My eyes widened at the mention of $150 for manicure... And I feel bad paying $12 for OPI brand polish to use at home.. Lol.

EXPENSIVE! I am all for if you are young and you can afford to treat yourself like her birthday is coming up, to do it because you might not always be able to afford such luxuries. Although, it is being quite naive at the same time. When I was 18 I worked at this seafood restaurant over the summer and I made GREAT money so I was spending said money on luxuries that I normally wouldn't because I could, BUT a couple years later, I wish I SAVED that money instead. I don't regret treating myself however/whenever I wanted while I could and didn't have other responsibilities, but I wish I saved 3/4 and only spent 1/4 on those extras. 

We are going to spend $150 on the three of us getting TOP OF THE LINE pedicures for my 30th birthday since I will be 37 weeks pregnant and that is what I want to do, I can't imagine dropping that much money for just those 3 items!! 

I really think they should teach money management in schools.  I know budgets, bills, money was not discussed in my home growing up, if you did ask you were told it was none of your business.  I’m curious what sort of money management MA has taught SD18 over the years?  I know unfair trick question, but really you can’t blame a kid for having poor money management skills if she’s never been taught a damn thing about it, and you don’t count because as we all know “you aren’t the mom, you don’t know.”

I’m reading this hoping you take it in the context I’m trying to convey, which is light hearted towards you and heavily dripping with sarcasm towards your MA.

When my granddaughter, A, was in Girl Scouts, she said the leaders were teaching them things they would need to know as they grew up.  This was back before the internet and people often used Penneys or Sears catalogs. My idea of a good project was to give each girl a hypothetical dollar amount and say figure out what you would buy for your family members for Christmas using the catalog.  

A listened intently then said the project was making flower arrangements.  Okayyyyy....

She spent over 100$ on face piercings...and has no job.

Yup, Little Idiot's credit score is in the toilet. She's behind on her credit card and auto payments. She's underwater in the car she bought. She struggles to make rent without help each month but she still has the $ for regular nail appointments and DoorDash. She has student loan debt despite having it 150% paid for by the government.

You think she'd work more since she only works very part-time and is not in college? Nope. She's lazy as well. It's will all come to a head soon.

If your DH cares, he will reign it in before it gets to LI's 30k in debt plus another 20k in car debt. My DH just poo pooed me when she was buy $300+ sneakers at 18.

I can't get over the 150 for nails. One of my daughters wanted acrylic nails when she was 15. She paid for them, around 50 euros. She got them filled when it was due. Honestly, she has very elegant hands and the nails were beautiful but she decided that the cost plus the damage to her nails weren't worth it.

Her hands and nails are still beautiful but  now she buys stick-on nails and lets her nails breathe. Frankly, the stick-ons look real.

I dont want to sound like a cheapskate, but come on, that amount of money just for Nails is ridiculous. Then again, I was never that much of a girly girl to have ever gotten into the mani/pedi thing as weird as that sounds. I only got my nails done once when i was a little older than 18. I havent since because I decided I couldnt be bothered with the upkeep of them due to the  extra expense of that  maintenence. Ive preferred  taking care of them myself at home, especially over paying 150 bucks.  Yikes 

And I am also asking myself the same question as why this is so necessary if she is just going to be at the beach most of the time, where you inevitably  get all salty, sandy, and sweaty?  How long do you think those fake nails and Fake eyelashes will hold up?Who is she trying to impress and who even cares if you look that good at the beach? ?  When I go on vacation to such a place ( and especially with all the heat and humidity like we've been having in my area) , its too much effort to feel like straightening/ styling my hair, dont overdo it with the makeup,  or even worrying that much about it. 

All you can do is turn off your ATM.  let SD and Beaver work it out. Disengage 

Get ready for a whole slew of social media posts from the beach with her fancy nails and false lashes.

I really wish we could post pictures here... I really want to see these $150 nails. I get my nails done every 3 weeks and it's $50 (powder dip natural nails) SD has spent $75 (without tip) on a full set with French and designs. My place is a little pricy but worth the quality.... so $150... LOL... what is on them?? Cardi B style? Is she able to wipe herself ???? 

I get getting mani/pedis and stuff done before vacation.. I always do and at 18 it's probably even more important... the amount though I wish I could see these things.. 

I dub SD "Beaverette"

Nothing is too expensive if you can afford it. Anything is too expensive if you cannot.

Beaver and her buck toothed crotch products can't afford it and ..... borrowing against her only asset is just artificually living a life she cannot afford.

She/they will  never learn, she will lose her home, but their nails will look great as they boil water for their top ramen at $.10 per pack.

Let them rott, starve, and enjoy living in their cardboard refrigerator box under the local overpass.

It will happen. It is only a matter of time.