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Offline LadyVirginia

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Parents Spending Average of $1,078 on Prom Night
« on: April 18, 2012, 11:04:43 AM »
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It's important to remember that the prom is a high school dance, not a wedding. Parents need to set limits in order to demonstrate financial responsibility

The parents don't have a clue how to do that.
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Re: Parents Spending Average of $1,078 on Prom Night
« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2012, 11:12:44 AM »
In my day we got jobs and took care of our own expenses for most everything...all parents handed out was maybe car keys & maybe a few bucks for the boy (to cover for gas & flowers) and a new dress/shoes for the gal (sometimes the dress was hand-made by Mom)...

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Re: Parents Spending Average of $1,078 on Prom Night
« Reply #2 on: April 18, 2012, 11:13:51 AM »
Not this parent.
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Re: Parents Spending Average of $1,078 on Prom Night
« Reply #3 on: April 18, 2012, 11:18:32 AM »
Not this one either. My older son went last year, and never even thought to ask for a penny. They're both going this year, and same thing. They work, and they wouldn't dream of asking us to pay for their tuxes, dinners, etc. Not in a million years.
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Re: Parents Spending Average of $1,078 on Prom Night
« Reply #4 on: April 18, 2012, 11:32:59 AM »
My mom worked with a woman who got a second job to pay for her son's prom expenses.  We had a good laugh about that in this house.

Honestly, I think  a lot of this spending is about the parents any way--either to relive their glory days, brag to their friends or to be their kids' best friend.

Besides if you have a rich and fulfilling life prom becomes an overrated blip in one's life.  One of my daughters said to me once that she hoped prom wasn't the most important and exciting night of her life.  She has high hopes for her life to have more than that.

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Re: Parents Spending Average of $1,078 on Prom Night
« Reply #5 on: April 18, 2012, 11:48:34 AM »
Just paid $20 for daughter's prom dress
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