12-27-2002, 01:28 PM | #11 |
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Epona - I've had that same experience as a parent. Bring home something I think the boys will really like, only to watch them play with the box for 2 weeks.
Which is precisely WHY I would not spend $200.00 on something as trivial as a card (or even a few cards). Magik - This "guy" who "tricked out" his computer wouldn't be anybody I know, would he? Besides, there is a difference between an adult spending his/her own money on something they want and know they will use and that same adult spending the money for a gift their child will be tired of within a few months (at most). For example, I got a new computer system back in August because my first one was an old "hand-me-down" from my college roommate. It was a great computer for a couple of years (even though it "outdated" by several generations), but as I began to get more games and software for the computer, I needed a better system. I shopped (and saved) for 9 months before finally buying a non-brand name system from an online store. Total cost was around $900.00 - but that counted as my Anniversary, Birthday, AND Father's Day gift. It also will be the ONLY system I buy for 2-3 years at the least (maybe longer). I did get a lot of satisfaction out of giving my old system to my mom (who had been wanting to buy one for a long time). She and dad have helped us out in more ways than I could count since my wife and I got married and this was one way to pay back a very small part of that.
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12-27-2002, 01:46 PM | #12 |
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$200 for one piece of card with a picture on it *shakes head in disbelief*.
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12-27-2002, 01:53 PM | #13 |
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CerekYeah you might know "this guy" I do kind of agree with you, there is a trend now for parents to indulge their kids..I think it is partly from them not thinking of things from the kids perspective. Blocks and leggo's and plastic army men were all we needed to keep us happy for weeks. Parents now tend to think "gee I wish I had that" then get it for their kids....forgetting that the kids are at a whole different level. All I know is that people spend their money in weird ways...some people spend it all on lottery tickets [img]smile.gif[/img]
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12-27-2002, 02:03 PM | #14 |
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200.00 $$ on cards, yeesh. Sounds like something my wife would do. She is compelled to buy a lot of useless stuff for Christmas and I always end up debating with her on the pro's and con's. Her parents always bent over backwards for those must have Items during this time of the year, the rest of it they got squat, however our children get gifts and thankyou items all year so to speak. My oldest is to the point where she doesnt respect what she has and I keep telling her grandparents as well as my wife to stop buying all the crap she keeps getting. I have a not so large house and it tends to get a bit cluttered with the four of us, and soon to be 5 of us. Ack, I writing these from work is a pain, to many distractions. I apologise if it seems to go off course.
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12-27-2002, 03:04 PM | #18 |
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I am in total agreement with both Timber and Epona.
Some times the simple thing is the most fun too... Parents need to have that strength of character TL, and saddly there are no requirements put on people before they have kids...maybe a class or a license course or something |
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12-27-2002, 03:20 PM | #20 |
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I was being facetious(sp?) err dammit now I have to look the word up!
Edit: what do you know..I got it right [img]smile.gif[/img] Facetious! "Just being Waggish" or Joking [img]smile.gif[/img] [ 12-27-2002, 03:23 PM: Message edited by: MagiK ] |
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