Last week, Mike mentioned wanting to take ALL our kids to a music festival in Belleville. Lovely sentiment, n'est pas? Keep in mind that ALL our kids means four kids = $300 for a lovely day of outdoor music. Naturally, the frugal half of our wedded bliss -that's me - balked at the suggestion.
Mike reminded me I had just paid over $100 to take our youngest and myself to see Jane Goodall.
JANE GOODALL! We are talking about a woman who appeared in a MAC poster series alongside Gandhi, Einstein, John Lennon and Louis Armstrong (in other words, a living legend, and yes, the 10-year old has the posters on his bedroom wall).Who wouldn't pay $100 to see her? To hear her? To SOB in her presence (that too was yours truly)? Who else straddles the eons between both my childhood and my son's? (other than Princess Leia, of course).
But it did raise an interesting debate. I didn't bat an eyelid paying to see her. Nor would I hesitate to pay to hear other equally inspiring people to speak.
Who would you pay a king's ransom to see perform?
Well...number one...you spent more than $100.00 to see Jane Goodall. You had to drive to Ottawa, n'est ce pas? So the question is probably more correctly, how do you put a monetary value on an experience? I paid $95 ++ to see Neil Young and it was GREAT value; a slightly lesser amount - $75(?I think?) - to see Bob Dylan was a complete waste. I took the bus to see Neil, so not too much extra there. Not like Jane in Ottawa!
ReplyDeleteAn experience can give you invaluable memories for years to come. The value of a good shared family memory is arguably priceless! So, given that you have a son who may be leaving home soon....I say...jump at the chance for those experiences. Twenty years from now you won't remember the cost but you'll have the memory.
BTW, these thoughts are provided to you gratis! Anytime! Helen.
My point was just that: who is worth it to you? I totally understand that experiences with my kids are priceless...but the concerts themselves are not! Interesting...
ReplyDeleteI paid a king's ransom for one Leonard Cohen ticket because I thought they were going to be really hard to get, and when they opened that place I said "Now, if Leonard Cohen came, I'd go...but that will never happen!" Then I logged on to buy the hubby a cheaper ticket (his idea) on sale day, and it was really easy. I hope it will be worth it. And just going to hear Bob Dylan was pretty priceless, because we knew every darned word of the early things, so it proved we still have some sort of memory! And also, we listened to old Dylan all the week prior to the concert, and new Dylan much more carefully the week after...so, amortized, that concert was a great deal.
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