Is my 12 year old DD among the minority of girls that have not gone to a Taylor Swift concert?

[Anonymous]

12 year old DD seems to almost be the only one of her friends who has not gone to one of the Eras tour concerts to see Taylor Swift.
We are UMC and can manage to afford it if I had to, but I just cannot justify the idea of paying $6-$7K for tickets, flight and a hotel just for us to sit in some crappy far away seat to be at the concert.
I am honestly surprised that almost all her friends have gone. Is this the norm now?

[Anonymous]

No. Your daughter just happens to only be friends with rich kids. If she had more poor friends nobody would have gone to the concert.

[Anonymous]

We can afford it and there is no way I would spend that for a concert. Much less a concert for a 12 year old. I don't think any of my DD's closest friends have been--all UMC. And several of her friends have parents who really spoil their kids with expensive clothes, skincare, sporting equipment, etc. One family just got older brother brand new car for 16th bday and said no to eras tour.

[Anonymous]

My DD is 14 and none of her friends have gone and I can’t think of anyone we/she knows that has. We have a high income and no way would I spend that much on concert tickets.

[Anonymous]

Do you honestly think that the majority of girls have gone to the TS Eras concert? That’s not even logistically possible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. Your daughter just happens to only be friends with rich kids. If she had more poor friends nobody would have gone to the concert.

Eh. People do and buy a lot of things that can’t afford. They “deserve” it. YOLO, FOMO

[Anonymous]

It be disappointed my daughter is in this type of friend group

[Anonymous]

How would it cost $6-$7K? I think you must live in a wealthy area if you think it's necessary to spend that much. When you have more money, you are more inclined to spend more even if you're not getting much more as an experience.

My kid bought a regular-priced ticket, paid for gas money, paid for a shared hotel room, and paid for food and gas money back home.

The total cost was $500.

Not all kids like TS so, no, your child is not the only one who has not attended.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How would it cost $6-$7K? I think you must live in a wealthy area if you think it's necessary to spend that much. When you have more money, you are more inclined to spend more even if you're not getting much more as an experience.

My kid bought a regular-priced ticket, paid for gas money, paid for a shared hotel room, and paid for food and gas money back home.

The total cost was $500.

Not all kids like TS so, no, your child is not the only one who has not attended.

PS: The $500 included a TS sweatshirt, which was $40-50.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How would it cost $6-$7K? I think you must live in a wealthy area if you think it's necessary to spend that much. When you have more money, you are more inclined to spend more even if you're not getting much more as an experience.

My kid bought a regular-priced ticket, paid for gas money, paid for a shared hotel room, and paid for food and gas money back home.

The total cost was $500.

Not all kids like TS so, no, your child is not the only one who has not attended.

To even get in the door for Taylor's next American leg it would cost about 2k each now on the reseller market. Maybe your kid got lucky with the Ticketmaster sales.

[Anonymous]

Some people paid list price directly from Ticketmaster so you can’t say everyone who has gone paid thousands even though that is what it would require at this point.

[Anonymous]

Your daughters friends have low class families.

[Anonymous]

A little math, re middle class populations and number of attendees, will give you the answer (which is no, not by a long shot).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. Your daughter just happens to only be friends with rich kids. If she had more poor friends nobody would have gone to the concert.

Eh. People do and buy a lot of things that can’t afford. They “deserve” it. YOLO, FOMO

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. Your daughter just happens to only be friends with rich kids. If she had more poor friends nobody would have gone to the concert.

My 10 year old DD has a mix of friends (though few super rich friends) and there is 1 girl out of about 25 who has gone. Many went to see it in the theater.