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TheMightyFavog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-04 11:00 AM Original message |
Teens spending as much as $3k on Prom these days... |
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candy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-04 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
1. When did teenagers start ruling the world? |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-04 11:11 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. when young baby boomers started to give it to them |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-04 12:56 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. Woah! Profundity from the Rat! |
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indigo32 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-04 09:47 AM Response to Reply #7 |
46. Yup |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-04 05:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
32. There are books and videos that teach marketers how to |
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arwalden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-04 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
2. Wow! |
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Triple H (714 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-04 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
3. Geez... |
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kitkatrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-04 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
4. Hell with that! |
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Loonman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-04 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
5. Getting expensive for awkward, embarrassing... |
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Exultant Democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-04 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
6. I spent over $1,500 on mine all together |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-04 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
8. Because they're deeply insecure and desperate to conform. |
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Exultant Democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-04 11:34 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Don't you see that as a little judgmental? |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-04 11:43 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. No. That's just how I see the prom. |
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Triple H (714 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-04 11:44 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. That's how I viewed my proms as well. |
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Exultant Democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-04 12:00 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. But you don't know these people who you are |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-04 12:54 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. I don't think so. To me the $3,000 is an appalling waste. |
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chicaloca (704 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-04 04:44 PM Response to Reply #14 |
30. yup... |
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SmileyBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-04 04:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
29. Very cynical, but I agree 100 percent. |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-04 08:02 AM Response to Reply #29 |
44. Yeah. I am a misanthropic bastard, I'm afraid. |
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Kadie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-04 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
9. When they had the prom in our area the other night |
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eyesroll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-04 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
10. I skipped my prom, and went to a comedy club instead |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-04 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
11. Thankfully I was total loser... |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-04 11:34 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. I would've asked you. |
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Loonman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-04 11:47 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. I thought you just dumped all over the concept of the prom |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-04 11:51 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Yeah, but it's a date, dude! Can't turn that down. |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-04 01:27 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. and I would have said yes! |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-04 01:29 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Cool! I was in Scotland, so I would've had to have flown over |
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Colin Ex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-04 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
19. I could buy a lot of records for 3000 dollars. |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-04 02:47 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. I don't neccesarily agree |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-04 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
22. Thats more than I spend on a computer... |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-04 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
25. We're constantly amazed |
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geniph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-04 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
27. Holy Mother of Gawd! |
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SmileyBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-04 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
28. I didn't go to my prom, and I'm utterly thankful for it. |
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WoodrowFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-04 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
31. thought you said PORN, not PROM. oops. (NT_ |
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Throckmorton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-04 09:46 AM Response to Reply #31 |
45. Shows you where our minds are, |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-04 10:25 AM Response to Reply #45 |
49. Me too (and many many others I suspect) |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-04 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
33. Just think how much their weddings will cost. |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-04 06:38 PM Response to Reply #33 |
42. Average wedding cost now: $20K |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-04 09:44 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Yesterday was my 8th anniversary and I'm damn proud of that! |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-04 10:28 AM Response to Reply #42 |
50. I spent a grand total or $0 on mine |
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geniph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-04 05:07 PM Response to Reply #42 |
54. I have a theory |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-04 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
34. I spent less on my wedding! |
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elcondor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-04 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
35. I went last year and spent a grand total of $80 |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-04 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
36. $3000?! |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-04 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
37. Yikes! |
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CO Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-04 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
38. In 1971.... |
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LeftPeopleFinishFirst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-04 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
39. Yeow-ch... guess I'm lucky? |
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rumguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-04 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
40. damn that's a lot of prom |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-04 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
41. It's obscene |
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Scooter24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-04 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
47. costly |
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indigo32 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-04 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
48. Crazy |
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mac56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-04 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
51. Surprised no one has quoted Fountains of Wayne yet. So here goes: |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-04 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
52. Serious defect of character -- spending for the sake of spending |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-04 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
53. My dress was about $150 |
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ButterflyBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-04 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
55. dumb |
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MAlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-30-04 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
56. fuck that... |
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