Topic: Political & Religious Discussion subforum

[rrocket]

Geez, Jon....

[johngenx]

When ya only have one, it’s fun to spoil them a little. She’s an awesome kid that has zero expectations for things like that, so I don’t mind going overboard sometimes.

[rrocket]

When ya only have one, it’s fun to spoil them a little. She’s an awesome kid that has zero expectations for things like that, so I don’t mind going overboard sometimes.

Sometimes (oftentimes?) it's ok to say no though...best word we ever learned for child rearing!

I (somewhat) understand going overboard for maybe something useful to her or her career (pair of skis? Avalanche backpack? )

But $2k on a prom dress is silliness and one of those times where "no" was the correct answer IMO.

But it's your dough....so if you're happy...

[Fobroader]

When ya only have one, it’s fun to spoil them a little. She’s an awesome kid that has zero expectations for things like that, so I don’t mind going overboard sometimes.

Sometimes (oftentimes?) it's ok to say no though...best word we ever learned for child rearing!

I (somewhat) understand going overboard for maybe something useful to her or her career (pair of skis? Avalanche backpack? )

But $2k on a prom dress is silliness and one of those times where "no" was the correct answer IMO.

But it's your dough....so if you're happy...

Meh, I don't have kids, but I get it. My buddies kid graduated last year and he wanted some fancy git up that was $1000+, some fancy shoes and a limo. Kid finished top 3 honor roll and got into mechanical engineering at the UofA, definitely deserved an accolade for his hard work.

[KD]

^^. Meh, after what my bil told me it cost for his three boys to play hockey and for ski passes that's a small fraction.  Besides money well spent by the looks of Jon and daughter.   

My wife spent $86 for her wedding dress.  It was in the half price rack!   . Anyways, it was the one she liked best and she looked fantastic!  We spent the wad on the trip! 

Btw, awesome thread drift!  Had a good laugh when I logged in here and saw a prom dress. 

[johngenx]

She didn’t ask for the dress. She was looking at $300 dresses and offered to pay for one herself.

Going overboard was my choice.

I can’t recall one time where she asked for something even remotely unreasonable.

[sailor723]

We ended up on a two day road trip to Halifax for dress shopping. The eventual dress wasn't too, too bad until you started adding up gas, hotel, meals and my wife doing some "while we're here" shopping. 

[tenpenny]

Prom dress!  Anyone want to buy one?  We spent a ridiculous amount on the kids dress, and now it just sits in a closet. Worn once. $2K per wear. I’ll let it go for cheap!

I might just donate it to this place that helps poorer kids with dresses.

LOL, the school my daughters went to, they need a white dress for group photo and graduation ceremony, plus a prom dress for prom.  But they only stay at prom for an hour or two, then they all get changed and take off to parties.

It’s kinda expensive.


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[Brig]

My prom dress was neither expensive nor formal.  But I spent a heck of a lot of time (weeks) looking for something original, only to see another girl at the prom show up wearing the very same one as me.  That bothered me more than anything else!  I had the better shoes, though.  . 

In the end, both ended up covered in puke, thanks to my first foray into drinking gin and 7-Up.      

[Jaeger]

Yeah, the dress thing was totally my fault. We’d set a much smaller budget but then I got a tailor/designer involved and it just took off. To be fair though, what I wore to the event was over $4K if you add up the suit, shirt, tie and shoes. Though again, those things are not one-use-only.

This is a crappy pic of the dress, but it’s my fave pic of the event anyway. A lot of the cost of the dress is the huge number of layers in the lower half to make it sit exactly perfect. Took fittings and a lot of labour and materials. She stood out, as desired. It’s only money... (just keep chanting that, it helps)

Love that pic.  And I'll bet she'll treasure the memory.  Excessive?  Yup.  Worth it?  Yup.  Would I do the same?  Prolly yup. 

[Fobroader]

My prom dress was neither expensive nor formal.  But I spent a heck of a lot of time (weeks) looking for something original, only to see another girl at the prom show up wearing the very same one as me.  That bothered me more than anything else!  I had the better shoes, though.  . 

In the end, both ended up covered in puke, thanks to my first foray into drinking gin and 7-Up.      

 

One of the girls at my grad party ended up not only coating herself with puke, also partially set her dress on fire as she got to close to the fire pit....good times.

[sailor723]

Prom dress!  Anyone want to buy one?  We spent a ridiculous amount on the kids dress, and now it just sits in a closet. Worn once. $2K per wear. I’ll let it go for cheap!

I might just donate it to this place that helps poorer kids with dresses.

LOL, the school my daughters went to, they need a white dress for group photo and graduation ceremony, plus a prom dress for prom.  But they only stay at prom for an hour or two, then they all get changed and take off to parties.

It’s kinda expensive.


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Oh yeah, I remember it well . AFAIR the white dress was found online but the prom dress required the road trip.   Good old SJHS!...my alma mater 

[Brig]

One of the girls at my grad party ended up not only coating herself with puke, also partially set her dress on fire as she got to close to the fire pit....good times.

Nice. Go big or go home.  I was sitting on the grass in a park with my BF at the time.  He was trying to make some moves, and I guess my response was less than sexy.   

[Jaeger]

One of the girls at my grad party ended up not only coating herself with puke, also partially set her dress on fire as she got to close to the fire pit....good times.

Nice. Go big or go home.  I was sitting on the grass in a park with my BF at the time.  He was trying to make some moves, and I guess my response was less than sexy.   

 

[Weels]

My prom dress was neither expensive nor formal.  But I spent a heck of a lot of time (weeks) looking for something original, only to see another girl at the prom show up wearing the very same one as me.  That bothered me more than anything else!  I had the better shoes, though.  . 

In the end, both ended up covered in puke, thanks to my first foray into drinking gin and 7-Up.      

Yep.  7-Up will do that to you. 

[Brig]

Yep.  7-Up will do that to you.

Nah, it was probably those ice cubes that had gone bad.   

[sailor723]

Yep.  7-Up will do that to you.

Nah, it was probably those ice cubes that had gone bad.   

At least tell me it wasn't lemon gin. 

[Gurgie]

Yep.  7-Up will do that to you.

Nah, it was probably those ice cubes that had gone bad.   

I always blamed it on the slice of pizza I had at some point in the evening... never on the booze!!

As my old accountant once told me (he could drink like a fish), if you ever ate food that made you this sick, you'd never touch it again     But with the booze we're back at 'er without fear 

[OliverD]

Yep.  7-Up will do that to you.

Nah, it was probably those ice cubes that had gone bad.   

I always blamed it on the slice of pizza I had at some point in the evening... never on the booze!!

A friend of mine always blames it on something she ate, we make fun of her for that all the time. 

Also reminds me of this Onion article: https://www.theonion.com/man-blames-hangover-on-everything-but-how-much-he-drank-1819566447

[Brig]

Yeah, it was a running joke back in my sales days.  We'd party hard into the wee hours of the morning for three solid days.  On some mornings, if someone was "missing" from a meeting, the older guys would say that "Bob got some bad ice last night."