Didn’t know there was such a thing.
Hello chaps.
My friend's daughter graduation is in a fortnight, she's now fretting on getting her a personal gift that doesn't cost the earth.
I have no doubt some of you have been in the same situation, please share some of your ideas. She's beginning to panic on what to get her.
Cheers!
Adam
Didn’t know there was such a thing.
I sell more jewellery around graduation time than I do at Christmas these days! Can't go wrong with a pendant.
Failing that, my own preference would be something that will help her in her chosen vocation after Uni - be it a fancy briefcase or leather satchel or (probably more apt these days) a piece of tech, sadly a new laptop isn't going to last forever though.
My “graduation present” was a lecture from the old man, the general gist being “now you’re in the real world so you’d better get off your arse and get a job”.
Few years ago, my parents took me out for a pizza. Hit the spot. I didn't see any reason for a gift, it's only graduation. It's hard not to graduate these days.
A pair of stud diamond earrings. Classic.
Better still an offer to pay off some of her student loan, or a small cash sum towards a SIPP. Get her thinking about a pension. She will thank her later
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Not sure that an offer to repay some of the loan is good financial or indeed general sense. Apart from being cheap borrowing where the requirement to repay is means tested I think it’s healthy for young adults not to be given everything on a plate. I appreciate that my view isn’t necessarily popular these days...
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Not sure that an offer to repay some of the loan is good financial or indeed general sense. Apart from being cheap borrowing where the requirement to repay is means tested I think it’s healthy for young adults not to be given everything on a plate. I appreciate that my view isn’t necessarily popular these days...
To my mind any gift is unnecessary but if you must I think some form of keepsake is far more preferable to cash or equivalent.
Surprised no one has mentioned a watch.
My parents funded my way through study, that was gift enough. I was old enough when I graduated at almost 22 to appreciate this but only just.
I agree with the above sentiments, a little keepsake in keeping with her chosen career is a very nice thing to do. Aspinal, Mulberry, Bottega Veneta etc. all do nice folio bags that aren’t too old fashioned. I use an Aspinal Connaught in black saffiano when I’m schlepping about the city and I always get great comments.
If budget is a little larger, perhaps a holiday that she’ll never forget before she dives into 5 decades of work would be nice.
Thinking about it, if you want to go practical, one of my friends got his security deposit and first month of rent for a flat in London. Allowed him to move down there. Millionaire now. Changed his life.
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And that’s why it’s virtually impossible for us to answer the question as we don’t know her, her interests or motivations. I wouldn’t have appreciated a pen at her age but would now. Her parents know her best so should be able to come up with something. Maybe they could ask her?
For my nephew’s PhD graduation got him a solid back Tissot, new because box etc is more appropriate. And I used the service from a Sheffield shop (20 pounds only) to have a short phrase engraved with laser etching. Took out the back, got it done, put the back back in the watch.
we bought both our girls a Tiffany necklace to wear on the day
Sounds like there was a job lot of that particular gift doing the rounds, I received mine in 1998 and value it to this day. ;-)
On the OP's question, I think the main question for the parent is always whether to give an experience or a physical object, depending on the individual. Certainly I'd almost certainly have lost or ruined a nice object during my early 20s, but the experience of the post-graduation chat has stayed with me...
Well I think I got it wrong, my daughter graduates next week and the only gift bought so far is an Elgin B W Raymond railroad grade pocket watch & matching chain, for me obviously.
Must put the thinking cap on & find something for my hard-working daughter before next week.
I got my son a kilt for his graduation. Last him a lifetime.
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A fountain pen would do the trick