Graduation announcements

emeraldkity4
Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:28:48 +0000

I have a sister in law who had a money tree at an open house many years ago ( it was for their first brand new house- they were landlords of a 2nd house as well as a duplex)

I had never even heard of one before & thought it was in amazingly bad taste.
But I felt more amused than horrified.
Still I don’t think we recieved graduation announcements from their daughter although i did send a present.

I did want to send updates to family members ( for instance my brothers exwife= the mom of his two college age kids-who BTW paid for their education as my brother thought it would mean more if he didn’t contribute :rolleyes:) because I am not great about attending functions & his ex is the only one of relatives in my generation ( including sibs) that I share values with. ( I mean more political opinions)

While D does have a picture that a friend took, that she submitted to the yearbook- I don’t have a copy, she hates for me to have pictures because then I show people ( I had a pic that she had given me, but then I put it on my class notebook)

Its hard being torn between wanting to show her off & respecting that it makes her uncomfortable- :o

But I don’t think sending an announcement is necessarily asking for money- it can be hard though- I always think cash is more appreciated , but then embarrased about how little I can afford to give- so I try and think of something more meaningful but cheap! ;)