Is this a bit much?

[HauntedMansionGeek]

Another Ditto for disykat's comments.

 

[MaryAnnDVC]

Originally posted by disykat
The limo issue is not about money IMO. It is about turning a 5th grade "graduation" into something it's not. It's about turning EVERYTHING your child does into a celebration to the point where they expect adulation for every childhood milestone.

Exactly!

When my DD took dance lessons, they sold small bouqets of flowers at the recital. I always bought from them:

A) to support the dance school
B) to let my DD know that she's one of A GROUP
C) to not show off to other parents/kids.

There was one woman (with spoiled...yes, rotten...children) who always had to bring a HUGE bouquet that she bought at a florist. She consistently has to top everyone else...it's nauseating.

 

[Disney Doll]

My mother always told me that you rode in for weddings and funerals. I already got married, when my ILs died we decided not to go with the family limo.

 

[figment52]

Let me think, if you have a limo in elementary school what do you do to celebrate something really special - like say a wedding??

 

[disneyjunkie]

Originally posted by disykat
It's about turning EVERYTHING your child does into a celebration to the point where they expect adulation for every childhood milestone. It's about taking an occasion that used to mean a piece of cake or an ice cream cone and turning it into a "let's one up the Jone's" ordeal.

I guess it just depends on where you're from and what you are used to.

In my area of Brooklyn, graduations have always been a big deal. It doesn't matter what grade level it is. June is the time for graduation and proms. Most day care centers in this area will have a graduation for the kindergarten students. Many of them will have caps and gowns. The same thing will happen in 5th or 6th grade, 8th or 9th and again in the 12 grade. Even schools that are K-8 will have graduations for K,6th and 8th graders.

This is normal around here. I'm 36 and I had a graduation when I graduated from preschool. White dress, fancy hair, new shoes, everything. I did the same thing when I graduated from 5th, and 8th grades. In 8th grade we had a prom, senior trip, year book, and class rings. 12th grade was the same except then the senior trip was to Canda, the prom was at Tavern On The Green, of course we there were class rings and year books and I finally got to wear a cap and gown.

All of my family and friends in SC and NC(except for the ones that grew up here) think all of this is strange. They don't go all out until 12th grade. I think that's strange, but that's the norm there.

 

[FroggyinArk]

yes limos for graduation at any age prior to college are a bit over the top. its all show off, the kids ussually even admit it, we had a guy locally who decided he was tierd of the show offs( our area is mostly rural and farm kids ) soo he went to prom in a camoflage tux he had specially made, and drove his very own kubota tractor complete with a seat in the front bucket for his "date" ( he took his dog) ( and yeah the high school kid owns a tractor,)i'll try and find the write up..local papres had a feild day with it,, he made front page looked cool in his camo tux, (complete with top hat) riding his bright orange tractor up amongst the limos

 

[HollyJoy]

I don't know. I can see how you would think it's a bit over the top, but hey, it's an exciting day for them, and if you can afford it, I say go for it!

 

[Jenn Lynn]

I agree with mudnuri.
Quite a lot of judgements happening on this thread.

 

[Pin Wizard]

I think a 5th grade graduation is a bit much!

 

[disneyjunkie]

Originally posted by Jenn Lynn
I agree with mudnuri.
Quite a lot of judgements happening on this thread.

 

[Celluloidgal]

I just picked up DS & DD from their last day of school. And there...taking up the majority of the pick up zone...was a stretch Hummer! Mind you, this is an elementary school!

While I understand the parents wanting to celebrate the achievements of the kidos...it "seemed" a bit much. Or maybe I'm just angry because it took up the entire pick up zone, and I had to circle the school 4 times before I could pick up my kids. (Waiting in this beautiful Texas weather91 degrees, 47% humidity )

Oh well.

 

[disykat]

"I agree 100%. There are things that some do for our kids that others don't. Each year since my DD's birth we have purchased them a pearl to be added to a necklace...is this for any reason other than a special event? no, the DD's will get them on their wedding day....they know about them, they come with us when we have the jewler add one each year."
Brandy [/B][/QUOTE]


I think that sounds like a very nice family tradition. However, if you were to present them in front of all the kids of their elementary school then my "judgemental" opinion would be that it was over the top and specifically designed to make them seem more important than the other children.

 

[hrh_disney_queen]

I didn't even have a "graduation" until I got out of high school. Of course it's been awhile, but when did even moving up from one grade to another become such a big enough deal to be called "graduation"? (Of course, I was moved to tears when DS6 was "presented" in his "graduating class of 2004"-but no limo...)

 

[disykat]

I just remembered what our celebrations are called - promotions. That makes so much more sense to me since they are being promoted to the next level - not getting a diploma.

 

[aprilgail2]

Originally posted by tmq2766
WOW You guys are acting like a limo is something that you would have to save for years to rent... Around here a limo is like 65.00. WOOPEE........

Thats what it is here too. Before I started using them I always thought they were expensive but they aren't. I have used limos to take me and a bunch of friends to rock concerts, retirement dinners, christmas parties, bachlorette parties, broadway shows...anywhere that there will be some drinking so we didn't have to worry about who had to be the driver home or places in the city that are a pain to drive to. After my godsons bone marrow transplant in NYC I had him picked up in a super stretch and brought home, he felt like a star in it and to me he was. I still wouldn't pick my daughter up for 5th grade graduation in one but thats just me. She just had preschool graduation and friends and neighbors went to see it and brought her flowers and presents. I took her to Chuck E Cheese to celebrate. The next "big" graduation is 5th grade and that will be dinner out with a friend or two. 8th grade graduation is about the same but then they usually all go out as a group right after on their own.
Limos are not just for rich snobby people, I am a single working mom and they are pretty well within my price range.

Edited to add: one of my friends had a daughter whose friends mom drove a limo and everyday they would be dropped off at school in a limo on her way to work, I wonder if people talked about them like this??

 

[zurgswife]

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