So, what does a high school graduate want for a graduation gift?

[drewtwo99]

90 days, same as cash!

[Lynn_Bodoni]

@feppytweed

Cash is indeed very appreciated. The best gift I received was a swiss army knife. Not a dinky red handled one, but one like this. Opens bottles, cans, has screwdriver tips on the can opener/bottle opener, and a useful sized blade. Cut down the use for several different utensils. I know your recipient is a girl, but there will be something she needs a tool for, so maybe a basic tool box? I know it isn’t sentimental or decorative, but it will come in handy way more than you (or she) will think! Something like this, perhaps?

I give Leathermans to both boys and girls, and they are always very much appreciated, even by girly girls. A pocket knife or multi tool says “You’re allowed to play with knives now”.

Cash is also very welcome.

[Yorikke]

@RandMcnally

Did you make sure there wasn’t a check for that car you wanted inside the Bible?

Haha, I did page through it a bit just in case.

[Yorikke]

@Lynn_Bodoni

I give Leathermans to both boys and girls, and they are always very much appreciated, even by girly girls. A pocket knife or multi tool says “You’re allowed to play with knives now”.

I received a nice small Leatherman from my ex-Grandmother-in-Law one Christmas. Thing is, her tradition (Okie, I guess) was that a knife could never be given to someone - I had to buy it from he for a nickel. Relatives confirm that I was not the first to have this experience.

[gigi]

My first thought was cash/gift card, but then I thought of how stupidly I spent money at that age and thought something more meaningful might make sense. But then I rethought and for the daughter of a best friend, cash; for your own child or close relative, something more permanent.

[RickG]

I vote for cash. My daughter is going off to college in the Fall, and that’s what she wants.