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Birthday party question

simplegirl226simplegirl226 member
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So DH and I are going to do a joint birthday party with BM for youngest SS's 10th birthday. He wants to do a skating party which we all agreed would be good. I found all of the information for the skaiting rink online and sent it to BM. Its $59.99 for up to 8 skaters and then $6.00 for each additional skater. That includes: admission, skate rental, Drink, Ice cream, paper plates, forks, napkins, decorated table and coupon to come back again. So I figured we would probably have about 10 kids and that would be fine. Well I get an email back from her and she is thinking about 15-20 kids. That would make the total just for skating $131.00. On top of that, she wants shirts for the kids to sign, cupcakes and $1 for each kid to play in the arcade. The total for everything comes up to a little over $200 which means about $100 for our share.

My question is: Does this seem to excessive or right on track with what 10 year olds are doing for their birthdays? It seems expensive to me.

 

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  • mhwoodmhwood member
    Sounds about right is there is food involved.
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  • simplegirl226simplegirl226 member
    Well if we wanted to do pizza it would go up to $89.99 for up to 8 people. So I think we are just going to do cake and ice cream and skating. But you never know. BM might want to spend more of our money...LOL
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  • riabironriabiron member
    Honestly I think that is pretty cheap for a birthday party. You don't even want to know what I am spending next week for DD's. :)
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  • DREWLILYDREWLILY
    It is pretty expensive, but that's about right for the way things cost these days. Are you splitting the costs with BM? Keep in mind too, not all of those kids will be able to go so you might only end up with 10-15.
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  • simplegirl226simplegirl226 member
    Yes we are splitting the costs with BM. The only thing that irriates me about all of this is that she just assumes that whatever she tells us we will just pay. I don't like that. I want to be asked if this or that is a good idea before she just goes and does it. I know we respect her in that way. I would never go buy something and then tell her she owes us money without discussing it with her first.
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  • snarkisthenewblacksnarkisthenewblack
    i don't think that it is that expensive, but if you and your dh aren't comfortable with the costs, certainly mention your concerns to her. i do think inviting 20 kids is excessive unless you ss has a lot of cousins/family members that are being included. and i think the t-shirts are a little over the top as well. you could always ask her to cut out the shirts and nix five guests, or something similar.
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  • GLynn2009GLynn2009
    You could tell her what part you are willing to split then anything over that she does is all hers.
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  • J&A2008J&A2008 member

    $200 is very cheap for a party of that many children.

    I don't think she's being unreasonable.

    Stay at home mom to a house of boys: two amazing stepsons, 12 and 9, and our 4 year old.
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  • simplegirl226simplegirl226 member

    Thanks ladies. I talked to DH and we decided that its not to expensive and I seem to be mostly in charge of whats going on so I know how much we will end up having to pay and it does not seem like to much. I just hate it when people tell me how much money they want me to spend instead of asking.

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  • mom2onemom2one member
    I think that sounds super cheap! I am jealous. All of our kids parties have been around $300-400 and that is average here!
    Stay at Home Mama to 3 Beautiful Children by the miracles of Birth & Adoption
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  • SueBearSueBear member
    I am having a home party for 11 kids and it's going to be WELL over $200 if you count the pizza, cake, plates and decorations and goody bags (and its not as if the goody bags were filled with great stuff!).
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