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Tooth Fairy vs. Inflation

Kachina624 — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 18:33:32 GMT

We need a change of subject...

So how much did you get as a kid for a lost tooth? As I can best recall, I got a quarter, 25¢.

I just heard a report that inflation has hit the tooth fairy like everyone else. Kids seem to know about inflation, are demanding more of her so she is now anteing up an average of $6.71.

Wow! Pretty soon they'll be able to retire before they finish elementary school.

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kitcat51 — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 18:37:35 GMT

Nothing.

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PhilaLady1 — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 18:41:24 GMT

I welcome the subject change! I think that I got a nickel.

😀😀😀

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QVCkitty1 — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 18:44:15 GMT

Great subject, if only I could remember ! ☹️

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cotton4me — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 18:46:04 GMT

I got a dime.

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beckyb1012 — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 18:45:32 GMT

I never got more than a .25 cents during the late 60's early 70's and I never gave my son more than a $1.00 during the late 80's early 90's. My DDIL only gives my grandchildren a $1.00 as well.

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Carmie — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 18:52:30 GMT

I always got a dime.

My children got $1.

I remember a time when the tooth fairy was broke. She left nickels and dimes totaling a dollar under my daughter's pillow. The next morning, the change was all over the bed and on the floor. The poor kid had to work hard to find her cash.

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On It — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 18:54:25 GMT

Husband says he got a dime. I got a quarter.

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icezeus — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 18:54:29 GMT

I believe it was $.25 cents as well.

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Desertdi — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 18:57:58 GMT

As a kid, I mostly got a dime, maybe a quarter for a front tooth.

As an adult, I had a back molar pulled, and asked the dentist to "wrap it up". (She did look kinda amused.) Then I asked my husband if the tooth fairy was gonna leave me something. He never heard of said fairy....and asked me what the going rate was. I told him TWENTY FIVE BUCKS.

Re: Tooth Fairy vs. Inflation

Kachina624 — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 19:03:34 GMT

@Desertdi If it had a gold crown on it, you could have gone for $100. or more.

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meallen616 — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 19:06:00 GMT

My tooth fairy left me a quarter also!

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Desertdi — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 19:06:01 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
@Desertdi If it had a gold crown on it, you could have gone for $100. or more.

@Kachina624 NOW ya tell me!!!!! di

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catter70 — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 19:33:26 GMT

I think I got 25 cents. That would be starting in the late 50's., I guess.

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Pezzie — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 19:57:42 GMT

Nada, zip! But when DD lost her first tooth, DH slipped a dollar under her pillow.

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KailaS — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 20:08:19 GMT

I received five cents for the first tooth I lost. My paternal grandmother handed me a quarter when she found out I lost a tooth. My best friend got a dollar for her first lost tooth. But that was it. After the first tooth, the fairy disappeared in my neighborhood.

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rockygems123 — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 20:29:12 GMT

I think it was a 50 cent piece. That would have paid for admission to the movies. Or maybe a small toy at Ben Franklin

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goldensrbest — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 20:29:54 GMT

I just do not remember too many years ago.

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rms1954 — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 20:37:20 GMT

@Kachina624 Leave it to you LOL.

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bmorechick — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 20:37:24 GMT

Amen @Kachina624 !!!

so I got 25 cents for a front tooth and 50 cents for a back tooth! I gave my kids a dollar for every tooth...