emeraldkity4, this is timely as I was considering starting a thread today entitled Prom Frenzy.
We live in a well-heeled suburb, so no one seems to bat an eye at the expenses, which have included:
- Tanning salon
- Dress (drove 45 minutes to the prom dress store)
- Ticket to prom
- Ticket to prom for date (d asked her date, so apparently we pay...)
- Limo
- Limo to prom for date
- Manicure
- Pedicure
- Hair do
- Shoes
- Clutch to match shoes
- Earrings to match dress
- Lunch at the food court after getting hungry and cranky shopping for three items listed directly above
I wouldn't mind it so much if she were starry eyed and sharing the excitement, but she has been snappish, preoccupied and just generally surly when asked about any of it.
So I know it's a rite of passage and all that, but I'm not sure I like what it brings out in a teen.
She will go to a friend's for an overnight, so I am not worried about the post prom.
As for the hotel room after -- clearly someone over 21 has to make arrangements for this, so the parents have no one to hold responsible but themselves.