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In reply to the discussion: Low income families pay $2,635 on prom, higher income spend $842 [View all]Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)13. but the teenager has the memories.
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Low income families pay $2,635 on prom, higher income spend $842 [View all]
Liberal_in_LA
May 2012
OP
VISA prom poll is bullshit, as it turns out, so, it's not possible --to answer your question :)
CreekDog
May 2012
#50
Okay, thanks. I've had a couple teens go to prom, and this made no sense at all.
pnwmom
May 2012
#55
Exactly! In case people were wondering why I was so cranky about some errors in a poll/article
CreekDog
May 2012
#104
you should bug David Lazarus, he posted it on LA Times and is ostensibly a consumer reporter
CreekDog
May 2012
#119
well a lack of opportunity and low paying jobs would've give you any income to save
CreekDog
May 2012
#105
I did my daughter's hair and no way would I have let her go to a tanning salon. Ever.
pnwmom
May 2012
#77
as in push expensive crap and try to convince people that this is vital to their children's happines
cali
May 2012
#23
And poor people are too stupid to realize they can do without these things?
4th law of robotics
May 2012
#26
the people polling the poor people are stupid, the poor people themselves are not
CreekDog
May 2012
#52
It's like buying a diamond wedding ring. Try being engaged and telling your fiancee' no diamond ring
Zalatix
May 2012
#73
If you and your fiance are both making at or below the poverty level
4th law of robotics
May 2012
#101
the poll is bogus and has been corrected by other news stories --why are we so quick to believe it?
CreekDog
May 2012
#51
one of the reasons I've read DU for so long is that some of the responses examine OP stories
CreekDog
May 2012
#106
And why isn't there a reality show on this yet? TV producers are slipping these days!
Initech
May 2012
#7
There was a quincereana one and there is a sweet sixteen focused reality show
Liberal_in_LA
May 2012
#10
Probably about right. My daughter's dress alone was around $350 and hers wasnt in the
stevenleser
May 2012
#8
If you're living in LA and earning 30K you *really* don't need to be spending money
4th law of robotics
May 2012
#35
makeup, dinner, corsages, jewelry, tips, pictures, tans, and an entire
Horse with no Name
May 2012
#20
I worked at a firm that pushed on us heavily to sign up for automatic deductions for United way.
Liberal_in_LA
May 2012
#39
Since when did it become "prom" and not "the prom"? In my day, we went to "the prom."
jenmito
May 2012
#31
My limo was a Ford Tempo. I wore a borrowed dress. Kids need to ratchet this shit down
TwilightGardener
May 2012
#44
Many paid for prom dresses with welfare checks, which they naturally picked up in a Cadillac n/t
DefenseLawyer
May 2012
#89
It's not. The poll is stupid and bogus. And it undermines help for the poor...
CreekDog
May 2012
#71
That's because most of these families live in rural communities where football is the only game.
Selatius
May 2012
#79
My lucrative Pizza Hut job was able to pay for a kickass Miami Vice white tux
DefenseLawyer
May 2012
#88
Count me among those who will never pay 842.00 for a prom never mind 2635.00!!!!/nt
NotThisTime
May 2012
#97