Grad Parties are seen as part of the process of the graduating process. In fact, they’re the fun part, as implied by the name. Aside from surviving senior year, and walking through Graduation with all your friends, the grad party is a quintessential piece. But it is not for everyone, or at least it doesn’t have to be.

An assumption about Grad Parties is that every senior has the ability to host all of their friends and a good chunk of their family for at least two hours and that is not possible for every graduating student.  It may be for economic reasons or for the space of one’s house but senior shouldn’t feel pressure to just create a grad party if it’s not feasible or if it’s just not for them. Event if they can host one some senior must not be comfortable being with people for that long.

All this isn’t to say that all seniors should stop having grad parties because some can’t nor should anyone feel bad for having. Those who are having them should know they are the exception, not the rule. Those who aren’t should know it is perfectly fine not to and there’s nothing wrong with celebrating graduating by inviting a few friends over for a bonfire.