Miss Manners: Graduation announcements should not come with strings attached

Miss Manners: About sending graduation announcements ... is it okay to do if there’s no party?

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My daughter is graduating from high school, but she does not want a party. I would still like to send out graduation cards to help celebrate her achievement, but I don’t know how to write it. Should I state that she is not having a party, but that she is attending the ceremony?

Miss Manners: My daughter does not want a graduation party and I don’t know what to do

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My daughter is graduating from high school, but she does not want a party. I would still like to send out graduation cards to help celebrate her achievement, but I don’t know how to write it. Should I state that she is not having a party, but that she is attending the ceremony?

Miss Manners: Graduation announcements should not come with strings attached

I would like for people to have a way to congratulate her high school graduation without having a party.

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