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<blockquote data-quote="Lil" data-source="post: 686204" data-attributes="member: 17309"><p>Yep. But all our son saw was that J had a big allowance and could buy his own video games, his parents had the newest systems and computers - Stuff he wanted. Never mind that they lived in a really run-down rental house with trash in the yard and 3 big dogs in the house, his friend shared a room with his brother because there wasn't enough rooms. His friend also didn't own a car until very recently, notwithstanding he's had a full-time job for years. </p><p></p><p>We're certainly not rich and really, we aren't good with money - we tend to nickel and dime ourselves into overdrafts (Thank God for the bank we have now and overdraft credit lines). His "college" was paid for by his student loans, we paid housing and gave spending money - with a home equity loan! We had plenty of disposable income to be able to pay for his braces - medically necessary, not cosmetic. Our "frittering away" money tends to be on eating out and such, not game systems and toys.</p><p></p><p>He was always told to save his own allowance for his games and such. He wouldn't do it...then would complain when he'd get them for a birthday or something that they were old and it wasn't fun to play as a newbie.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lil, post: 686204, member: 17309"] Yep. But all our son saw was that J had a big allowance and could buy his own video games, his parents had the newest systems and computers - Stuff he wanted. Never mind that they lived in a really run-down rental house with trash in the yard and 3 big dogs in the house, his friend shared a room with his brother because there wasn't enough rooms. His friend also didn't own a car until very recently, notwithstanding he's had a full-time job for years. We're certainly not rich and really, we aren't good with money - we tend to nickel and dime ourselves into overdrafts (Thank God for the bank we have now and overdraft credit lines). His "college" was paid for by his student loans, we paid housing and gave spending money - with a home equity loan! We had plenty of disposable income to be able to pay for his braces - medically necessary, not cosmetic. Our "frittering away" money tends to be on eating out and such, not game systems and toys. He was always told to save his own allowance for his games and such. He wouldn't do it...then would complain when he'd get them for a birthday or something that they were old and it wasn't fun to play as a newbie. [/QUOTE]
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