Well I didn’t pay the full boat, but I’ve paid some and helped my kids figure out how to qualify for FA and how to manage school. Still, I think it is my daughter’s choice. I told my daughter I’d be there if she wanted to do the ceremony, but she’s been saying for two years she didn’t want to do it. I’m going to visit for spring break and i think it will be the other parents who will talk her into it - her teammates/roommates who she’s been with for the full 4 years. Her boyfriend is getting a grad degree and he could walk too, but doesn’t want to. She said if he did, she would but he doesn’t care about it.
I don’t think I’d get a lot of pleasure out of forcing her to participate.