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Re: She may be my fave poster since JenM
Her H is a doctor though so I'm sure his minimum wage income doesn't really help pay for their housing bubbly house.
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Oh, I agree. I wouldn't pay $50 for a costume, much less $180, but her letter made it sound like she's poor young mom who couldn't possibly afford it, which I doubt is true.
"That chick wins at Penises, for sure." -- Fenton
I am sort of embarassed and annoyed at myself for not knowing AG dolls went back that far. I was 11-12 in 1986 so I should have heard of them. I thought they were a new thing.
They were actually on my top ten list of why I wanted a boy. I read on FB how much money people drop on those things and the lunch and the whole bit in NYC.
I had the "My Friend" dolls- didn't anyone have them?? My friend Jenny, Mikey, Mandy and the redhead I can't think of her name.
Lunch? What? I got mine from a mail order catalog. The day the catalog arrived was HUGE. BFF and I used to pore over it, daydreaming about what we'd get for our next birthdays.
Parenting is 10x harder these days.
Husbands should be like Kleenex: Soft, strong, and disposable.
Mucho likes purple nails and purple cupcakes
They were originally called Pleasant Company dolls. Does that ring a bell? That's how I knew them as a kid.
And, emilina, that's what I meant, of course. Santa. ::ahem::
Husbands should be like Kleenex: Soft, strong, and disposable.
This- http://www.americangirl.com/stores/location_ny.php
There's a whole place- they can get the hair styled, have parties, pictures, etc. I don't even know. I've just seen acquaintences post pics of the parties and talk about the exorbitant cost.
I won't even pay for a McDonald's party ffs! Pinky wanted Build a Bear for her birthday and we took her by herself.
Click me, click me!
I think we have had this same convo before.
I didn't know what the AG dolls were, but I had a friend who was into them. I think she had family back east or had moved from there. I remember her showing me the catalog and telling me all about them, but I didn't really get that it was a huge thing. No one I knew owned one growing up (not even the girl who showed me the catalog).
"That chick wins at Penises, for sure." -- Fenton
Yeah, the delux party is $55/pp.
http://www.americangirl.com/stores/popups/packages.php?pkg=deluxeCafeParty&source=detail&location=ny
$55/pp for a kids' party? That's crazy.
I have Kirsten and was sad when a student brought in the catalog last week and I realized she was retired. Now they're getting rid of Felicity.
Moo- I screwed up the doll's hair too. If I knew they were going to give her the ax, maybe I would've sent her to their "hospital" and bought her a new head.
AG was bought out by Mattell at some point and I think that's when it became more widespread and the stores opened and all that.I definitely got the catalogs when I was a kid, I wanted Samantha SO FREAKING BAD. I never did.
Until I worked at B&N during grad school and we had a display Samantha for some contest or something and they raffled off the doll to employees. Guess who won, biitches?! I swear I actually cried, I was like 25 when this happened.
I bet her FUPA's name is Shane, like the gunslinger/drifter of literature.--HappyTummy
I'm feeling very old right now over the AG thing. I was a kid in '86 but don't remember AGs at all.
Re: kids who get everything. A story: My car insurance agent lives in a town in Jersey that shall go unnamed (and definitely not a town that we are considering). Anyway, when his daughter was in 6th grade, she asked for a Louis Vuitton bag (because all the girls had them!) He said 'sure', went to Canal St., and bought her a knock-off. All the girls at school were able to tell that it was a knock-off and teased her mercilessly for it.
Fun childhood story: I brought Kirsten EVERYFUCKINGWHERE with me. When I was 8 or so we went to Mexico on vacation. Not only was my Kirsten's hair a mess, her head fell off a lot. So we're sitting in the Mexico City airport, waiting for our connecting flight, when the fuucking head falls off. I hold it up to show my mom and she FREAKS and tells me to jam the head back on and hold it tight because if anyone saw, security would take my doll and slice it open, checking for drugs.
I jammed that sucker back on and did not let go until we were safely back in Lady Liberty's bosom. Kirsten lived to see another day.
Husbands should be like Kleenex: Soft, strong, and disposable.
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