Saturday, 04 June 2011
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Graduation Parties
I don't know if I'm going to have a graduation party.
Since I graduated high school in 2007, this was supposed to be my graduating year, so I might feel stupid having one a year later. Also, I don't really have bunches of friends that get a long that I could invite, and there are no family members that I'm dying to see, so I might just skip it. Besides, I have 2 years of grad school left after I graduate next year, so I'd feel kind of weird having a party and then still having more school to go to.
Also, my high school graduation party was a disaster.
My mom had a thoughtful idea (who she was thinking of, though, I don't know) and wrote on the invitations instead of giving me money why don't people just bring something I could use in college.
So basically most people in my cheap-ass family showed up with sticky notes and pens. No joke. I was so pissed, at least if they brought money I could have got like $20, but those jerks got away with bringing a pack of CVS papermates (IN BLUE, ugh) to my high school graduation party. Some of the other things I got were recycled address books and mechanical pencils.
I know it's ridiculous, but I still get angry thinking about it - my mom had an okay idea but when you're dealing with cheap jerks you can't give them the benefit of the doubt.
Anyway, I'm kind of hoping I don't have one next year. Or if I do, at least I can write their invitations with their pens on their sticky notes. Too bad I didn't get any envelopes.
Would you want to have a graduation party if you were me?
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You are extremely ungrateful and greedy. You should not want to have a graduation party.
If you want to have a graduation party have one, but realize it is to celebrate your graduation not for you to get presents. I agree with the above you are very greedy and ungrateful.... More than that be happy that you had a graduation party, that you have a family who went to your graduation party, and that though your family may be "cheap" in your opinion they care-- and many people dont have that. I would hate to be invited to your graduation or even worse wedding. You would be hell to please.
I had a graduation party when I got my BA because I was about to move across the country - it was more of a goodbye party than a grad party I suppose and my parents were responsible for most of it.
What do you mean, "hope" you don't have one? You're a big girl, it's your decision.
This entire blog post should be on whitewhine.com Screw you and your first world problems.
Omg I Didnt Even Get A Graduation Card Lol...A Sticky Note Would Be Even Nice To Get.
uuh, no? No one has college graduation parties. Or maybe it's a regional thing. But I'd think you were kinda weird if you were someone I knew and had one, since they're sort of "give me money!" events. And now you don't need money (in theory), because you graduated and don't need to pay for school. Idk. This is coming off sort of whiny, maybe I'm being bitchy but I read this the same way I would read, "Should I have a $10,000 sweet 16 party?"
Like... okay... first world problems much...
"My mom had a thoughtful idea (who she was thinking of, though, I don't
know) and wrote on the invitations instead of giving me money why don't
people just bring something I could use in college."
Umm your mom is rude, you're NEVER supposed to ask for stuff in cards, or assume people will bring money. No wonder u got shit
When I graduated from elementary school no one cared b/c my brother had graduated high school the year before. I'm graduating this year from high school but no one in my family really cares b/c my brother just graduated from university. When I graduate from university my brother will be getting his PhD so one on will care.
Just be happy with what you got (I know it's hard). They at least gave you something - my aunt just asked if I could give her friend's kid my uniform since I will no longer need it.
OMG, thanks a lot mom.
I would be very perturbed too, you must try this again!
@weightjourney2005@xanga - I totally agree with myself that you are one mean ass bitch!
@bdefghijkmnopquvwxz@xanga - What kind of ignoramous are you anyway? The idiot kind or the dumbass kind?
I'm sure she had good intentions--like someone buying you a set of sheets or mini fridge or something like that. Guess that really blew up in her face--and yours. I would have been mad too.
No wonder I don't come to momaroo anymore. Mean ppl!
@weightjourney2005@xanga - @bdefghijkmnopquvwxz@xanga - There is a difference between being angry at people being thoughtless, and being greedy.
@bdefghijkmnopquvwxz@xanga - Raspberryjade is actually one of the sweetest, and selfless people I've come across on here, you can't judge her just on one post.
AND PULLLLEASE don't act like you would be happy if you got post-its and pens while your friends got cars and checks.
@lifeonacitybusem4@xanga - Really? You're going to say "Screw you" to a person you don't even know? That's classy.
You should be grateful you even had a graduation party. Not everyone gets those you know. A lot of people don't even get birthday parties or presents at all, so please, take a look at the nice things people do for you and don't complain.
whitewhine.com? God, where have I heard that one before? Oh yeah. It was from the same person who screamed about not getting her food stamps on time! Wowabunga!!
RJ, you are better than the chump change bunch,so I hope you smilingly accepted the stationery and pens. I would make a nice post-it wall, and draw lots of little people pix on the post-its, using the PaperMates of course, and give boxes of crayons to your well-healed benefactors at the college grad party next Spring. You can invite all these nice sweet Mummies,and you can even invite me, and I'll bring a nice dandelion for each of the sweet mummies and stationery providers. You will get a dinner at whatever classy place you choose.@ScarletMoth@xanga - I'm laughing so hard at how bitchy and bitter you sound. You really have nothing better to do on a Saturday night than attack someone for being honest, and wanting more than some post its for a gift?
your mom's mistake =X
i guess she didn't want to have to pay for all that crap =P but i'm sure you would have used at least some of that money for college supplies anyway.Wow, nice way to be supportive.
I didn't have a high school graduation party. A college graduation party seems weird. I kind of regret not having one now, but at the same time I don't.
I agree with you on the gift thing though... Sorry people, college is expensive & you need a shit-ton of stuff when you start it. Especially when you're going into an apartment. My family got me things I needed like a mixer, trash cans, an iron etc. I would have been pissed too if all I got was sticky notes and things like that.
My mom was fired the day before my graduation & we had also had a house fire the previous August that completely destroyed our house. So depending on the financial situation, it is perfectly acceptable to NEED money/useful gifts for your graduation so don't judge. And before you get on me about moving into an apartment when my family is poor, I'm sharing it with my boyfriend & I did the math that it's actually cheaper to live in my apartment then in a dorm with a meal plan.
@bdefghijkmnopquvwxz@xanga - @weightjourney2005@xanga - @Diva_Jyoti_3@xanga - @ScarletMoth@xanga - @brain___child@xanga - @lovejennyy@xanga - Let's have more foot worship parties. See, e.g., www.footworshipparties.com, www.footpadmodels.com, www.toewigglers.com and I think that our society is getting too materialistic anymore. A poor Blacque lesbian with huge feet should get her corns suckled by a rich little white girl (played by Leisha Haley) with tiny feet, I'd love to see that and there wasn't enough foot worship on "The L Word", that's why it ain't on television anymore. Dag!!!!!!!
OP: If there's no family you want to see & no friends you'd want to have a huge party with then you essentially answered the question yourself. That doesn't mean you couldn't have a small get together once you graduate or something, though.
And wow, people are reallllllly mean.
@ScarletMoth@xanga - Just wondering, where on earth are you from that you don't need to pay for college post-graduation?! Unless the OP is attending a community or state school, or got large grants/scholarships, he/she will definitely need to pay off college loans post-grad...
@Rose_Hikari@xanga - True, which is why I said "in theory" you wouldn't need the money. Mostly, it would be rude to expect your guests to help pay for you to go to college twice. They have their own kids and lives to worry about and it's not their job to finance your education.
@lovejennyy@xanga - if someone doesn't want to be judged by what they say in a public post, then they shouldn't write it in the first place. Yeah, I come off as a bitch here, because I just can't believe someone feels so entitled to gifts and parties. She admits she barely even likes these people, but she still feels like she can pump them for more at yet another party. Why have a party when you don't like people and don't care if they celebrate with you? Oh right, because you're still angry they gave you crappy gifts four years ago and you want to stronghold them into giving you more. The reason she got post-its was probably because they can sense her princess attitude.
"Or if I do, at least I can write their invitations with their pens on their sticky notes." Yeah, really classy. Use your invitations as revenge for a slight they probably don't even remember.
I don't really think you're being greedy. persay. I mean I want a grad party to get money to buy things for school because I need help doing that... I wouldn't be able to get a new computer or textbooks with post-its and pens.
Maybe I am greedy, though. But, my brothers and sister and cousins all got a couple thousand for school from their grad parties so I do expect some money. =\