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Zap -> RE: Daughter off to senior ball (sniff sniff) (6/12/2008 10:04:17 PM)
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ORIGINAL: orwell
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ORIGINAL: Zap
.Forgive the reference to the financial side of kids growing up. When the grand kids were younger I could get by with a reasonable priced gift. One grad-child wants a quincenera celebration(something like a 16 birthday). My daughter-in-law informed me that it will cost 6,000 dollars. I almost fell over hearing that. That's almost equal to a Marriage celebration! So I guess we will help. We will buy the 15 year old dress.$500.00.
The $500 alone gives me a lot of pause. The very notion of a 16th $6000 birthday party is something I find literally unimaginable. The only way I could think of approaching that amount is if they were getting a car. Either I'm practically dirt poor and don't know it (for the US standard of living anyways) or my family is just extremely frugal.
I agree with you Orwell. It would seem that maybe a car would be inline much more than a party that cost 6,000. My daughter-in-law is saving up her money for this party. I balked at the five hundred dollars for a dress. The wife made it clear that its important. So there you have it! The boss has spoken[:D]
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