Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It's not necessarily the budget, but the precedent. I can totally see my 11 year old son saying "well you spent all that money to take her to X so I should be able to get [insert equivalently expensive electronic device or other some such item] for my birthday then right?"
The answer is, “I spent more because it was a trip, not a thing. I’d be thrilled to do the same with you for a birthday.”