How much allowance did your parents give you?

[Sinestro]

Is it rude to ask a person how much allowance they got when they were younger?


I don't remember getting an allowance in Kindergarten. I got money for pretzels and an orange drink in grammar school which was 0.75 cents a day. I think I got an increase somewhere in 5th grade where my parents gave $2.00. When I got to H.S. I got $5 a day for lunch.


How much allowance did you get?

[drjoek]

I never received an allowance. I got my first job @ 10 yo delivering newspapers and never looked back.
My kids never received an allowance either.

[Gvac]

Same here Doc.

I was mowing lawns and shoveling snow when I was 10 and had a job on Saturdays when I was 14.

[Furtherman]

Allowance? I was hardly allowed to do anything!

None. I had to do the same as the good men above me here, chores for neighbors and a paper route.

[STC-Dub]

I got $20/week which was great but in the summer I was stuck babysitting my sister for 8 hours a day. I also had to vacuum and do the dishes everyday.

[Furtherman]

$20 a week?!!

I'd be dead by now.

[drjoek]

Same here Doc.

I was mowing lawns and shoveling snow when I was 10 and had a job on Saturdays when I was 14.

Every job I had as a kid is NOW someones career.
Newspaper delivery
Snow
lawns
pool care

[Pestz4Evah]

I got ten bucks a week, and out of that, half of it had to go in a jar and had to be saved for, like, 3 months.

I think my Mom saw this on Oprah and it was supposed to teach you money management skills or something. All it taught me was that when Mom & Dad were short of money before payday, they would be raiding that jar. Assholes.

[SatCam]

$1 until around 4th grade thats when I started getting $2 a week. My parents payed for clothes and stuff until 15 and that is when allowance and buying the clothes stopped, also when I got my first job

[Ritalin]

Is it rude to ask a person how much allowance they got when they were younger?


I don't remember getting an allowance in Kindergarten. I got money for pretzels and an orange drink in grammar school which was 0.75 cents a day. I think I got an increase somewhere in 5th grade where my parents gave $2.00. When I got to H.S. I got $5 a day for lunch.


How much allowance did you get?

Orange drink and Pretzels? THEY MADE YOU LIVE ON ORANGE DRINK AND PRETZELS? I hope you found the strength to work through it.

Doc Joe K, you have a beach house. You think your kids were really working the elbow grease to get what they wanted?

I give my kid 5 bucks a week to take out the garbage and keep things neat. Should he be doing that for free? Sure, but how else am I supposed to teach him about money?

I'm tired of everybody carping about how much easier kids have it than we did. I'm 43, and being a kid now isn't anything like it was when I was a kid. They have a lot more to learn now than we did. If you don't thelink the world is more complicated than it was in 1976, you're not paying attention.

[dino_electropolis]

I got handed a dish rag and started bussing tables at 10years old.


The only "allowance" i got was a roof over my head and 3 squares a day.

[razorboy]

I never got any allowance. I got lunch money on occasion, I started mowing lawns and cleaning gutters in the neighborhood when I was eight and I started working at the farmer's market when I was twelve.

[boosterp]

No allowance, never. I did chores as expected, and when I wanted $20 to go out with my buddays on the weekend then I got it. If I wanted a new Lego set then I got it. It was expected of us and really did not have to be asked of us after a certain point. At 17 I got a job.

[styckx]

There was never a set amount. I call it more of a early lesson in manipulation.

Dad drank a few too many, he may just toss a 20 may for no reason.

Usually though, getting money out of pops required some ass kissing, yard work, keeping my room clean etc. There was never any set quota. If I fucked up, got bad grades, etc, you got shit. Also, if I suddenly cleaned my room or fixed whatever it is I fucked up. I didn't get money on the spot, he would wait a week to see if old habits formed again before coming to judgment.

[lleeder]

How dare you ask such a thing!!!!!!!!!!????????????

[Ritalin]

Seriously, boo fucking hoo for anyone who posts in this thread about how they didn't get any allowance.

The truth is, unless you're older than me, you didn't need "allowance". I didn't need allowance. My parents bought me clothes and food. In the summers I caddied for something to do, but it wasn't life changing. It didn't MAKE ME WHO I AM TODAY.

Stop pretending that the path to greatness is some sort of hardship at a tender young age. It's not true. I'm sorry if you peaked at 15, but that job you had bussing tables didn't make you the man you are today.

You think Bill Gates credits the fact that his dad didn't give him any allowance and made him work for a living with his incredible success? Of course not. The truth is that there are plenty of people who got handed everything who didn't amount to a hill of beans, and there's plenty of people who came from nothing and did great.

You do the best you can, people, and let the chips fall where they may. Take some responsibility and pride in your kids. Teach them what you know. And loosen up the purse strings and let them have a couple of bucks. They earned it.

[razorboy]

Seriously, boo fucking hoo for anyone who posts in this thread about how they didn't get any allowance.

Who the fuck is crying? I didn't get an allowance and I figured out how to make walking around money at a young age. End of story.

[CofyCrakCocaine]

I got 5 dollars once for doing jack shit. It was a horrible life lesson.

Digging a trench for a friends' mom once so she could install a secondary power generator earned me fifty smackaroos. That was a good lesson.

Allowances=sucked in every aspect possible.
Work=Earned Pay; better.

[EddieMoscone]

Yeah, no allowance, just lunch money once I stopped bringing a bag lunch. If I wanted some extra cash I had to starve myself during the day so I could play video games. That "donation" money for church was great too. Glad my parents sent me on my own.

Then I started at 12 with the paper route and have been working ever since.

Paper Route
Boy Scout Camp Counselor
Bus Boy
Babysitting
Telemarketer (Daily News)
Stock Boy @ a Womens Clothing Store

Those were all before graduating High School.

[boosterp]

Seriously, boo fucking hoo for anyone who posts in this thread about how they didn't get any allowance.


I am not whining, actually I am proud of the lesson it taught me and have thanked my parents several times for the way they raised me as a kid.

[SatCam]

Seriously, boo fucking hoo for anyone who posts in this thread about how they didn't get any allowance.

The truth is, unless you're older than me, you didn't need "allowance". I didn't need allowance. My parents bought me clothes and food. In the summers I caddied for something to do, but it wasn't life changing. It didn't MAKE ME WHO I AM TODAY.

Stop pretending that the path to greatness is some sort of hardship at a tender young age. It's not true. I'm sorry if you peaked at 15, but that job you had bussing tables didn't make you the man you are today.

You think Bill Gates credits the fact that his dad didn't give him any allowance and made him work for a living with his incredible success? Of course not. The truth is that there are plenty of people who got handed everything who didn't amount to a hill of beans, and there's plenty of people who came from nothing and did great.

You do the best you can, people, and let the chips fall where they may. Take some responsibility and pride in your kids. Teach them what you know. And loosen up the purse strings and let them have a couple of bucks. They earned it.

Do you honestly think that anyone who doesnt give their kid allowance doesnt support them in another way? Some parents give a weekly allotment of money, some give their kids money when they need it. There is no set way to do it, but I dont think anyone in this thread is advocating kicking kids onto the street to teach them a lesson

[epo]

I'm still on a healthy allowance, thanks.

[jauble]

I never got a set allowance but if I needed some cash until about 15 I could usually do something around the house and I also did the paper route thing for awhile. My parents always where the type to not mind giving me cash as long as I had a job.

[Thebazile78]

I didn't exactly get an allowance, because the payments were rarely regularly, but I did get money every few weeks for doing regular chores like cleaning my cat's litter box or watching my brothers and sister after school.

One of the first lessons I learned about "earning" something was when I was 9 and I wanted an American Girl doll (this was LONG before Mattel bought the company and tried to make it into a $200 Barbie) ... so my mom and I opened a Christmas Club account at our local bank and I agreed to baby-sit for my siblings and put any other money I received into the account, and Mom would "match" whatever I put in during that week. I had to earn half of the doll's purchase price in order to get it ... and I did.

We did the same thing the next year when I asked for another doll.

Then, when the 8th grade hit with a couple of big-deal things, like a class trip out to Mount Airy Lodge (no joke; we left at 4am and returned home the same day) and a "semi-formal" dinner-dance (with our parents) that had to be paid for out-of-pocket, we opened a savings account and I put baby-sitting and other incidental earnings into that so I'd be able to participate in these activities.

I couldn't get a regular, "real" job in high school because (a) I couldn't get TO a job and (b) my dad needed my baby-sitting services a lot more than the income after the divorce was finalized, even though I applied for a summer job at Fortunoff when I was 16 and tried to apply for a job at a day-care where a friend worked when I was 17 (but my phone interview kept being sabotaged by my brother Gerald connecting a receiver to the extension jack for my phone line) ... so I didn't have a "real" job until college.

As it is, I don't mind much that I had to pay my own way for a lot of things, even if the financial details are a bit murky, because that really made me appreciate them a lot more.

[Sarge]

I never got an allowance, if I needed money for something, my parents gave it to me. I got a paper route at about 10 years old, and was expected to help out around the house as well. Occasionally my dad would throw me some money if I did good around the house, but that was about it. Since the paper route I always had some type of job, which I think was good, it taught me not to rely on anyone.

[Drunky McBetidont]

i got $20 / week and i was high school class of 1988. i washed my dad's truck, mowed the lawn and helped with all the other household upkeep in order to recieve it. i had friends that had cash on them all the time. i was broke by the time i got home on friday night. i got a job at long john silvers (beer on tap!) when i turned 16 in order to supliment my alcohol/drug needs.

the weekly $20 from the parents stopped when i turned 18.

[Ritalin]

Do you honestly think that anyone who doesnt give their kid allowance doesnt support them in another way? Some parents give a weekly allotment of money, some give their kids money when they need it. There is no set way to do it, but I dont think anyone in this thread is advocating kicking kids onto the street to teach them a lesson

No, I don't think that at all, but I do think there is this Blowhard-ish obsession with How Things Were When You Were A Kid, and how the kids today are soft because they don't live the same way, how they get "Allowance".

See, I don't believe that at all. I think Doc JoeK's daughter is tough as nails and it doesn't have anything to do with her allowance.

[furie]

I never received an allowance. I got my first job @ 10 yo delivering newspapers and never looked back.
My kids never received an allowance either.

same here, except i was 11. I had chores, i just didn't get paid for them.
being a paperboy was a great job for a kid.

[sailor]

i used to get a buck a week, then it went up to 5 somewhere around 5th grade. in hs i got 5 a day which covered lunch, et al.

[red_red_red]

what is this word allowance and how do i get one?

[boosterp]

what is this word allowance and how do i get one?

Its what beerman gives you per week in Miller Light.

[red_red_red]

Its what beerman gives you per week in Miller Light.
he's such a broke ass bitch...fuck him and his cheap beer :laugh:

[boosterp]

he's such a broke ass bitch...fuck him and his cheap beer :laugh:

I can swing by and save the day except you'll have to allow what we discussed in The Shelter.

[red_red_red]

I can swing by and save the day except you'll have to allow what we discussed in The Shelter.
that terrorist (aka beerman) loves my suffering and loves to pontificate about it.


















:laugh: SOMEONE will have a good time lurking tomorrow

[boosterp]

:laugh: SOMEONE will have a good time lurking tomorrow


Tell him I said hi.

[red_red_red]

Tell him I said hi.
i will mention that while we're @ wal mart buying ramen noodles

[crazyfool]

$10 a week for lunch and I could choose not to use it on lunch and use it on a $10 bag of Mexican ditch weed at the end of the week.

[red_red_red]

$10 a week for lunch and I could choose not to use it on lunch and use it on a $10 bag of Mexican ditch weed at the end of the week.
:thumbup: fuck lunch and all it's faggy-ness

[boosterp]

i will mention that while we're @ wal mart buying ramen noodles

I hate you now K. Fuckin mention Walmart, how dare you. :tongue:

[red_red_red]

I hate you now K. Fuckin mention Walmart, how dare you. :tongue:
i could not help myself, i am ugly, hairy, fat and not white, did i mention paralyzed? fat paralyzed, not real paralyzed.

[boosterp]

i could not help myself, i am ugly, hairy, fat and not white, did i mention paralyzed? fat paralyzed, not real paralyzed.

You are not, you are quite sexay and beerman is a lucky dude.

[red_red_red]

You are not, you are quite sexay and beerman is a lucky dude.
:laugh: you soooooooo missed the wal mart joke ....it's ok tho :laugh: beer retardation is not frowned upon :laugh::laugh:...my mean meter is off da hook

[boosterp]

:laugh: you soooooooo missed the wal mart joke ....it's ok tho :laugh: beer retardation is not frowned upon :laugh::laugh:...my mean meter is off da hook

I caught it, just wanted to derail you.:smoke:

[red_red_red]

I caught it, just wanted to derail you.:smoke:
:laugh: we're so banned

[boosterp]

:laugh: we're so banned

Well, we derailed this thread quite good. Give it up for the beer buddays! :drunk:

[red_red_red]

Well, we derailed this thread quite good. Give it up for the beer buddays! :drunk:
did someone say beer? allowances are for pussies :bye:

[boosterp]

did someone say beer? allowances are for pussies :bye:

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[red_red_red]

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[boosterp]

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[PapaBear]

My first allowance was 25 cents a week. I could buy two Hershey bars and 4 pieces of gum. I'm old.

[razorboy]

Get a room already.

[Hilge]

It all depended on where my dad hid his wallet...

[Sinestro]

My first allowance was 25 cents a week. I could buy two Hershey bars and 4 pieces of gum. I'm old.

Was that during the Great Depression?

[ToiletCrusher]

Well, I stole from my parents.

So, sometimes I got a watch, a diamond ring, some beers.

[RoseBlood]

My mother would give me a set amount of money each week for "lunch".

Parents thinking was I had everything I needed, so there was no real reason for me to be asking for any additional money. If I ever wanted something "extra", my mother told me to save my allowance/lunch money to buy it "myself". That is when I learned the benefits of brown bagging my lunch to school. I resented it a bit at the time, but am thankful for it today. It really wasn't bad at all and I became good at saving up for little things and my mother silently took note and loves that I've learned.

Every so often she would buy me something without me asking, I guess as a "reward" but I was never doing anything for a reward because the rewards were always a bit of a surprise.

I did have weekly chores she posted on the fridge. My mother made a point in telling me I was NOT getting paid for these house chores as it was an obligation I had to fulfill simply for living under the same roof.. I was 7.

I am very thankful for this method she used, as it taught me the value of money and money management and anything worth having is worth saving up for.

Anyway, this all ceased once I got my first job babysitting at age 13.

[zildjian361]

my Dad never gave me a dime, MOM took care of me and my kid brother Randy. imade money at 10 goin to the store to buy cigs for my Uncle's always had a buck in my pocket. :happy:

[A.J.]

None. I was told to get a job.

[cougarjake13]

i think i got like 5 bucks a day for school lunch which i'd usually save it all


most allowance i ever got was 10 bucks a week

[Mikemantis]

I sadly didn't get shit. I did work for money but not allowance.

[KnoxHarrington]

When my sister and I were kids, my mom worked at a little sandwich shop, and she would split her tip jar evenly between me and my sister, and that would be our allowance. I think most weeks it worked out to $10-$15 for both of us.

It's why I try to tip generously as possible when I go out to eat, and I think people who stiff servers are scumbags.

[weekapaugjz]

I got 2 bucks a week from age 6 or 7 til age 12. 5 a week til about 15. Then 20 a week until I graduated from high school.

[dickydean]

I don't remember ever getting an allowance. But I did have a paper route when I was 9 and I helped a guy wash windows and floors every weekend from about 12 till I got my license at 16. We gave my daughter an allowance when she'd remember to ask for it till she got a job. My step son on the other hand gets 50.a week and his mother puts gas in the pick up he uses.

[hedges]

The most I ever remember getting was $5 a week. And I'm not sure how old I was. I had a paper route in junior high, and summer jobs during high school. I must have gotten an allowance in high school but I'm not sure how much it was.

[Section 8]

No allowance for me...

I got a few bucks for mowing the lawn.

I started working at age 15... and still got a few bucks for mowing the lawn...

[Misteriosa]

never got allowance.

[TripleSkeet]

I never got an allowance. When I was younger if I needed money I just asked for it. My dad would always throw me 5 bucks or so if we were going to an arcade or something.

When I was around 11 I started taking the $5 hed give me to shoot pool, and gambling with it on the pool games. Usually it would be a dollar a game, and whoever had next had to buy the game for the winner. Between that, playing gin and pitching quarters I used to make about $70 a weekend.

Then Id give most of it to my mom to help out with the bills. My dad was recently disabled and we were in bad shape financially. Especially with 4 kids and both parents out of work.

[undressa]

I remember getting 50 cents on saturday. I would agonize which candy bar to buy, after I bought it, I would wolf it down in two seconds and then b sad it was gone

:sad:

[biggirl]

I never got an allowance. I had baby sitting jobs, and then a REAL job at the Dairy Queen at 15. Then I worked at the MALL. Then I actually went to school for awhile and became some sort of a professional. Now, I am stuck stealing money from my husband when he isn't looking.

My money from ages 15-22 on was spent on booze and cigarettes. I have always had poor money management skills.

[bigredd]

I was allowed to get a fuckin job. I never actually got an "allowance" per se but I was paid for the things I did round the house. Dishes, folding laundry, mowing the yard etc. I'd get money just for asking every once in a while but it was for something specific like going to a movie. In those cases, I usually got just enough to cover said activity.

[ADF]

Five bucks a month in order to teach me the value of money (i.e. not in exchange for doing chores). Only two more months to go until I can get that He-Man Battle Ram!

[realmenhatelife]

Never had an allowance, started doing my own laundry and making my own bag lunches in 5th grade, afterschool job at 16, and I'm pretty sure by that point my mom was only making dinner like twice a week.

[SHANEFROMGA]

never had one when i was younger, but when i was about 14 and got into comics, i made a deal with my mom that during the summer i would clean the house (triple wide trailer)
all week and i would get 10 bucks. i did a good job and quickly got it bumped to 20 a week.
then my little bro got wind and wanted in on the gig, he did a quarter of the work and then wanted half the cash. f'd up a good deal.

[ScottFromGA]

and? cracka gotta get paid somehow, right?

[Farmer Dave]

What a gathering of sweat shop kids we seem to be. I was paid for work performed on the farm and had a few off farm jobs in high school. My favorite was at the municipal airport sweeping the shop floor, washing planes, and yes cleaning the toilets.