Birthday Party's Are Getting Out Of Hand (Birthday Greetings)

Member Name: rosiesmum

Product:	Birthday Greetings
Date:	21/09/08 (209 review reads)
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Advantages: Its nice for children to have a party

Disadvantages: they are getting very expensive.

Every family likes to celebrate birthdays and mine is no exception, with children grown up and grandchildren now getting more numerous by the year, it is getting quite costly.

All children like a party and it is now the norm to hire a venue like the local leisure centre, or the soft play centre with the ball pits and bouncy castles. These don't come cheap and kids like to invite all their school mates including family members so it can get a bit out of hand.

There is the birthday cake and party bags to dish out, kids just love it all but some how I don't think that the parents do any more.

Years ago a party bag consisted of a piece of birthday cake and a balloon, not now, you have to put a pack of sweets in a set of pens a few whistles and trinkets, it's expected you see.

What ever happened to jelly and ice cream with a few sandwiches at home, then a game of pass the parcel and pin the tail on the donkey? It was affordable and we all enjoyed it as a family.

I was asked to attend a nine year old girl's party the other week to do nail art on twenty girls after they had had an hour driving around in a bright pink Limo and a game of bowling. This set the parents back about 250.00 without the cost of the buffet, how can normal working class families keep up with that sort of party?

Has the world gone crazy? Why do parents have to go to so much expense? Pressure from the kids is one factor and probably a bit of keeping up with the Jones's comes to mind.

My son and daughter in law told me that they are getting a bit sick of birthday party invites for their kids; they get one about every other weekend now that all three of their boys are in school, but of course you cannot say that they can't go and one of the parents is expected to go with them.

I am not a 'Party Pooper' really I'm not, but it does seem to me as if every year parents are having to do bigger and better bashes for their kids just to keep their 'Children's Street Cred' so to speak.
Quite sad really don't you think?

Summary: The world is changing and we must all keep up.