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To be horrified that I couldn't drive past a local primary school earlier as the road was blocked with stretch hummers

86 replies

PainteditRed · 01/07/2011 13:38

For frickin year 6 leavers 'prom'.

Lots of kids dressed like bridesmaids and page boys, and what appeared to be pro photographers.

When I left juniors we had a disco in the school hall with panda pops and seabrooks crisps.

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Kione · 01/07/2011 20:19

Well, and at 11. And at 16 if her and other 10 pay for it, MAYBE.

Kione · 01/07/2011 20:20

Not a hummer though, I refuse that, a normal limo, or a nice car, and only if everyone else is doing it (I didn't use to agree with that but...)

scottishmummy · 01/07/2011 20:22

this isnt about the weans its all about ostentatious parents

JamieAgain · 01/07/2011 20:25

I'm glad I've got boys really, or at least the sort of boys who are Hmm about all that (God I hope they stay that way too). Girlhood is fraught with superficiality and one-upmanship these days as far as I can see

JemimaMop · 01/07/2011 20:26

DS1 is in Year 3. The Year 6 at his (small village) primary are booking a limo for their last day. I am very Hmm and just hope that this is a fad which has had its day by 2014 when he finishes Year 6. I have a horrible feeling it won't though. FGS we live in a small village and most of the pupils are going to the same secondary. Its not like they will never see each other again!

begonyabampot · 01/07/2011 20:26

why do we fucking allow it - why don't the parents just grow a pair and say NO! That's how fucking angry it all makes me, I hardly ever swear on Mn but this takes the fucking biscuit - we are all mugs for allowing this.

floosiemcwoosie · 01/07/2011 20:28

The parents don't say no because in a lot of cases its a competition between the parents.

Now whose got the number for Jordans wedding coach, I am just looking for something simple and discreet

scottishmummy · 01/07/2011 20:30

spot on floosie this is all about parental one one-upmanship

LordOfTheFlies · 01/07/2011 21:00

Thankfully our school doesn't have this but our Year 6's do a fundraiser for their end-of-term-trip.
By 'do a fundraiser' read : parents have to organise cakes,drinks, cart a load of stuff to sell to the school then give a float (small change) plus spending money for younger ones.

Wallace · 01/07/2011 21:13

Crikey. Ds1 finished primary school today and we went round to one of the kid's houses for a barbecue and a paddle in the river.

Blurry29 · 01/07/2011 21:19

OMG have you lot heard yourselves!!!!

Bloody hell what is wrong with kids getting excited, getting dressed up and celebrating a hard year at school with their friends...

Oh yes I know back in our ''good old days'' it was pop and shit discos but c'mon people it is 2011 FGS!!!!!

Gone are the days of crappy end of year bashes that end in a bottle of white lightening and the possibilty of a snog by some spotty teen who hasn't discovered Lynx yet....

Here are the days of kids organising their own balls, decorating halls, raising money, giving ticket sales to charity.....and yes of course bothering DP for dresses, suits and more cash than they actually need....

Give the hummers a break, find a different route or just go around them

Blurry29 · 01/07/2011 21:23

and PS if my DS comes home requesting things for his prom ( at a later stage, he is only 5) as long as he had worked hard at school then he would get it...........

He would get the bashes I didn't get....

Going back to my mag dog 20/20 now :)

lostinwales · 01/07/2011 21:33

Oh well I knew we lived in a backwater but...

DS1's year 6 party will be a disco during school, in his classroom, with year 5/6 (mixed class). We thought we were being pushy parents when we got the head to agree to upgrade to, drum roll please, a game of rounders on the beach with squash and a biscuit!

Cleverything · 01/07/2011 21:36

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floosiemcwoosie · 01/07/2011 21:39

Blurry....good luck with landing the helicopter

Blurry29 · 01/07/2011 21:39

and why not.....

I'm booking a chopper for my boy (lol) :)

floosiemcwoosie · 01/07/2011 21:41

Well I'm going to get Airforce One, so there......

Blurry29 · 01/07/2011 21:41

thanks flooiemcwoosie

I was thinkning of requesting the school actually build a helipad for it :)

Blurry29 · 01/07/2011 21:43

lol love it :)

CointreauVersial · 01/07/2011 21:45

Well I'm very relieved that DS1's primary just do a Leavers BBQ, and the Year 6s put on a play for the rest of the school. Not a Hummer or a prom dress in sight - there's plenty of time for that at 16 FFS.

There would be no point in dressing up; DS1 would have to be surgically removed from his tracky shorts and Hollister hoody, and would stand in a corner discussing football with his mates all evening. Grin

AitchTwoOh · 01/07/2011 21:49

have you seen the Living show, promzillas? veh cute, actually.

Blurry29 · 01/07/2011 21:50

is that the show when they make over kids for the prom or the one that has the little divas throwing tantrums

southeastastra · 01/07/2011 21:52

freakin mental

ronshar · 01/07/2011 21:53

HT banned it this year. We had Harley Davidsons, horse & carriage, Limos, Hummers you name it they were there.
For 12 year olds.
This year the year 7 leavers are going to Pizza Express or something similar.

AitchTwoOh · 01/07/2011 21:54

makeover show. brix start smith and the guy who does Katie Price's makeup. i mean it's clearly all WRONG that kids are having proms, i am fully 1980s in that regard, but given that they are it is SUCH a sweet show, trying to build the confidence of these wallflower girls at a crucial time in their lives.

(they also have the bitchy prom queens etc tho and guess what they are all really nice too. makes you kind of happy to be a parent).