
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iluvpink
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Post by iluvpink on Aug 16, 2022 17:04:11 GMT
I only have one nephew that lives close by and that I'm at all close with that sibling. I definitely went because my sister is my best friend, they only lived a mile from us at the time he graduated high school and he's only ten months younger than my dd and they went to the same school, grew up together etc.
As long as there are enough seats, I'll go to his college graduation too. Honestly it will be long and boring, but it's expected and I love him.
My other nieces/nephews we are not close with by distance and/or relationship. Though if dh's brother asked us to come to his dd's ceremony, we would. We would love to be closer with her, but unfortunately that would involve being closer with BIL and he has some issues. Doing better now, but dh doesn't feel comfortable with seeing BIL too much due to his past aggressive behavior.
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Post by mellyw on Aug 16, 2022 17:05:03 GMT
I went to my nieces and nephews, but space wasn’t an issue
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Post by Lori McMud on Aug 16, 2022 20:47:34 GMT
Graduation ceremonies, no. We went to their grad parties though. I prefer to leave the seats for the immediate family and Grandma's and Grandpa's.
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AllieC
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Post by AllieC on Aug 16, 2022 23:23:37 GMT
No, not if they are even in my area. High School Graduation is just not a big deal where I live. It is expected that everyone graduates high school. There may be a prom or a graduation party and certainly a ceremony for graduation but only for immediate family and no ticket sales or other stuff. No open houses or other silly, expensive things. No grad invites or announcements. University & College graduations are a bigger deal, but still not a "BIG" thing. Guess us Canadians do things differently. Same in Australia. |
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Post by cycworker on Aug 17, 2022 2:07:58 GMT
I would go if invited/if there were enough tickets, yes. But we all live in the same town.
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Post by cycworker on Aug 17, 2022 2:30:01 GMT
I am in Canada, too... British Columbia.. and my experience is different from what Lostinspace describes. Here, at least in my school district, the majority of our high schools have kids clamoring for extra tickets. Families get X number of tickets, and if they are given more than they need, they are asked to return the extras.
I think my grandma, and one of my aunt/uncle both came to my high school graduation and one of my university graduations. I know Grandma went to my brother's university grad; can't remember if she came to his high school one.
And we both had grad parties... mine was a bit bigger than his. A lot of that has to do with me being born with a disability & how much doctors were convinced I wouldn't even live long enough to get to high school, let alone graduate from it, and then go on to post secondary and complete a couple degrees.
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Post by MsChiff on Aug 18, 2022 1:54:23 GMT
Absolutely, and I’ve traveled as far as 10 hours one way to do so. I do it solely for my nieces and nephew, nobody else.
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Post by bdawnb on Aug 18, 2022 2:50:26 GMT
Yes, but my family is local and we are very close. So, if I’m invited I would go, however as classes get larger and larger tickets become scarce. My niece who graduated in 2020 was the first one I missed due to the Covid situation. And she was the baby so those days are over.
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Post by ihaveonly1l on Aug 18, 2022 2:52:30 GMT
If they had a ticket for me, I’d go. The ticket dispersal is dependent on the total in the graduating class, so we shall see what that means when their graduation years come up.
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Post by scrappintoee on Aug 18, 2022 3:36:26 GMT
I need to warn her about how long the oldest’s college graduation will be ( FSM willing, this May) I tried to figure out what "FSM" means on my own, then googled. Is this what you meant?  The Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM) is the deity of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, or Pastafarianism, a social movement that promotes a light-hearted view of religion. It originated in opposition to the teaching of intelligent design in public schools.
...That kid has fought demons to get to graduation Same with one of our nieces-- MANY struggles she overcame! We either road-tripped or flew in for hers (and other niblings' ) University graduations. For high school, we easily went to most of them, since we lived in the same city and there were no limits for guests. My Dad and their other grandparents also flew in for high school AND college graduations. |
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Post by auntkelly on Aug 18, 2022 14:25:00 GMT
I've been to most of my nieces and nephews high school and college graduations.
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Post by kelbel827 on Aug 18, 2022 22:05:29 GMT
I did, but.....
1. They live close by
2. They are twins, with divorced parents, so they got double the tickets for each person.
3. Their family isn't large.
If it was out of state, or a substantial drive, then no, I wouldn't have gone.
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