nataliehawkins
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- May 31, 2019
A cash gift any day. That way, he'll buy whatever works for him. I would go with $200 just as most people have suggested.
A gas gift card might be a good idea in much of the country but not in areas with high garage costs and good public transport like Boston, NYC and maybe DC and Philly. In NYC, municipal garages are raising prices to $500.00 monthly to get closer to the cost of private garages, LOL. Most of the college kids I know now opt to car share from places like ZipCar and gas is included.What a great gift. If you're planning to do gift cards, I recommend a gift card for a gas station near campus even if he won't have a car. When we were in college, we'd offer to pay for gas for those who had cars if they'd give us rides to places.
I’m glad too. I wouldn’t like to have a relative who expects a reward for something that’s expected of you.
So you never give people gifts on their birthdays? After all, aren't they expected? It's not like they're a surprise or you have to do something special to make it to one. I guess that's one way to save money... no gifts until you graduate college.We don’t do HS grad gifts as it is an expectation, no doubt it is probably slowly changing.
So you never give people gifts on their birthdays? After all, aren't they expected? It's not like they're a surprise or you have to do something special to make it to one. I guess that's one way to save money... no gifts until you graduate college.
OP, I still remember my aunt gave me a backpack (in my school colors) stuffed with necessities... a roll of quarters (there were payphones and pay for laundry), some small laundry detergent, paper towels, etc). I used that backpack all four years of college.
I apologize for getting sucked into a zombie thread. I went back through the thread again, and used the search feature for all posts by you and @jevs. I don't see where anyone has said (despite multiple people pointing it out) why a HS graduation is "expected" and not deserving of gifts, but birthdays (also presumably expected) are deserving of gifts. If I've missed it, please feel free to point it out.This comment is over a year old. Your question has been asked and answered before.
I would give cash, but I'd probably give $50. Of course we do only a $25 gift for our niece and nephew for birthdays and Christmas.
- My nephew is graduating high school next month and will be heading to college in NC in August. I usually give him a $100 gift for BD's and Christmas.
- I'm trying to figure out a gift. Cash? How much?
- Any suggestions?
Yes, it was asked and answered but now that's been revived some DISers who need to buy graduation gifts right now might find it useful. Along those lines, a few family members chipped in for a joint graduation gift for my cousin a few years ago. We bought her a Vera Bradley college ID lanyard with college's logo on it and put gift cards for places within walking distance of campus in it. She absolutely loved it and said she got tons of compliments on it when she got to school. Her campus is huge and she found it handy for when she was out and about campus and didn't want to carry a purse.
I saw the alerts on this post. My nephew has happily finished his first year of college- but there are more nieces graduating soon!I apologize for getting sucked into a zombie thread. I went back through the thread again, and used the search feature for all posts by you and @jevs. I don't see where anyone has said (despite multiple people pointing it out) why a HS graduation is "expected" and not deserving of gifts, but birthdays (also presumably expected) are deserving of gifts. If I've missed it, please feel free to point it out.
Thank you! I didn't mean to butt in the thread. I haven't been to a graduation party since I graduated so I wasn't sure. $100 seemed excessive for my husbands' friend's child, but I wasn't sure.