That means I want some advice, please.
Eli got an invitation at school today for a friend's birthday party. I want to know if I'm off track being absolutely appalled by the pooor manners of this party plan.
So and so is having a party at a place that is quite expensive, and is asking the party participants to cough up $30 to come to the party--the parents are paying $20 for each child to attend.
Now, this stuck in my craw for a couple of reasons; I think if you can't afford to take the children to the expensive place and pay for ALL the fees, you should tell your child that you can't afford to take a bunch of children to this place. Am I off here? Also, I think if you expect people to pony up (I mean CHOKE UP) thirty smackers, a large NO GIFTS PLEASE line should be prominently displayed on the invitation. I never spend $30 on a child's birthday gift, much less $30 PLUS a gift. Even more, what is this teaching this child--not to mention the ones that will plan parties in this manner in the future?
Whaddya think?
22 comments:
I'm with ya!!
Unless Eli has 30 smackers then sorry, bud.
I do not understand the whole birthday party extravaganza thing either.
Take em all to Feed My Starving Children.
For Josh's last birthday I took him and a few buddies to an arcade. I told the parents that I would be giving each boy some ching ($10 each, and that seems like plenty) to play games and if they wanted to play some more they'd have to bring some money. Each boy brought $5 extra. I didn't think it was too much to expect. But you're talking much higher dollars.
OH and "stuck in my craw" is one of my favoritest sayings!!
OH and I hope you got back to sleep, lamby.
What the heck? What party place costs $50 per child? That is crazy!
I'm with ya on this, too. Birthday parties have gotten out of control. I could do a whole blog on it, too.
Ridiculous.
Never.
Never have I invited birthday guests to any of our parties and had them pay ANYTHING out of their parents pockets. That includes food at restaurants and video games, skating, ect. Dear Abby and Heloise would have a heart attack to hear this! Where are the manners?! I spend $100 total on each of my kids birthday parties, and that includes their presents! I can't imagine where in the world they would be going?!
Tell us, we wanna know :)
Did Pat and Carla have to sit on each others lap to pull off that duel 6:56am time?
:)
Upstairs, Downstairs. I noticed we posted at the exact same time too. ha
We splurged on year on the Davester..I was months late on having his birthday party..so the pay off was..he invited one friend to the Mall of America and they each got unlimited rides....$30 bucks a piece. We paid. This was a special deal because we had such a crummy year...and never, never would I ask the parents to cough up that much.
One more beef. Once the kids are past 12...we don't do presents......all done with that. Just hanging out is gift enough.
one...that was supposed to be one year....
When my girls were young, I rebelled over the whole swimming pool/McDonald's/skating/etc party that all other parents were doing. I NEVER had a birthday party where I didn't do every bit of the planning and work. (I'm SUCH a rebel. ;)) Anyway, my girls and their friends remembered the parties that were held in our house a lot longer than any pool party, that's for sure.
If you haven't figured it out: NO--I wouldn't expect someone's kid to pay to attend a birthday party. Sheesh!
I'm thinkin' Eli is staying home?
Hey! Charlene is Back!
Sneaky girl coming in as "rt"
:)
Totally ridiculous. I'm thinkin' NO.
We usually do the movie/bowling combo. The movies are fun, the kids get some activity and then they come over to swim and play.
With Shannon's bday in February, we have to be a little bit more creative. Last year we combined parties with a friend and had pizza/cake at her house and then went rollerskating. They have a lot of the same friend and they all had a blast.
Oh, and for party games, nothing beats the Thrift Store for gag presents!! :)
Er...um..."friends". Didn't want it to sound like my daughter was a social pariah.
I'd kind of like to see Eli go without the extra $30 and see what they do.... The nerve.
Spill. Where is this party happening?
see, that's the sticker, Cindy. They want the money Oct 1 even though the party isn't until the 25th.
I'm dying to know where this shin-dig is, too. What the heck? I'd be appalled, too. I like Laura's line about Dear Abby. No joke. This could make it onto Oprah's bad etiquette show.
Oh, my GOSH! I'll bet you saw lights behind your eyes when you were working up a reaction to that one.
No, no, not evah! As Captain Hook would say, "Bad Form!"
OK, I'm late in reading this--past the money turn-in date, even. But are you kidding me? I hope you said no way, Jose. Stuff like that just makes our kids feel entitled and gives them unrealistic expectations for future life. Seriously, they could all eat filet at Ruth's Chris for that amount...what's next, a birthday party in the bahamas--just pay your own plane ticket, please! I'm totally disgusted.
Hey, and I liked the spanish title.
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