Yipes, shooting at UCLA makes me nervous. DH just texted me, so he's safe.
Old trusty soda machine. I push you for root beer, you give me Coke.
Willow ,'End of Days'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Burrell - Jun 01, 2016 9:11:29 am PDT #22351 of 30003
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
hippocampus - Jun 01, 2016 9:23:53 am PDT #22352 of 30003
not your mom's socks.
That's good to hear, Burrell - I'm in here checking on LAistas.
Connie Neil - Jun 01, 2016 9:24:04 am PDT #22353 of 30003
brillig
A high-school-graduation-gift etiquette question:
This Friday there is a graduation party for three graduates. I know two of them: one the daughter of my faux-son, who I see frequently, and one the son of my brother-in-law, who I haven't seen since he was itty bitty but is an actual relative. The third person I don't know but is probably the daughter of someone I know peripherally.
Faux-son has suggested a gift card for food for his daughter, as she's going away to college and will need sustenance, and I figured the same for nephew. I suspect I should provide a gift for the third graduate as well, since she's also an honoree of the party. Can I get away with differing denominations on the cards, in degree of how well I know said person? I don't want to drop $75 for graduation presents.
Jesse - Jun 01, 2016 9:26:40 am PDT #22354 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Connie, you can totally do different amounts, and I wouldn't give anything beyond a card to the person you don't know.
Don't think of it as missing a deadline, think of it as underscoring your indispensability to the company!
This reminds me of a funny thing I heard recently from the head of USAID -- they aren't silos, they are cylinders of excellence!
Yipes, shooting at UCLA makes me nervous. DH just texted me, so he's safe.
Phew.
msbelle - Jun 01, 2016 9:28:15 am PDT #22355 of 30003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Thank you Burrell. That is good to hear.
Connie Neil - Jun 01, 2016 9:34:00 am PDT #22356 of 30003
brillig
I wouldn't give anything beyond a card to the person you don't know.
Oh, cards! Of course. I am so out of the habit of giving presents outside of "Here, I saw this and thought of you" that I've forgotten presentation options.
Steph L. - Jun 01, 2016 9:36:16 am PDT #22357 of 30003
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Connie, you can totally do different amounts, and I wouldn't give anything beyond a card to the person you don't know.
Yeah, if it were me, I probably wouldn't even do a card for the person I don't know. I don't think it would be expected of you to give her a gift.
If the graduates do open their gifts at the party, it's not like they'll open gifts that have been grouped by giver (like, "Here are all 3 gifts from Uncle Fester: one for daughter of faux-son, one for son of brother-in-law, and one for graduate #3! Uh-oh, Connie has only provided gifts for 2 of the graduates!"). Gifts tend to be put in loose piles for each recipient, so if you opt to not give a gift to the graduate who you don't know, it certainly won't stand out.
Jesse - Jun 01, 2016 9:40:11 am PDT #22358 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Gifts tend to be put in loose piles for each recipient, so if you opt to not give a gift to the graduate who you don't know, it certainly won't stand out.
Yes, good one.
SuziQ - Jun 01, 2016 9:41:34 am PDT #22359 of 30003
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Anyone crass enough to ask why person X didn't get a card is the rude one.
Connie Neil - Jun 01, 2016 9:42:32 am PDT #22360 of 30003
brillig
True, the odds of them comparing notes on who gave what are low. But cards are cheap, if Grad #3 is who I think it is, her grand-parents have been friends of mine and Hubby's for decades.