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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 06:42 PM Original message |
My teenage daughter wants us to buy her a $535 dress! |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
1. That's WAY too much |
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BelleCarolinaPeridot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
2. I went to a formal in December |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 06:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Even $75 for a single wear dress would be wastefull |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 06:50 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. She has two formal dresses already... |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
3. So did she treat you to one of those teenager death ray looks? |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 06:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. AKA the "stink eye". |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 06:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. They're so good at that! |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
5. that's heinously expensive |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
7. Uh, that's more like a house payment. |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 06:48 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. It's $15 short of our house payment n/t |
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distantearlywarning (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 07:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
29. It's twice our car payment. |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
10. Take her to JC Penney's and tell her it's either one of these or nothing.. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
11. You could make her do 100 hrs of chores for it |
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Ravenseye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 07:08 PM Response to Reply #11 |
24. agreed |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 07:09 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. 50 hours is not nearly enough that's $10 an hour. |
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Ravenseye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 07:18 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. Yeah fair enough |
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eyesroll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
13. Has she ever gone vintage shopping? |
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mcar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 09:01 PM Response to Reply #13 |
46. My thought too |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
14. The stove we bought today was cheaper than this dress n/t |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
15. You brought her into this world. You buy her that dress! |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 07:02 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. LOL |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 08:08 PM Response to Reply #15 |
42. My Sister's Daughter on why her Mom should buy her a car: |
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Alleycat (992 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
16. Did she say |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
17. What exactly makes a dress THAT fucking expensive, anyway? |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 07:01 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. It's made of gold! |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 07:09 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. And the designer?? Rumplestiltskin |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 07:12 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Ach wie gut, dass niemand weis, dass ich Rumpelstilzchen heiss |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
20. Unless your name is Warren Buffet, Bill Gate, or George Soros |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
21. nect up "The 300 dollar shoe fiasco" |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
22. I admit I spent more on my daughter's prom dress last year... |
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distantearlywarning (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 07:15 PM Response to Reply #22 |
31. I might spend $300 on a prom dress for a senior. |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 07:50 PM Response to Reply #31 |
39. Yes... |
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miss_american_pie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 09:24 PM Response to Reply #22 |
47. She rocked that dress |
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LaurenG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
23. If it were my daughter I would not buy it |
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snacker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
26. We've raised 3 daughters and never spent that much |
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MissB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
27. A sewing machine would be cheaper. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
32. Wow.. proms are out of control |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
33. Tomorrow go to the mall without her |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
34. Look online.. do you have a picture or a designer name |
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philosophie_en_rose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
36. Would she spend that much, if it were her own money? |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
37. This dress is more expensive than my wedding gown was |
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bunny planet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
38. welcome to my world. Learn to raise one eyebrow ironically while staring |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
40. i don't know what she's looking for exactly but you may want |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
41. I would have never dreamed of even asking such a thing of my parents |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
43. does she have a job? |
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AirmensMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 08:13 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. That's what I was wondering. |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 08:27 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Yes, she does... |
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AirmensMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 09:29 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Wait ... she's only 15 and she's going to a formal ball? |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 09:34 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. She's in the Jr. Navy ROTC and it's a military ball... |
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Roon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-20-06 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
49. For 535.00!! |
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