How is soda any indication of wealth? More of a health related parenting decision than anything else.
Chuck E. Cheese is super pricey now a days. My niece had a bday there for like 15 people and it was close to 2k for pizza and games edit: I’ve been lied to
That's almost 3x what we paid for my daughter's party there last year. Most be a huge regional price difference.
that’s a lot of bills to be stuffing in your pockets. I like my pockets empty besides my phone and maybe keys
This can't be true. Who ever told you this is a moron. It is $40 a kid in LA. $36 in Atlanta. That is 2 slices a kid and all you can play
I don't think TIVO even existed until I was almost out of college. I distinctly remember a friend who had married a physician telling me about how they made the long term money saving decision to buy a lifetime Tivo membership or some shit and she got mad at me when I laughed at her and her husband to their faces because I knew it was such a new emerging technology that there was no way that was a good investment
we had a cable box with in a chip in it that gave us all the premium channels and the ppv channels. Was incredible when I found out what it did once it hit 11 pm
I just checked the closest one to me out of sheer curiosity and it was like $700 for 15 kids and 10 adults for the top of the line package. Although this does not include however bad the bar tab would get for the adults having to oversee 15 kids on unlimited soft drinks.
I don’t know. In case I need it, I guess. I don’t really pay in cash very often. I probably won’t restock for a few months.
my sister probably grossly exaggerated to try to win an argument. It was in the context of her husband complaining about how she spent 2k to cater a kids bday party at the house for a bounce house, catered food, cupcakes, etc… PLUS having to clean up yourself. And she replied that it was basically the same price as the party they had the year before at Charles Entertainment Cheese’s establishment
Somebody mentioned it already. But going out to eat. We never did that unless it was a really special occasion. I’ve probably been to a restaurant maybe 2-3 times in the last 5 years. I guess where it wasn’t a thing when I was younger, it’s not appealing to me now. Birthdays we would grill out. Truly a “we have food at home” family.
Where I grew up in Michigan, it took me a while to understand that most people didn't have second home lake houses Up North.
For me it was not only going out to eat, but when we did seeing the ppl that ordered appetizers or desserts. I don’t think I had an appetizer at a restaurant until I was 19
I’ve shared so much I might as well share a little more. The last pair of shoes my dad bought me was when I was about 14-15. It’s why whenever my kids started the new school year I’d always make sure I’d buy them at 2 pairs of shoes. I light and dark color way so they’d have options. Obviously I’d buy them more during the year but always 2 pairs to start rhe year with. I’d do that also for the 2nd semester and summer clothes.
My friend had: Pool hot tub In house gym with a sauna Bidets in all bathrooms that I thought were water fountains A convertible Jaguar. Unlimited snacks we weren’t allowed to eat 3 4-wheelers that no one was allowed to drive unless the parents weren’t home. Pool table we weren’t allowed to play on unless parents weren’t home
One funny one looking back was I thought anyone who could afford pizza hut was rich. Now I can't imagine getting that
Friends dad had one of those CD changers that held 200 or so CDs, figured you had to be rich to have one of those as I got one CD a month if my grades were good.
My parents managed to get to barely middle class by the time I was a teenager. But when I was a kid and they were separated, each was probably lower-middle for most of my childhood. Not picking out your presents in September so them shits could go on layaway Splurging on Taco Bell on Friday nights Sports like swim team or tennis
We were “rich” by the time I was in high school, but ironically my parents kept their shitty old Sears tv from 1982 well into the 2000’s cuz they didn’t give a shit (and it was probably like $2000 in 1982 money). Looked a lot like this:
I had this from a young age but it definitely came from a pawn shop and had a remote with 5 buttons on it. The channel part made the dial turn and I can still hear the sound. It only ever had a gaming system hooked to it, never got cable or anything.
Anyone with a recreational boat. Going out for a weekend on the lake in the summer with my “rich friend” was a highlight of my summers growing up. Now I know that doesn’t necessarily mean rich, more so doesn’t like their money
Was also too heavy for them to move. Kids these days don't know how good they've got it between flat screen monitors and TV's.
even the early flat screens were heavy my first “big screen” was a 35 inch tube tv that must have weighed 100+ lol
Having the newest gaming system. My parents bought me a Sega Genesis when it was peak N64/Playstation era. I went from that to a Dreamcast.
Incredible. My dad is like this, though not that sparingly, but he very much gets pissed when me and my siblings get together and eat stupid expensive meals constantly. It doesn’t even register for him as an option because of your “we have food at home” mantra. I always chalk it up to him being a Cold War Army kid.
When my elementary school would have a silent auction to raise $- the kid whose parents paid for them to be principal for a day
Whole garage full of soft drinks and snacks for their stores but god help you if you wanted a bag of chips or a Mountain Dew. His dad would also make us do chores if we stayed the night. As we got older we told him to fuck off but he’s legit make us mow the lawn and we’d just leave and go home. It was known how cheap they were. They’d have a bunch of us stay the night and they’d cook dinner and give us bologna sandwiches to eat. It was a running joke around the neighborhood.
I think going to an elementary school that has silent auctions as fund raisers is itself a sign of wealth