Do "Over the top" birthday parties bother you?

snowball
Mon, 28 Feb 2011 09:31:39 +0000

I also didn’t start getting regular manicures until I was 30; it was my 30th birthday present to myself!! Been going to the same woman ever since!

We are considered upper middle class, but the adult children currently are not. I do try to convenience my daughter to get a manicure every two weeks as she is a nail biter, and doesn’t bite for some reason when she has freshly done nails. It has always bother me to see her fingers in her mouth, so when she was home I offered to pay for the manicure. Now that she is on her own, she tries to find the cheapest nail salon, but doesn’t go as often. So while she would like to go twice a month, she isn’t willing to spend the money.

I have the problem that my husband makes my daughter a princess; he gives her everything she wants even though I will say it is too much. There were a pair of designer shoes she wanted while in college that she showed me in a catalog; I promptly said, no way! My husband must have heard her talking about it and asked one of her friends which shoes they were and what size. Damn if he didn’t go behind my back and buy them! When I called him on it his reply was, “But she really wanted them.” I had to explain that she REALLY wants a lot of things; I still don’t get them for her. And besides, I don’t even have shoes in that price range and I am the adult!! I will say, she has worn those shoes to death, but still!