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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I gave my son 500 a month but that included golfing, going to sporting events and concerts.

I don’t pay for Starbucks or alcohol, but I will pay for chipotle or Chick-fil-A twice a week.

Unlimited Ubers.[/quote]

That’s insane [/quote]

1 golf game is $100 and tickets to a concert or sport event with his girlfriend and dinner is $200. That’s 1 date a month. [/quote]

Hanging out at your house is free.  Or he can get a job and pay for his dates[/quote]

You’d rather my kid hang in our basement with his girlfriend than take her on a proper date at least once a month. Or catch a capitals game once a month with his friends? No wonder young men are such a mess now a days.

You think he should give up golfing?

You think he should quit coaching kids and being a special Olympics unified partner to “get a job”?

The whole question was for kids who can’t work right now due to school/sports/volunteering. It wasn’t for slackers hanging in mom’s basement.[/quote]
I’m 43 and I make 200k a year and a capitals game is a splurge for my and DH. It’s hundreds of dollars plus transportation or parking, plus food and drinks. That’s not a normal way for a 17 year old to hang out [/quote]

He’ll literally go to 1 this season.

It’s not 100’s if you sit in nosebleeds it’s a bit more than a movie.

He took his girlfriend to see the playoffs for women’s soccer and it was $40 /ticket if you sat in the end zones.

I think that’s a normal monthly date. $100 ish [/quote]

Maybe for rich people but most people do t have an extra $100 to blow on “a normal monthly date.” [/quote]

Well they are spending $25 on wings today and going to a movie over the holidays so they also can’t afford a caps game either.[/quote]

Unless he is paying himself, he can make food at home and watch Netflix [/quote]

How much does it cost to make food at home? It’s not free. And I’d be paying.

Y’all are fooling yourself if you think your kids are not spending $100 a month on Starbucks, soda, chipotle, etc,

I don’t believe for a second your kids never eat out, never go to the movies, don’t buy makeup or clothes or go out with friends and if they don’t that too bad.[/quote]

Mine really doesn’t do those things unless he gets a gift card. He’s frugal like his mom. He got Starbucks once and said it tasted like pure sugar (it does). They have a Starbucks where he goes to college now and says girls get it every day. I know my kid isn’t spending this money because I can see his bank account balance. He pays for car insurance, gas, and food st the grocery store so he make his own lunches. [/quote]

Well that’s still more than $500/mth. [/quote]

It’s HIS money, not mine. He earned it. I didn’t give him an allowance like he’s a 5 yr old. If he wants to take his girlfriend out, he can pay for it. [/quote]

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