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Main => Gospel Music Lounge => Topic started by: jlewis on July 12, 2007, 05:23:12 PM
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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
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No you're right on with this one. And top it all off with the fact that most of the kids behavior warrants a beat down rather than a party. I can't even watch that show. Spoiled kids make me itch.
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No you're right on with this one. And top it all off with the fact that most of the kids behavior warrants a beat down rather than a party. I can't even watch that show. Spoiled kids make me itch.
That was one of my main problems. The persian girl who got the 70,000 land rover was so disrespectful to her mother it was ridiculous.
They had a girl on ther from Memphis, her dad bought her a custom 6-door Hummer ( only one in the US). She had the nerve to ask for some chandilier lights on the roof. This same girl from memphis had the housekeeper do her hair every morning. what was funny was that the girl couldn't do her own hair, but was able to "walk it Out" like a ATL strip club professional.
I don't want my kids to grow up too fast, but I need them to understand the concept of work, and pay as the result of work.
Chris Brown was also on the show, However he "paid" for his own party. He bought himself a lambourghini. Now while I might not neccessarily agree with all his purchases he was handling his business as far as I could tell. He was building his own house ( AFTER he built his momma's house). I can respect that.
Jlewis
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Dude, you shouldn't have even put yourself through that mess.
The kids are bad, granted; but their PARENTS are worse for condoning this garbage (behavior and everything else). :-\
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In general, we don't watch any of the music video channels anymore- too much skin in the videos, and too much worldly content in the rest of their programming. But, from the sounds of it, I didn't miss much in that program.
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I hate that show, them kids need to be beat with a switch...
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No you're right on with this one. And top it all off with the fact that most of the kids behavior warrants a beat down rather than a party. I can't even watch that show. Spoiled kids make me itch.
itchy huh?
I get so peeed when the lil rugrats cuss, judge/insult their friends, and act bratty.
Also, Id be out there with a stick if my girl had grown men stripping for her in order to choose whose coming to the party.
This one girl got 2 custom dresses, they took 2 months to deliver and when they arrived she protested that she wasnt going to wear them, and insisted that her mother go and buy her more dresses. I was so glad to see in the very next scene that she wore both dresses to the party. When the parents actr like parents instead of Bensons and Belvederes; thats when I cheer.
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I hate that show, them kids need to be beat with a switch...
Won't even get the job done. I'd love to beat the parents though.
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This show is very funny to me. But, I agree with all yalls viewpoints, I would kill the kids and slap the parents silly for the mess that goes on.