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Re: Everybody's elses mum........
My old mum would have made Genghis Kahn seem like a Baptist minister.
As young chidren we were expected to contribute to the family budget. Just a small example= "Billy you have to be up early for your paper round(I was 8 or 9yrs old) I will call you at 0530" 0530 arrives "Billy get up" no reaction 0540 "Billy get up" no reaction 0545 Mum pulls bed clothes back, cup of cold water thrown over sleeping Billy. Next morning "Get up Billy its 0530" Three guesses who got up straight away? The old girl took no prisoners. She passed away last year at 89yrs old, and I loved her every minute of her life. PS-our designer gear was ex-army surplus from Millets-I went to school in army boots /army battledress top/ and cut down army trousers(as did most of my mates) it was warm--not quite Nike or Asidas but it worked. |
Re: Everybodys elses mum........
Originally Posted by Calgal
Thanks! :) The only part (and probably the most important :o) that they failed on, was the saving! Oh well....... lol You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink!
Being young, you just want to spend, and have fun. So, understandable. Now they are both working full time, running their own cars and learning just how expensive that is.
Originally Posted by Calgal
I would also like to ask others this: Is it my imagination or am I the only 'Canadian' parent that makes their adult kids pay towards their living expenses? It certainly isn't 'rent', or they would be paying three times the amount. They complain about it and say they shouldn't have to (because none of their friends do :rolleyes: ) Bloody cheek!
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Re: Everybody's elses mum........
Originally Posted by Tooanfrom
0545 Mum pulls bed clothes back, cup of cold water thrown over sleeping Billy. |
Re: Everybodys elses mum........
Originally Posted by Island_Girl
Good For You
Kids do have the same demands here in Canada of their parents but the best thing for them is for Parents to learn and mean the word "NO" Island Girl |
Re: Everybody's elses mum........
Originally Posted by Tooanfrom
My old mum would have made Genghis Kahn seem like a Baptist minister.
As young chidren we were expected to contribute to the family budget. Just a small example= "Billy you have to be up early for your paper round(I was 8 or 9yrs old) I will call you at 0530" 0530 arrives "Billy get up" no reaction 0540 "Billy get up" no reaction 0545 Mum pulls bed clothes back, cup of cold water thrown over sleeping Billy. Next morning "Get up Billy its 0530" Three guesses who got up straight away? The old girl took no prisoners. She passed away last year at 89yrs old, and I loved her every minute of her life. PS-our designer gear was ex-army surplus from Millets-I went to school in army boots /army battledress top/ and cut down army trousers(as did most of my mates) it was warm--not quite Nike or Asidas but it worked. |
Re: Everybodys elses mum........
Originally Posted by dingbat
I have this five times over. The latest "demand" is some daft brand of runners (trainers) that cost nearly $200. Yeah right. I have perfected "the look"which means that the kids don't even bother asking again if they get "the look" when they ask for this stuff. Everybody else's Mum can go play with the traffic, after their obnoxious kids have stayed out in their brand named togs until midnight and done the latest drugs. I will stick being the non-compliant bitch-Mom from hell. :p
Oh my!! I have the same 'LOOK' with our children and I've perfected it so it even works on my hubby!! lol!!!!!!! Cheers Kelly |
Re: Everybodys elses mum........
Originally Posted by kellydrew
Oh my!! I have the same 'LOOK' with our children and I've perfected it so it even works on my hubby!! lol!!!!!!!
Cheers Kelly Drew |
Re: Everybodys elses mum........
Originally Posted by dbd33
Only that prom dresses and ball gowns run more like $2,500.
Originally Posted by dbd33
This shop is on the block here :
http://karenkellydesigns.ca/bio.htm it says on the website that dresses start at $800 but, peering in the window, I never see anything anywhere near that cheap. It's a popular spot for picking up high school prom dresses and the sort of gown one needs each month if one attends Trinity or similar. Believe me this is nowhere near the high end of dress shops in Toronto, it's just a high street dress shop, and, really, shopping in Toronto is no one's idea of big spending. Several of my daughter's contemporaries regularly shopped in Paris, I imagine all the students at Branksome and the like import their clothes. Although valid for him, it really doesn't help the rest of us when he portrays this as the norm for everyone. In regards to grad dresses there is an article in today's Calgary Herald that I would guess is much closer to the world most of us are familiar with rather than the one dbd33 lives in. Three young graduates purchasing their dresses for $200, approx $322 Cdn (dress purchased in Hawaii) and $175. A far cry from the $2,500 quoted by dbd33. |
Re: Everybodys elses mum........
Originally Posted by Hangman
I have to think that dbd33's reality is very different than the rest of us mere mortals.
Although valid for him, it really doesn't help the rest of us when he portrays this as the norm for everyone. In regards to grad dresses there is an article in today's Calgary Herald that I would guess is much closer to the world most of us are familiar with rather than the one dbd33 lives in. Three young graduates purchasing their dresses for $200, approx $322 Cdn (dress purchased in Hawaii) and $175. A far cry from the $2,500 quoted by dbd33. There's a fun show on MTV, My Super Sweet Sixteen, which deals with such issues as what type of car one should buy one's daughter for her birthday, what sort of dress is needed and so on. The people on the that show are affluent, kids around here aren't but, if they wear $200 prom dresses, it's as an ironic statement. No one seriously wears a prom dress that cost less than her shoes. |
Re: Everybodys elses mum........
Originally Posted by dbd33
It's not such a far cry when you count the cost of getting to Hawaii.
There's a fun show on MTV, My Super Sweet Sixteen, which deals with such issues as what type of car one should buy one's daughter for her birthday, what sort of dress is needed and so on. The people on the that show are affluent, kids around here aren't but, if they wear $200 prom dresses, it's as an ironic statement. No one seriously wears a prom dress that cost less than her shoes. |
Re: Everybodys elses mum........
Originally Posted by dbd33
It's not such a far cry when you count the cost of getting to Hawaii.
You can't exactly factor in the cost of a trip that was part of a family vacation. It not like she decided to go to Hawaii to specifically shop for a grad dress. |
Re: Everybodys elses mum........
Originally Posted by Hangman
It not like she decided to go to Hawaii to specifically shop for a grad dress.
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Re: Everybodys elses mum........
Originally Posted by Hangman
Oh come on...that's a pretty pathetic rationalization.
You can't exactly factor in the cost of a trip that was part of a family vacation. It not like she decided to go to Hawaii to specifically shop for a grad dress. |
Re: Everybodys elses mum........
Originally Posted by dbd33
Hawaii does seem an unlikely place to go shopping but where would people living in Calgary go for an outfit for an important occasion ?
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Re: Everybodys elses mum........
Originally Posted by dbd33
Hawaii does seem an unlikely place to go shopping but where would people living in Calgary go for an outfit for an important occasion ?
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