ok,
I happend to catch some kind of Mtv countdown on the most expensive sweet 16 parties.
The #1 most expensive party was L.A. Reid's and Pebbles son who topped the scale with a tab of over 1 million dollars.
Now I understand that as folks acquire more wealth, their tastes may change. I also believe that if I could afford to give my son/daughter a very nice party, I would probably do it ( assuming their grades/behavior/maturity level made allowances).
But isn't their some type of un-written rule that states you need to teach your kids the value of a dollar. I doubt very seriously that even if I was a millionaire 30 times over, I would give my child a party that cost 100,000.
I mean there were kids on this show who were getting 70,000 land rovers IN ADDITION to a 300,000 party.
Maybe its just me, but I don't know that I would do something like that ( even if I could afford it).
1. I wouldn't push a party that would cost more than than a vehicle I could buy ( or help my child ) to buy.
2. I wouldn't push a party that would cost more than a college education I could give my child.
3. I wouldn't push a party more than a house down payment I could help my child with.
I know everybody's version of "affordable" is different. Bill Gates version of affordable in nowhere in the world near my version of affordable. But somehow, my child's popularity with their peers is not high on my "I Must Do" list.
Everybody in the show ( the kids at least) were talking about how their party had to be the "end all Be all" event of the period. Very few were concerned that something might be too expensive. When Young Joc said, Its gonna cost 85,000 for me to come to your party.... the girl said " My daddy should cover it". I was bout to hit a flying sidekick through the TV on that one.
I'm thinking to myself...... I wonder what the wedding will cost.
Maybe I'm just cheap.
Jlewis
