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My daughter after finishing college, preferred hanging around the house with her boyfriend to working. She still had a Saturday job at Primark and I agreed with her that as long as she did 25hrs per week (always lots of available shifts) her boyfriend could come round whenever she wanted and if...

She looks less vicious than my daughter. She was back from Australia for a few weeks and went back last week. She heard me on the phone to the will writer and I told her my plan for the Cat's home. She told me not to forget who would be choosing my nursing home, so I told her I could develop an...

Just one last one on this. When my kids were paying us money they had no expectation of 'getting it back' and thought they were contributing to the household bills. It was only years later, when my son was saving to pay off his Uni loan and my daughter was saving to go travelling that we said to...

That'll be me then, what class am I ? And obviously I missed a trick with my kids and should have pissed the housekeeping they gave us up the wall and then tell them they're on their own. That would obviously be a much better 'life' lesson :facepalm: How much housekeeping do you think people...

And isn't it so much better helping them out with money they have actually earned themselves :thumbsup:

Having employed hundreds of graduates over the years, all other things being equal, I've always employed the one who has laboured on building sites, stacked shelves, been an attendant at an all night garage and done one of the many shit jobs a lot of students do to get them through. I've found...

And this is where we will respectfully disagree. I believe that if they are adults with all the benefits that brings :wink: then they should take on the responsibility of being adults. Now what that is, in financial terms and at what age, is up to you and them to agree. Of course they get it...

I never saw a penny of my 'housekeeping' because it went on 'housekeeping', and having left school at 15, never had a 'gap' year. Enough to keep you happy :thumbsup:

Rent, Electric, gas, rates, food, laundry, far be it from me to suggest you may have been on dodgy ground :wink:

Despite it all, you would never have it any other way :wink:

It's not easy for any of us, but we give it our best shot and hope it works out :wink:

My favourite from my daughter was 'You are the strictest parents in the whole school' I said 'Thank you' 'IT WASN'T MEANT TO BE A BLOODY COMPLIMENT' :lolol:

1976 - £7.50 from £18.50 take home :thumbsup: And from what was left, I would get into town Thursday to Sunday :wink:

Something I read on another thread sent me off thinking about this. When my kids turned 16 and went to sixth form college, they both had to get Saturday Jobs and ended up working at Primark. The money they earnt was theirs and obviously they could spend it on whatever they wanted despite any...