Anonymous
05/13/2026 14:59
Subject: Did your student have a Bed Party?
To play the devil’s advocate, the NYU example in OP’s original post comes from a TikTok video. In the video, the mom explains how her daughter is the first in their family to go to college. For them, it must be really exciting!
Anonymous
05/13/2026 14:59
Subject: Did your student have a Bed Party?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Man if I was still in high school I would buy out the Hobby Lobby of that metallic fringe stuff, get a helium tank, and start a side hustle staging these for kids. We did brisk business making Homecoming Mums for the uncrafty or procrastinators, and this looks just like that, only for non-Texans.
A "homecoming Mum?"
Yeah, wtf is that? I know I can google, but I like the person I am without knowing what this is.
Oh, it's so much worse that I imagined. My eyes
That was my post, these are subdued ones believe it or not!
But... what purpose do they serve? You walk all day with that? You hang it up somewhere? Why?
Anonymous
05/13/2026 14:58
Subject: Re:Did your student have a Bed Party?
Anonymous wrote:Nerd here 👋
I'm fairly confident this trend has its roots in D9 culture, where it's strictly forbidden to wear letters/colors of an org before officially gaining membership. Friends and family would buy gifts to celebrate when a new member "crossed" and store them in dorm rooms instead of bringing them to public probate celebrations. That developed into a dorm-room "reveal" -- later borrowed as Covid-era "bed parties."
What are you talking about? What is D9 or "crossed"?
Anonymous
05/13/2026 14:58
Subject: Did your student have a Bed Party?
Anonymous wrote:Absolutely not. That is ridiculous.
THIS!
Anonymous
05/13/2026 14:57
Subject: Re:Did your student have a Bed Party?
Anonymous wrote:The reactions on DCUM are making me laugh! Op here. Awww I do like them, my kid not so much
You like polluting the planet with microplastics that don't serve any higher medical or other useful purpose?
You like that style of decoration?
My opinion of you is indescribable, OP.
Anonymous
05/13/2026 14:57
Subject: Did your student have a Bed Party?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Man if I was still in high school I would buy out the Hobby Lobby of that metallic fringe stuff, get a helium tank, and start a side hustle staging these for kids. We did brisk business making Homecoming Mums for the uncrafty or procrastinators, and this looks just like that, only for non-Texans.
A "homecoming Mum?"
Yeah, wtf is that? I know I can google, but I like the person I am without knowing what this is.
Oh, it's so much worse that I imagined. My eyes
LOLOL
These are *mild* examples of the phenomena. Some of them are absolutely massive.
Anonymous
05/13/2026 14:57
Subject: Did your student have a Bed Party?
Anonymous wrote:Nope! I put these in the same category as the elaborate over-the-top gender reveal parties. Creepy, weird, unnecessary, wasteful, and obnoxious. Glad my kid made no mention of it—doesn’t seem to be as much of a thing in our area or in her circles.
Ewwww. Who wants that many clothes with a school name on it?
The Vandy kid will weigh 200 pounds after consuming all those foil wrapped chocolates that were bought based on their wrapper styling. Hope she likes Ferrero Rochers.
Anonymous
05/13/2026 14:56
Subject: Did your student have a Bed Party?
Dumbest thing I've seen in a long time.
Anonymous
05/13/2026 14:55
Subject: Did your student have a Bed Party?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Man if I was still in high school I would buy out the Hobby Lobby of that metallic fringe stuff, get a helium tank, and start a side hustle staging these for kids. We did brisk business making Homecoming Mums for the uncrafty or procrastinators, and this looks just like that, only for non-Texans.
A "homecoming Mum?"
Yeah, wtf is that? I know I can google, but I like the person I am without knowing what this is.
Oh, it's so much worse that I imagined. My eyes
That was my post, these are subdued ones believe it or not!
In my ignorance, I genuinly thought it was going to be some front porch planter with like, themed little signs or ribbons, and was already rolling my eyes. Little did I know...
Anonymous
05/13/2026 14:51
Subject: Did your student have a Bed Party?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Man if I was still in high school I would buy out the Hobby Lobby of that metallic fringe stuff, get a helium tank, and start a side hustle staging these for kids. We did brisk business making Homecoming Mums for the uncrafty or procrastinators, and this looks just like that, only for non-Texans.
A "homecoming Mum?"
Yeah, wtf is that? I know I can google, but I like the person I am without knowing what this is.
Oh, it's so much worse that I imagined. My eyes
That was my post, these are subdued ones believe it or not!
Anonymous
05/13/2026 14:17
Subject: Did your student have a Bed Party?
The rona did this? I thought it was social media.
Anonymous
05/13/2026 14:10
Subject: Did your student have a Bed Party?
Sweet Christ I hate China for unleashing the virus that led to ridiculous trends like this.
Anonymous
05/13/2026 14:09
Subject: Did your student have a Bed Party?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Man if I was still in high school I would buy out the Hobby Lobby of that metallic fringe stuff, get a helium tank, and start a side hustle staging these for kids. We did brisk business making Homecoming Mums for the uncrafty or procrastinators, and this looks just like that, only for non-Texans.
A "homecoming Mum?"
Yeah, wtf is that? I know I can google, but I like the person I am without knowing what this is.
Oh, it's so much worse that I imagined. My eyes
Anonymous
05/13/2026 14:06
Subject: Did your student have a Bed Party?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Man if I was still in high school I would buy out the Hobby Lobby of that metallic fringe stuff, get a helium tank, and start a side hustle staging these for kids. We did brisk business making Homecoming Mums for the uncrafty or procrastinators, and this looks just like that, only for non-Texans.
A "homecoming Mum?"
Yeah, wtf is that? I know I can google, but I like the person I am without knowing what this is.
Anonymous
05/13/2026 14:01
Subject: Re:Did your student have a Bed Party?
Nerd here 👋
I'm fairly confident this trend has its roots in D9 culture, where it's strictly forbidden to wear letters/colors of an org before officially gaining membership. Friends and family would buy gifts to celebrate when a new member "crossed" and store them in dorm rooms instead of bringing them to public probate celebrations. That developed into a dorm-room "reveal" -- later borrowed as Covid-era "bed parties."
I'm fairly confident this trend has its roots in D9 culture, where it's strictly forbidden to wear letters/colors of an org before officially gaining membership. Friends and family would buy gifts to celebrate when a new member "crossed" and store them in dorm rooms instead of bringing them to public probate celebrations. That developed into a dorm-room "reveal" -- later borrowed as Covid-era "bed parties."