Would you consider this tacky or in bad taste?!
Would you consider this tacky or in bad taste?
Friends of my son are having a graduation party for a graduating senior, which is being catered. In the invitation, they asked for an RSVP and $25.00 to attend the party. There was also a note enclosed asking parents to be chaperones at a discounted price of $10.00.
I consider it tacky and in bad taste, my son's and I will not attend. Most of the seniors and parents will NOT attend either.
Hey.......a graduation party is supposed to be fun.............and if the hosts want a party?
throw it.
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Enough has already been said, but I would like to add that it is too bad that those parents ruined their childs graduation party because I don't think many people will attend.
How gauche.
yup tacky,
Totally tacky! The parents should pony up the cash and know that the gifts for the kid will cover the cost. The party is the parents gift to the graduate. It's not a benefit for the homeless. I wouldn't go either.
It may be that they are going to a lot of expense for entertainment and food. They should have just sold tickets if that is the reason.
Wow. That really takes the cake. I sure as helk wouldn't go. How insulting to be asked to PAY. Yikes.
My third child is graduating and we're more than happy to shell out the bucks and invite everyone.........three down, one to go and HE MADE IT! Whhooooooppppeeeee
totally tacky seniors should not have to pay to get into a gradution party its just not right
I think there are better ways for inviting friends to a graduation party and to pay for it...
Picket the party.Kidding, but, show up and drop off a present. Do not stay, and let the parents know that you could not afford the 25 dollars per person, congratulate the graduate. It is not his fault his parents are a** holes.
25 bucks? is p diddy gonna be there or anyone else famous?ooo mabe madonna...
that's the biggest load of bs that i have ever heard of. also imagine the heckeling the kid's gonna get. "do i have to pay u $5 to watch tv at your house?" no matter what, people never cease to amaze me. tacky times 10
very tacky and in bad taste. They are charging people for the catering, instead, you might want to suggest that some of the parents cook or bring a dish. wh opays for a party? That $25 could be spent in a restaurant.
If the party is not a charity fundraiser, the host assumes all costs.
Seems like these parents want a lavish affair with little cost to themselves.
Cheep - cheep - cheep. Oh, and very - very tacky.
If it was a proper invitation, however, I could see some sort of mention of needing help in adult supervision if the hosts felt it would be necessary, and they could not provide this on their own. Still on the tacky side, but it would show they take the safety of the party guests seriously.
It is tacky- like charging for a wedding or baby shower or anniversary or birthday! Even though the price of graduating college has gone sky high- the parents should anticipate the cost of a party vs helping to payoff the student loans. I have twin daughters graduating on Father's Day weekend approx 200 miles apart. One on Saturday and the next on the Sunday and then my wife is having a party (catered) at our home. No charge to those invited. I have on several times attempted to do a cost analysis for all the various cost's for having a party vs dividing the money we will spend and giving it to the girls to help payoff the student loans. I have given up with this discussion with my wife having been told from her that it is their day and the cherry on the top is that will be Father's Day. Both girls have worked VERY hard to get to this point in their life and it should be recognized! They will graduate once from universities then go on to other education or life path's. There will be no charge to anybody and that is the way it is! p.s. will be helping them both move out of their apartments also and my wife and I are middle class income wise so it will be a considerable expense on our part.
Well... if they're doing a lot of work coordinating the party, and the entrance fee is just covering their material costs, that's not tacky. But if they're trying to make a profit, then it's in really poor taste.
Yeah, you should only throw a party you can afford to throw....asking people to pay to attend is ridiculous.
tacky for sure. did you ask them what century they were living in. DUH!
TACKY!! They've already paid for their prom and other graduating expenses. If the party was for all the graduates, I could see maybe selling tickets, but not to just celebrate one person.
Send an RSVP with an invoice for your time, mileage charge and the gift as well as your hourly rate for being there.
No checks accepted. In God we trust, all others pay cash.
You haven't lost a friend, you dumped a no class mooch.