# Need ideas for graduation gift **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 21, 2004, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-ideas-for-graduation-gift/241200 "2004-04-21T11:32:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![katie1341](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/91b2a8/32.png) [@katie1341](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katie1341)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2004, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-ideas-for-graduation-gift/241200/1 "2004-04-21T11:32:35Z")
My best freind’s husband is graduating from pharmacy school in a couple of weeks, and I want to get him a gift. It’s been a long road for him- he started college when he was in his late 20’s- he’s now 38. I have no clue what to get him. He’s a computer geek, so I was thinking about a gift card to Best Buy or something so he could get a new game or something, but that seems a little lame. ``` Any ideas, Dopers? ``` ---
**Author:** ![Aragowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/da6949/32.png) [@Aragowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aragowyn)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2004, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-ideas-for-graduation-gift/241200/2 "2004-04-21T19:20:59Z")
My bro-in-law is about to graduate too, and it’s also been a long road for him (part-time classes on & off for the past ~10 years). Some ideas that have been floated by him & his wife are certificates for things he now has the free time to enjoy. E.g., a Sunday only paper subscription, a certificate to Home Depot now that he can work on house projects, a magazine subscription to something in his interests, or a certificate that supports a hobby of his. So I think a certificate to Best Buy for a computer game is a good idea. Though some gamers get their fix through online subscription, so maybe you could ask your best friend what computer game he would like as a gift, and pay for a period of that online game subscription. ---
**Author:** ![phall0106](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phall0106/32/5934_2.png) [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2004, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-ideas-for-graduation-gift/241200/3 "2004-04-21T19:40:19Z")
Have his Degree matted and framed. (You’d obviously need to work with his wife to obtain it.) ---
**Author:** ![Mithril](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mithril/32/3517_2.png) [@Mithril](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mithril)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2004, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-ideas-for-graduation-gift/241200/4 "2004-04-22T00:20:01Z")
I love the idea of a cool business card holder as a graduation present. But I don’t know if pharmacists need business cards. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2004, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-ideas-for-graduation-gift/241200/5 "2004-04-22T03:34:22Z")
Remember, this is a guy who will have the power to get samples for you. It is time for a really good sucking up gift. do you know what I would give for samples of my migraine med? And he’s worked his tail off for a decade to make it here. He deserves a mental vacation. Dinner out & a gift card for a game? Movie pass & gift certificate? And naturally, something everyone wants: a skeeball game 🙂