Scary ...kids cost lots !

[louisesgarden]

My OH gets paid weekly, i get paid monthly, so pay all the bills out of my wage and live on his, i give our daughter her pocket money, school dinner money, phone top up money weekly, but she`s 15 and as she is on o2 phone network, i thought i would get her one of them o2 visa debit cards, as they are free to use etc, top it up monthly with the money i give her, £170.00 a month !!!! sounds so much when its one lump sum monthly !

[Brengirl]

My OH gets paid weekly, i get paid monthly, so pay all the bills out of my wage and live on his, i give our daughter her pocket money, school dinner money, phone top up money weekly, but she`s 15 and as she is on o2 phone network, i thought i would get her one of them o2 visa debit cards, as they are free to use etc, top it up monthly with the money i give her, £170.00 a month !!!! sounds so much when its one lump sum monthly !

How much?????

[janeyo]

Blimey, my son gets 20p a day and then earns extra pennies by being nice or gets pennies taken away when he's not so nice. Normally he ends up with about £1.50 a week
But then he doesn't have a phone as he's only 5!

[di]

£170 just on her phone???!!!

[louisesgarden]

How much?????

exactly !!!! her school meals are 15 a week and i top her phone up 5, then she gets 20 a week pocket money, ( which she does jobs to earn ) it soon adds up !

[Nicos]

Wait till they go to Uni!!!

[louisesgarden]

Wait till they go to Uni!!!

i only have 1 thankfully !!!!!

[mrdinkle]

Ours is barely 4 weeks old, this thread is quite scary reading

[binley100]

Can't she take a packed lunch. That'd help.

[bubblewrap]

£42.50 a week? that's more than £2,000 a year.

[kirsty b]

exactly !!!! her school meals are 15 a week and i top her phone up 5, then she gets 20 a week pocket money, ( which she does jobs to earn ) it soon adds up !

Could you be my mum please?

[lynda66]

i must be mean, mine had a job on the market at 14, didn't get pocket money once he had a job .... , and did chores cos they were his to do ... not cos he got paid for them ... and paid his own phone ... and took sandwiches .... now he's at uni ... doesn't cost me a penny lol ... he gets more money than i do

[FionaH]

£20 a week pocket money? Please don't tell my son!

[stella]

Mr D (sorry cant do those copy phrase things) even at 4 weeks old I bet if you add up all they cost it would be a surprise. My daughter is looking at buying a new car seat and the price of them is ???!!%$!

[bubblewrap]

£20 a week pocket money? Please don't tell my son!

That's more than I get.