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[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 moms basement.[/quote]

I am clapping and cheering your parenting. Thank you for raising a son correctly and thank you for teaching him to give of himself to others. He has all of his life to work, volunteering is super important and not enough kids do it or are taught to do it. Keep up the great work and let the haters hate, IMO it shows you are on the right path.[/quote]

I’m literally laughing at the absurdity of this thread.

He’s done Special Olympics since he was 11 and he likes being a Unified Partner and he’s a good student, does sports (but not travel in HS) is a nice boyfriend (budgeting $25/week for a date… literally buying a chipotle or a sub /week), has friends, has a hobby ….

And someone posted he will be an incel on welfare in his 20’s because of his budget.

😂[/quote]
 
Budgeting from what? He has no money, other than yours because he blew through all his by Dec.  Spending an entire summer’s worth of income in 3 months doesn’t sound like he is very good at budgeting.
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He actually pays for June-Dec from his summer job which we know it’s not a lot of money because jobs won’t give you more than 30 hours a weekand we help out with Jan-may. We also expect them to do school, sports and volunteering, which doesn’t give them much time to work on the weekends.

We discuss how much eating out is appropriate (2x a week), if you have a girlfriend how much is appropriate (at 17 25/week on you 2… 12.5 on your girlfriend… expected and reasonable), hobbies ($200/mth), etc..  clothes, ($100/mth), friendships…

What is your kids budget? Have you explained budgets? How much do you think is appropriate per week dating somebody?[/quote]

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