In Exile

yes, Perth

In Exile

i feel much better for venting

xzibit

Tiddler?

Why are you paying your child's phone bill? It's your own fault. Children have no need for mobile phones, and if they do have one it should be pre-pay.

moneypenny20

I call her Tiddler because she's my youngest but she's 16 and hunting high and low for a job without much success. I will be removing any money she has in her account. I would not be happy if she was out and about without a phone but yes I agree, we should have kept her on a pre-pay. It was a softening of the heart on her birthday. Won't happen again.

xzibit

LOL!! I thought you meant about 6-10 years old. I had a phone at 16, but had to pay my own bill (pre-pay didn't really exist then).

I think a few more chores are in order for the next month or so then. That'll make her say Grrrrrrrrrr!!!

moneypenny20

fricking nora how old are you? We didn't even have cordless home phones when I was 16, let alone a mobile!

Dreamy

I was just about to Grrrrrrr at you for electing yourself the Parenting God, but I'm glad I didn't.

The 16 year old has a pre-pay phone but I pay for a very low cap mobile for the two uni students. They don't work (or they'd pay for it themselves) but anything that is incurred over the cap will be removed from their hides. Its more for my benefit - neither of them particularly wanted a phone but I need to know they can call me with no worries or dramas (gawd, I've really turned Australian) if they need to, especially as they both rely on public transport to get home from uni. I know this can be achieved with pre-pay - but its worked out cheaper and more reliable to do it this way

Teenagers who have their phones turned off when I want them to stop at the shop on the way home make me go Grrrrrrrr.

Dreamy

We only got a home phone when I was about 8! Before that, we had to use a callbox!

Mind you, we waz poor norvern scum, innit.

xzibit

I'm 12 years older than your 'Tiddler'.

LouiseR

My dad's pet hate is people having their mobiles off. The amount of times I've heard "What's the bloody point in having a mobile phone if you're only going to switch it off!"

moneypenny20

Hello son.

xzibit

Same can be said for my 82 year old Gran. She'll only turn hers on to make a call then off again when she hangs up, even if you tell her you'll call her back!!

Kooky.

I was 12. That's when we got our first colour TV too, when we moved to the big bad city (well, Redcar - close). First time we owned a fridge too (Yes I was poor norvern scum too, but the farmhouse had a cold room.) (Actually the farmhouse had a LOT of cold rooms. I had a summer and a winter bedroom.)

And my father too - he wouldn't have a landline but, after a health scare, I insisted on getting him a mobile. (This being a man that had the first "mobile" phone I ever saw when he was on building sites. Huge, it was.) He'd only switch it on for a couple of hours a day, when he thought I might ring, because otherwise people "bother" him. Still, I'd settle for that now he's too deaf to have a conversation with at all.


So my Grrrrrr. It's gone beyond Grrrrr now. At my wits' end. Don't ever buy a strata property.

moneypenny20

Ahh, indeed. There used to be a poster on here who had no end of issues with strata and body corp and nonsense. Put me off for life. Good luck.

Amazulu

That's a given on BE!