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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't understand why, if you are old enough to have fathered a 13 year old, you can't be mature enough to deal with missing your alma mater's homecoming for a year.[/quote]

I feel just the opposite. I don't think birthdays are a national holiday and I don't think as parents we have to give up everything g for our kids.

This is a situation where you can make everything work. Go out to dinner, do cake and presents on the birthday then pick a weekend for the party. No real need for both parents to be there but if that's what you want then find a mutually agreeable date. Mom hasn't even checked dates yet - just says it might not work because of sports schedule so Dad should do a date she wants. Another alternative is skip the sleepover and do it another time to give you more flexibility. [/quote]

I hear you.  But I think if your 13 year old is upset (which OP has said), Dad needs to get over it and skip Homecoming this year.  If it were Dad's reunion or something else that also occurs infrequently, is feel differently.  But OP said that Dad hadn't even bought tickets yet - so it can't be that high a priority.[/quote]

Wrong. As I just stated in the post above, I don’t buy tickets in advance for college football games (I’ve gone to my own school’s, a large SEC school). When you buy tickets in advance they’re pretty expensive-sometimes close to or over $100. If you wait, you can ALWAYS find people selling them the day of he game, usually for half of that price or even less if you get lucky. If this is the husband’s plan, he’s actually being financially prudent. [/quote]

What SEC game is that cheap?

We were at ND a few weeks ago and some tickets were being sold on stubhub-like sites for $1100!  Much better to show up especially if you don't have to sit with a particular group.  There are always people who can't go at the last minute and will sell trying to recoup some of their money.[/quote]

We go all the time. You can usually get super cheap tickets game day. Especially if you wait till after kick off. We’ve been to six games this season. We saw Bama play last week. Great seats. We paid $10. It depends a lot on the teams, the season, and the stadium. If you know a lot about SEC football, it’s not hard to figure out. We live near Oxford right now and can get tickets to most Ole Miss games - shocking, I know, haha! But they play some great teams this season. The Egg Bowl is the exception. You have to buy those super early.

We were in Athens a few weeks ago and went to a Georgia game. The tickets were a little more expensive and not as good. I think we paid $40 for each ticket. We bought them game day. Still not bad and we had a blast. This may be a great season for dem Dawgs! [/quote]

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