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My 14 year old is graduating from middle school this week. I don’t know about you but I don’t even remember my middle school graduation and my guess is that’s because there really wasn’t much pomp and circumstance. Well, fast forward a few materialistic decades later and much has changed.
So what does graduation cost in 2008?
Year Book - $30 (that’s the base price. If you personalize it add $10 - $20 more)
Cap and Gown - $40
DVD of the exciting graduation event - $15
Graduation dinner for family of 5 - $200 (add more if you’re inviting Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt Mary and Uncle Lou etc.)
Graduation Gift for your child – that’s pretty discretionary starting from a $25 American Express gift card a $1400 Mac Notebook (guess the sky is the limit on that one).
Graduation party 50 – 75 kids (if you’re the sucker that ends up making one) - $1000+.
Gifts for graduation parties your child attends – here is the real subjective one. After much research I found that 50% of bloggers out there feel your child does NOT need to bring a gift to a graduation party if he or she is graduating as well. However the other 50% feel the opposite and they suggest gifts of either $25 gift cards or a snack for the party. So on this one, let’s say average $25 per party. My son has 4 parties so that’s $100.
Grand total – about $1400+++
Yes, roughly $1400 to celebrate that your child passed all his classes for 3 years (was there any other option???) and didn’t send you to an early grave as he gracefully glided through puberty. I'm feeling thankful already 
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You know, I had a graduation for middle school. I only had a grad party because the same year my sister graduated from high school, and my mother thought it best to put both graduations together. I hate the ceremonies. So boring.
And kids don't need yearbooks. I can guarantee you your kid will not look at that yearbook three years from now. I sure don't. I bought three, one for each year...that's about $150 wasted. I didn't even buy my HS yearbook. And if you must have a party, invite both friends and family and then you won't have to go out to dinner.
Who needs a mac at 14????? The only reason my parents got me a laptop was for college. Before that we had the very slow, trusty dusty family computer.
Ay, yi yi.
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