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Tooth Fairy Index
- sgtnoodle 4y agoWe're visiting my wife's family, and tonight my sister-in-law's front tooth broke completely off while biting into a tortilla chip. It would be pretty funny if the tooth fairy left something under her pillow. Hopefully her husband thinks of it, because I'm not sneaking into their bedroom at 2AM. I already witnessed her scream bloody murder once today!
- ljhsiung 4y agoLittle did I know I had been getting ripped off by my parents for years! $1 a tooth? I demand reparation.
- sushid 4y agoWhen did you sell? Perhaps look into tooth (teeth?) futures ;)
- dr_kiszonka 4y agoI am still paying $1 today! [And I actually feel very bad lying to my kids about this whole tooth fairy business.Tooth fairy wasn't a thing in my family when I was growing up.]
- yjftsjthsd-h 4y ago> And I actually feel very bad lying to my kids about this whole tooth fairy business Then don't? You can even preserve the magic by giving them a silver dollar or whatever to commemorate each lost tooth.
- egypturnash 4y agoThis makes me really wish the US had coins for small dollar values, finding a shiny coin under your pillow is so much more appealing than a wrinkly bill IMHO. Quarters aren't worth a damn thing any more and a cup of coffee is at least $5 now. I am also sitting at a desk decorated with a bunch of Mardi Gras doubloons because it makes me feel like I'm in the middle of a pirate's treasure so I may be biased.
- Dylan16807 4y agoAgreed with most of that, but "a cup of coffee" is 1-2 dollars from your average fast food place.
- egypturnash 4y agoI’m more used to the prices that include rent on a table at a cafe, I guess!
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- daigoba66 4y agoWe got a stash of $2 bills from the bank (took several trips, they’re getting harder to find). Our kids think they’re really neat.
- toast0 4y agoIf you don't mind waiting a couple of days, your bank (or credit union) should be able to do a currency order for you, and you can get $200 in $2s. Most likely uncirculated, sequential bills.
- toomuchtodo 4y agoWe give our kids gold Sacagawea dollar coins under their pillows. Can’t get them from the US mint anymore, but it’s easy to get them from your local bank branch (who are happy to dispose of them). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacagawea_dollar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacagawea_dollar
- paulcole 4y agoWhen I was 16, I had all 4 wisdom teeth out and got a full roll of Sacagawea dollar coins from the Tooth Fairy!
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- autokad 4y agolast time I recall this index being brought up was during the financial crisis
- bookofjoe 4y agoI recall getting a dime in the 1950s and I was overjoyed. I gave my daughter a Kennedy half dollar in the late 1980s.
- cbsks 4y agoMy siblings and I would get a quarter if we lost a tooth at our house, but once my sister lost a tooth at our aunt and uncle’s house and she got $20! The Easter bunny works in mysterious ways…
- jaredsohn 4y agoThat's dynamic pricing. And it must be a side hustle so the Easter Bunny has something to do year-round.
- russellbeattie 4y agoI screwed this up so bad. The first time my son lost a tooth, I put $5 under his pillow. But he was a squirmer and ended up pushing the bill down the back of the bed. He wakes me up the next morning, "The Tooth Fairy stole my tooth!!" I of course am completely confused, so I struggle out of bed and into his bedroom, see the bed in chaos, immediately realize what happened and go directly to where the bill would be. Apparently, in my sleepy state I didn't sell the performance of saying, "Oh, look! Here it is, silly!" He looked at me slyly and took the money. Later I learned that's when he knew the whole Fairy thing was bunk. Which is OK, really, I disliked lying to him like that. All those crazy imaginary characters - Santa, Easter Bunny, Jesus, Tooth Fairy, etc. - are just silly and guaranteed to cause tears, disappointment and a sense of betrayal. I only played along with the holidays so he wouldn't be the only kid who didn't get a visit from magic land.
- silisili 4y agoI don't pay near that much. We gave ours a dollar per(2018 dollars), which she didn't much care about. So we switched to a small ice cream cone per, which she was much more excited about and about the same price. But she always has known mom was the tooth fairy. One of the few times in my life I've ever been in a fistfight was as a child over a lost tooth. A kid being a bit too rough in a backyard game knocked my already loose tooth out, and after stopping everything, I couldn't find it in the grass and went ballistic at the prospect of not getting a visit from the tooth fairy. Throwing kid punches while screaming about the tooth fairy. It's one of those cringe/embarrassing moments that pop up in your brain for the rest of your life. I'm pretty OK with the spirit of Santa Claus, but the idea of lying to kids about mythical creatures doesn't sit well with me, based on how fooled I felt later.
- omnicognate 4y agoI'm now picturing your daughter waking up to find a mess of melted ice cream and splintered cone under her pillow.
- Andys 4y agoOh no, a visit from the Tooth Troll!
- dvh 4y agoKids should start 3d printing teeth to offset the inflation
- ourmandave 4y agoThe realization anyone could sneak into your room, disturb you pillow, and not wake you up. D= (Also I miss being able to sleep that soundly through the night.)
- deathanatos 4y agoWow. By comparison, I got 50¢, and that's adjusted for inflation! (It was a quarter at the time.)