Friends of my son are having a graduation party for a graduating senior, which is being catered. In the invitation, they asked for an RSVP and $25.00 to attend the party. There was also a note enclosed asking parents to be chaperones at a discounted price of $10.00.
I consider it tacky and in bad taste, my son's and I will not attend. Most of the seniors and parents will NOT attend either.
Hey.......a graduation party is supposed to be fun.............and if the hosts want a party?
throw it.
2007-05-11 10:58:35 · 19 answers · asked by hvn_fun2 5 in Food & Drink ➔ Entertaining
Enough has already been said, but I would like to add that it is too bad that those parents ruined their childs graduation party because I don't think many people will attend.
2007-05-12 02:54:12 · answer #1 · answered by ronald g 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is tacky- like charging for a wedding or baby shower or anniversary or birthday! Even though the price of graduating college has gone sky high- the parents should anticipate the cost of a party vs helping to payoff the student loans. I have twin daughters graduating on Father's Day weekend approx 200 miles apart. One on Saturday and the next on the Sunday and then my wife is having a party (catered) at our home. No charge to those invited. I have on several times attempted to do a cost analysis for all the various cost's for having a party vs dividing the money we will spend and giving it to the girls to help payoff the student loans. I have given up with this discussion with my wife having been told from her that it is their day and the cherry on the top is that will be Father's Day. Both girls have worked VERY hard to get to this point in their life and it should be recognized! They will graduate once from universities then go on to other education or life path's. There will be no charge to anybody and that is the way it is! p.s. will be helping them both move out of their apartments also and my wife and I are middle class income wise so it will be a considerable expense on our part.
2007-05-11 11:27:44 · answer #2 · answered by Henry H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the party is not a charity fundraiser, the host assumes all costs.
Seems like these parents want a lavish affair with little cost to themselves.
Cheep - cheep - cheep. Oh, and very - very tacky.
If it was a proper invitation, however, I could see some sort of mention of needing help in adult supervision if the hosts felt it would be necessary, and they could not provide this on their own. Still on the tacky side, but it would show they take the safety of the party guests seriously.
2007-05-11 11:23:49 · answer #3 · answered by navymom 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Totally tacky! The parents should pony up the cash and know that the gifts for the kid will cover the cost. The party is the parents gift to the graduate. It's not a benefit for the homeless. I wouldn't go either.
2007-05-11 11:02:56 · answer #4 · answered by Marisa M 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
very tacky and in bad taste. They are charging people for the catering, instead, you might want to suggest that some of the parents cook or bring a dish. wh opays for a party? That $25 could be spent in a restaurant.
2007-05-11 11:20:20 · answer #5 · answered by mistista07 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
TACKY!! They've already paid for their prom and other graduating expenses. If the party was for all the graduates, I could see maybe selling tickets, but not to just celebrate one person.
2007-05-11 13:43:25 · answer #6 · answered by Jessica T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Picket the party.Kidding, but, show up and drop off a present. Do not stay, and let the parents know that you could not afford the 25 dollars per person, congratulate the graduate. It is not his fault his parents are a** holes.
2007-05-11 11:10:43 · answer #7 · answered by emrjudy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do this, I sneak my very own jelly babies into the cinema every time i pass, just to make a element that i'm no longer paying their stupid stupid expenditures. i think of it against the regulations - yet bare in suggestions that putting is now abolished. The worst that they could do is ban you from using their theatre or cinema. I even have heard that they could confiscate your sweats etc, besides the undeniable fact that it is not a criminal offence to sneak sweats in. Topping all of it, I even supply my sweats to human beings around me me too - freed from fee of direction. The company are making a real killing besides charging a huge volume for get admission to in the 1st place. ingesting your man or woman sweats isn't any huge deal. it is approximately time those Nazi run places have been given genuine.
2016-11-27 19:33:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Send an RSVP with an invoice for your time, mileage charge and the gift as well as your hourly rate for being there.
No checks accepted. In God we trust, all others pay cash.
You haven't lost a friend, you dumped a no class mooch.
2007-05-11 14:59:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think there are better ways for inviting friends to a graduation party and to pay for it...
2007-05-11 11:08:48 · answer #10 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋