<p>Didn’t throw my kids a high school graduation party but did have one for the eldest’s college graduation. It just seemed like a much more special occasion to me. So I was surprised when a friend whose eldest child graduates high school this month recently said that while everyone in her town throws a high school graduation “open house”, she had never heard of a college graduation party before ours. Made me wonder why I think so differently. It was a great time. DS’s friends were of legal age so I could relax about their drinking and they were mature enough to just spend the night here rather than risk driving home.</p>