Would you consider this tacky or in bad taste?

Enough has already been said, but I would like to add that it is too bad that those parents ruined their childs graduation party because I don't think many people will attend.

It is tacky- like charging for a wedding or baby shower or anniversary or birthday! Even though the price of graduating college has gone sky high- the parents should anticipate the cost of a party vs helping to payoff the student loans. I have twin daughters graduating on Father's Day weekend approx 200 miles apart. One on Saturday and the next on the Sunday and then my wife is having a party (catered) at our home. No charge to those invited. I have on several times attempted to do a cost analysis for all the various cost's for having a party vs dividing the money we will spend and giving it to the girls to help payoff the student loans. I have given up with this discussion with my wife having been told from her that it is their day and the cherry on the top is that will be Father's Day. Both girls have worked VERY hard to get to this point in their life and it should be recognized! They will graduate once from universities then go on to other education or life path's. There will be no charge to anybody and that is the way it is! p.s. will be helping them both move out of their apartments also and my wife and I are middle class income wise so it will be a considerable expense on our part.

If the party is not a charity fundraiser, the host assumes all costs.

Seems like these parents want a lavish affair with little cost to themselves.

Cheep - cheep - cheep. Oh, and very - very tacky.

If it was a proper invitation, however, I could see some sort of mention of needing help in adult supervision if the hosts felt it would be necessary, and they could not provide this on their own. Still on the tacky side, but it would show they take the safety of the party guests seriously.

Totally tacky! The parents should pony up the cash and know that the gifts for the kid will cover the cost. The party is the parents gift to the graduate. It's not a benefit for the homeless. I wouldn't go either.

very tacky and in bad taste. They are charging people for the catering, instead, you might want to suggest that some of the parents cook or bring a dish. wh opays for a party? That $25 could be spent in a restaurant.

TACKY!! They've already paid for their prom and other graduating expenses. If the party was for all the graduates, I could see maybe selling tickets, but not to just celebrate one person.

Picket the party.Kidding, but, show up and drop off a present. Do not stay, and let the parents know that you could not afford the 25 dollars per person, congratulate the graduate. It is not his fault his parents are a** holes.

I do this, I sneak my very own jelly babies into the cinema every time i pass, just to make a element that i'm no longer paying their stupid stupid expenditures. i think of it against the regulations - yet bare in suggestions that putting is now abolished. The worst that they could do is ban you from using their theatre or cinema. I even have heard that they could confiscate your sweats etc, besides the undeniable fact that it is not a criminal offence to sneak sweats in. Topping all of it, I even supply my sweats to human beings around me me too - freed from fee of direction. The company are making a real killing besides charging a huge volume for get admission to in the 1st place. ingesting your man or woman sweats isn't any huge deal. it is approximately time those Nazi run places have been given genuine.

Send an RSVP with an invoice for your time, mileage charge and the gift as well as your hourly rate for being there.

No checks accepted. In God we trust, all others pay cash.

You haven't lost a friend, you dumped a no class mooch.

I think there are better ways for inviting friends to a graduation party and to pay for it...