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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do they need pizza?

Shouldn't you be planning within the money you have?[/quote]

I find it cheaper to do pizza and a few other things then tons of random snacks.  Kids will almost always eat the pizza (in less a food allergy).  I do it as a way to cut down my costs.[/quote]

It isn't working.

You need to plan with the money you have, not ask for more.  You don't need "tons of random snacks" either.

Sounds to me like you don't budget very well.[/quote]

How is pizza ever going to be cheaper than asking people to bring in cheese sticks and fruit OR pretzels and fruit?  It's not.[/quote]

You can’t have those snack items for kids in 5th-6th grade. Some of these kids are adult sized.[b] You need some kind of a meal. [/b][/quote]

What are you talking about? WHY? Let's say the party is at 2:30. Lunch was served in the cafeteria at around 12, yes? Why do they need a MEAL?[/quote]

Lunch is 10:15 at our school.[/quote]

OK, and? So the majority of days, they go 10:15-end of day without another meal. And a party somehow requires a full meal because PARTY? How does this work, exactly. Why do they "need" pizza on a party day? Why can't it just be cheese and crackers and mini-cupcakes or some such?[/quote]

If you are not paying for it, helping or contributing then you get no opinion.  Why is it an issue having a nice party a few times a year?  When you have parties for your kids are you one of those cheap parents who doesn't provide anything, including cake for the kids?  I don't get the hate about having a snack a few times a year.

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I would say she gets an opinion to the extent the room mom is excoriating her for not contributing the funds needed for an extravagant, as OP appears to have done.  To the extent someone has a problem with these more lavish events where others are happy to do the work/provide the funds, I would agree with you.[/quote]

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