Sweet 16 Party
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I hope my DD would love to do something like that and not all this "got to have the biggest birthday bash ever"
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As my old mum would say 'throwing money around like a man with no arms' is not the Brit way.
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I very much doubt they'll ask for a "sweet 16 party".
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My mother "won" a ride around Oxford in one, her insurance bloke, top guy, very high up basically fixed it so she would win the company prize when he found out my brother had been killed as something to take her mind off things. We both loved it.
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My daughter is 18 now and in college, but I had to endure the sweet 16 (and other parties which still continue to go on)
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We were out at the galleria shopping mall a few weeks ago, and there were about 5 different groups of kids walking around, all dressed up fancier than a wedding party. At first I though they were live models for a bridal shop or something, then it twigged... a couple of sweet 16 parties.
Can you imagine paying probably oodles of cash for a swish ballroom, only to have your kids walking around the food mall buying a big mac! I would be livid!
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Can you imagine paying probably oodles of cash for a swish ballroom, only to have your kids walking around the food mall buying a big mac! I would be livid!
I just don't get it
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I think its all bullsh*t. When my girl turns 16 she can have a party at home. If she doesn’t like it …….tuff.
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Wait for it! 30 years from now all the offspring of Amer/English marriages will be in intensive therapy because they didn't get spoiled like some of the brats you hear about who get given everything because Mom & Dad were more interested in their careers than raising their kids with correct values.
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Recently, my daughter hosted a going away dinner at my house for all of her friends going off to different universities. I did the cooking, she and a friend did the planning/decorations, and they had a nice low-key evening on the screened-in porch. It was very inexpensive and civilized. DH and I really enjoyed seeing all the girls in their summer dresses and sandals chatting and taking pictures, etc.
My kids learned early not expect extravagance (even when I had money to blow).
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Sweet 16 doesn't mean you have to rent a venue out or spend a lot of money. In my daughter's and her friends cases, they usually had a party at someone's house that had a pool, party room, or just a basement. My daughter's best friend gave her a surprise 16th at my house a day early (she was returning from being an exchange student in Germany & all her friends were at the house when we came back from the airport). I provided the food and supervision and the friend did all the planning and work.
Recently, my daughter hosted a going away dinner at my house for all of her friends going off to different universities. I did the cooking, she and a friend did the planning/decorations, and they had a nice low-key evening on the screened-in porch. It was very inexpensive and civilized. DH and I really enjoyed seeing all the girls in their summer dresses and sandals chatting and taking pictures, etc.
My kids learned early not expect extravagance (even when I had money to blow).
Recently, my daughter hosted a going away dinner at my house for all of her friends going off to different universities. I did the cooking, she and a friend did the planning/decorations, and they had a nice low-key evening on the screened-in porch. It was very inexpensive and civilized. DH and I really enjoyed seeing all the girls in their summer dresses and sandals chatting and taking pictures, etc.
My kids learned early not expect extravagance (even when I had money to blow).
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