April 14, 2005

  • Are these kids NUTS? 

    Turns out (I believe I have mentioned before that Charles is not much of one for communication) the senior prom is this weekend.

    Since Charles is the only one of his group possessing both
    organizational skills and a Visa card, he got stuck making the
    arrangements for them to head to the prom on Saturday night and the
    senior celebration afterward, including hunting down what is apparently
    the last remaining limosine available for hire in the Metroplex.

    Since he does not possess a car, I got stuck driving him to west Dallas
    this afternoon to put down the deposit and give the directions for the
    limo.

    Guess.  How.  Much.  They're.  Paying. 

    Go on.  Guess.

    About $750!  

    Fortunately there are ten of them going, so it's being split ten ways, but still.....!

    Charles insists that's a decent rate, saying a friend of his in fifth period has one reserved that's $1200.

    That's right.  One thousand, two hundred dollars.  For a limosine. 

    He forgot about the need for a corsage for his date, Summer.  I
    told him I'd get something tomorrow.  (She's wearing a black
    dress, so I thought perhaps white roses?)

    Between the cost of the ticket to this shindig ($100), the tux rental
    ($150), the limosine (equal to the GNP of a third world country), and
    the corsage, this is a pricey date indeed.

    BTW, the limo will take them to the dance, pick them up from it and deliver them to the senior celebration, and that's it.

    "How," I asked suspiciously, "are you getting home Sunday morning?"

    He smiled ingratiatingly.  "Well, I guess you'll have to pick me up since I don't have a car."

    "What time?" was my next question, asked with deep foreboding.

    "Six a.m." he mumbled.

    I shall charitably draw a veil upon my response to that tidbit of information.  

Comments (7)

  • Yes. Nuts. I didn't go to my prom and I wish I had but I would have skipped the limo. I can see it for a wedding, but a prom?? Too expensive.

  • We old fogeys consider this all obscene, foolish, creating false expectations, I could go on but will refrain! What's wrong with the gym? Decorated by all!?? And being brought and picked up at midnight by parents??? Gaaaahhhhh! I'm too old to read adult stuff like this. A great grandmom and grandmom of said Charles who is grand but not this grand!!

  • Charles has a Visa?

    Proms are definitely overrated!!

  • And who is Summer? Pictures???

  • It's a Visa debit card. You know, comes with his checking account, seeing as how he's a working stiff and all.

    To be fair to him, he was surprised when told we would reimburse him for the ticket and most of the tux.

    [firmly] He's paying for his share of the limo, though.

  • I didn't go to my prom....it's still a thorny subject between my mother and me. I did go to two proms, one my sophmore year and one my junior year. One we went in his parents car and my junior prom I drove as my date was the exchange student (from Australia) and he was not allowed to drive in this country.....no limo....to expensive, even back in the dark ages.

    Does he expect you to be dressed at 6 am? Or can you show up in your robe and slippers?

  • I'll be wearing the heavy robe-type-thingie I generally wear when taking them to school.

    And slippers.

    For I'll be crawling right back into bed afterward.

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