500,000 Birthday Extravaganza for 2 year old

Thats a complete waste of money. I can think of a 1000 better things to do with that kind of money. Like build better (not to mention safer) shelters for the homeless.

Wow! That would be a fantastic but very expensive birthday party for Tom Cruise to arrange for his daughter Suri. The birthday cake sounds like it would be very special indeed for that price. At 2 years old Suri is not likelly to remember this when she is older. My earliest memories are perhaps of me being aged 3 or 4. Tom Cruise is my favorite actor and so I would go this party if invited. However I am sure that I couldn't afford to buy Suri an expensive gift. This reminds me of a program I saw about Micheal Jackson and the look of delight on the shop keepers face when he went shopping in his store. The word I would describe this sort of thing is rich.

Ostentatious? That's a very polite way of putting it Mooch! Some people have more money than sense, and it's always the big I am! And trying to impress and boast that they have money to burn, with so many people starving in this world, it's a sham, sorry but I certainly wouldn't go to his party, not because I am not a socializer but it's because I am NOT a hypocrite. His child will grow up spoilt and will never know the true meaning of money or what it is to be poor!

Well...it's all relative. But even with how much he makes- yeah, it's excessive for a 2 yr old. I wonder how much of that is being spent on security...

Would I go...hehehe...he is so freakishly bizarre lately that I think I would simply HAVE to go. Besides, Will Smith might be there and that would be really cool!

I couldn't afford to bring her a gift unless I was a movie star like Tom Cruise. That kid's probably got everything under the sun and nothing we could afford would be "good" enough.

As for would I go? Probably. Whether he's nuts or not remains to be seen, but I'd enjoy going to an event where he and Katie were. And I'm Catholic too, so Katie and I could talk about that and how she left it behind to be a nutjob...I mean a scientologist.

no I wouldn't go to the party as I am out of their league

but really these people have more money than brains, as my grandmother used to say.

If that is true it is totally ridiculous and yes ostentatious is a very apt word for it! I cannot comprehend spending so much on a childs birthday party - any party for that matter - especially a child who will never remember it! No I don't think I would want to go - far too showy for me! xxx

I was just watching a program on CNBC about the former CEO of Tyco who threw a birthday party that cost 2.2MM. I think that half a million is a lot of money as well but I think it could be a lot more lavish than that... a LOT more.

As for the word ostantatious... that really is not the right word... I believe you are looking for a word like flamboyant or maybe even pretentious... the word ostentatious usually has a underlying meaning of gaudiness to it like you are putting someone down...

'an ostantatious ring' or something of the like... where there is a jealousy or something of the sort.

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Zelo

I wouldn't be surprised if that was true. Tom Cruise is completely insane.

My youngest daughter will be 2 in 2 weeks and how much do I plan to spend?

Let's see:
cake mix and frosting: about $2
presents: about $60 (maybe a little more, not sure yet but she is getting a toy kitchen)
decorations: probably $0 but I might get her some streamers and balloons
lunch: $50 (her food is free at Red Robin but that is what we will spend on everyone else--parents and 3 siblings)
pictures: $60

so in total her birthday is going to cost me about $170 total.
I don't see a point in big parties. We celebrate all of our kids' birthdays the same--they get to pick where we have lunch, they get out of chores for the day, I make them the cake/cupcakes of their choice and they get a gift or two (depending on how much money we have). That is it.

If the weather is nice we might go to the zoo, otherwise we find a movie and watch it (my middle daughter picked pizza at home and a movie for her birthday dinner--she turned 5).

I really can't even wrap my head around $500,000. My husband made like $32k last year--he supports a family of 6 on that. It kind of makes me sick hearing wealthy people spending that kind of money on something trivial when we struggle to make sure the kids have enough food to eat every week.

I am not into little kids so I would send a hand made gift for Suri if I were invited.Tom Cruise has more money than the average father of a 2 year old. he didn't steal his money. I mean he earned it honestly so he should be able to do whatever he wants with it.This is his first biological child and he wants to spoil her so why not have a huge party?