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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t think I would call it “tacky” but I do think if you’re going to ask someone to pay, you need to tell them when you invite. The only clear breach of etiquette here imo is inviting someone and then LATER telling/asking them to contribute $X.

If my kid were invited to this I would send her with money and instructions to offer to take everyone out to eat at least once and/or do a grocery run. I would be…well, not quite taken aback by a straight request, and I would just send it immediately, but I do think doing it after you invite is not ideal. [/quote]

Yes this 100 percent. I grew up poor and if we got asked for a contribution of $100 or so it would have been a significant factor in deciding if I could do something like this. I am always super mindful of this when making plans/invitations. You need to train your kid to do the same.[/quote]

Why are these answers so idiotic? If you can’t afford $100 in groceries and you’re 17, go get a JOB! You’ll make that much in one day waiting tables. There’s no shame in being poor, but you can’t afford to also be entitled. Even if you’re not poor, get a job at that age regardless to learn the value of money, how to deal with people and build future workplace skills.[/quote]

I’m the PP who grew up relatively poor. Yes I had a job, which I used to pay for all optional expenses as soon as I turned 16. I worked as much as I could around studying for my AP classes and trying to maintain my one extracurricular so I would get into a top school. I am very lucky and now an ask for $100 or more would be nothing. But I will never forget what it was like to choose between seeing a movie with my friends and buying prom shoes. Maybe you can’t even imagine that’s the case for anyone you know but there are lots of people feeling the squeeze right now. [/quote]

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