What is the going tooth fairy rate?

[Earth_First]

Our daughter lost another tooth this morning, and we were discussing the tooth fairy rate tonight after we put her to bed. I say that the current rate is $1 however, the wife pulls out a $5 and tells me that it has been adjusted for inflation since we were kids.

Am I just a cheap summa-, or has the rate been adjusted for inflation?

[Wetzelbill]

1. go with the five you cheap bast...

:)

[ScreamingMeemie]

The tooth fairy only gives my kids a dollar...

:shrug: I got a quarter as a child in the 70's...so the buck is inflation. :) They get five for the first loss...to establish a business relationship and then a buck for each one. Your wife is crazy. ;)

[Wetzelbill]

14. well, Bush has said the economy is doing great

so 5 bucks isn't all that much is it? :) Considering how great our president is and all.

[AlCzervik]

2. we used to leave $1 but as my daughter got older we increased

another $1 per year, the very last baby tooth she lost she got a $20.

[cynatnite]

3. We put a buck in quarters under the pillow...

six year olds have no clue as to what inflation is. Think I'm going to tell our kid? :rofl:

[Deja Q]

4. Are they so vain that if you ask them upfront they punch you in the mouth?

:rofl:

[Tikki]

5. A Five Spot for the tot.....and be sure to cover cab fare....

for the tooth fairy.




Tikki

[ContraBass Black]

6. I thought it was a dime. n/t

[Wetzelbill]

13. back in during the Great Depression maybe

:)

No Jk!

I actually got a few dimes before, you may be right.

[ContraBass Black]

18. Well, I turned 21 last week.

How old are you?

[Wetzelbill]

20. 10 years older than you

that's why I said "jk" you know, as in "Just kidding."

[Arugula Latte]

7. Our Tooth Fairy usually gives $2

but I think $1 is just fine .. $5 is too much, IMO. The kid has a mouthful to lose, afterall, and that can cost the Tooth Fairy beaucoup bucks over the years ... Plus, these young whippersnappers these days don't know the value of a dollar! *shakes cane angrily and gestures with index finger*

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. ROFLMAO!

:rofl:

[Shine]

9. We give $2 per tooth, rolled up very tightly and tied with a dental floss

bow. We also put fairy dust around their pillow and on the window sill, so it looks like a magical "trail" she's left behind.

Works like a charm. :thumbsup:

[nutsnberries]

10. a book of su do ku puzzles!

:)

[MissB]

11. $5 for the 1st, $1 for each additional.

[Wetzelbill]

12. you have it down to a science

:)

[Lochloosa]

15. Tell them the tooth fairy is fake...just like Santa Clause.

Save a BUNCH of money....

[leftofthedial]

16. BREAKING NEWS!!!

Tooth Fairy Rate has been changed as follows:

1. king george's "base" (net worth over $20 Million or income over $2.5 Million)--$500,000 per tooth

2. all others--.0037 ounces of pocket lint and a used cotton ball for the socket

[GreenPartyVoter]

$5 in our part of Maine

[Kali]

17. I vote a buck

but I'm pretty cheap too!

[lakemonster11]

19. I just turned 24,

and the most I ever got for a tooth was $1 in quarters.

[Richardo]

21. 38 feet per second