Bevendre

But I’ve spent my entire college career going through the motions and avoiding the typical social aspects of college.  I don’t like parties (they tend to leave me either really depressed or anxious), I’m not fond of many of my classmates, and the only reason I can see to actually attend the ceremony would be to please my family.

I love my extended family, but I don’t think that’s enough of a reason to go through with it.  My high school graduation nearly left me in tears, and not because I was sad to go, and the party that followed was one of the most awkward moments of my life.

If my immediate family doesn’t like the idea, then I don’t really care.  After all the crap of late with my parents passive-aggressively telling me that it’s time I get out of their house (after graduation I won’t be considered a dependent, and therefore not tax deductible) and that I don’t know what I’m doing with my own time or money, they have no reason to criticize me saving the time that a day long ceremony would take, as well as the $45 to rent the cap and gown.