You know, there's nicer ways of getting a point across than to make someone feel bad.
In shops, you see those congratulations cards with pictures of graduation hats, teddies, that sort of thing. At my ceremony, I saw girls getting necklaces, flowers, lots of hugs and photos, guys getting cards from partners and money from family, just that sort of thing. I thought it was custom to celebrate big special occasions with a card and all that cheesy stuff. Like I said I wasn't expecting anything expensive or over-the-top attention, just feeling a bit left out that he didn't dress up nice for the ceremony or get me a card or flowers, just nothing special seemed to happen while classmates got that from their partners.I love him and of course gifts are trivial things, it was more about celebrating something special for me, rather than not making any kind of deal whatsoever. Other people got photos put up of them by their boyfriends/girlfriends saying congratulations, I felt he just saw it as any other day.