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Bank of Mum and Dad 'feels the pinch'
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Originally posted by LondonManc View PostNo and probably part of the reason most of us went contracting. It's just a tricky balance between spoiling them and spoiling them too much that they become expectant of the spoiling and a bit of a label snob.
Kind of pissed me off a bit as we do not get together as a family that often but it is not like they were bad - would I have been as bothered if they had sat quietly in a corner reading a book?
As you say it's that tricky balance
suppose next weekend we are going camping which is anything but posh soooo....Comment
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Originally posted by original PM View PostHmm - i agree and I don't - if you look at the way me or my parents were raised there was a lot of poverty and casual violence was used to 'solve' a number of problems.
Should we go back to the days if capital punishment to ensure kids do what they are told?
However the world has moved on and you cannot raise your children like that - and the problem is if you do have money - do you deny your kids the finer things in life? - yes you can make them earn it but not in a way I had to earn money when I was young.
So yeah tell you what - dump your iPhones, gym membership, hipster do's, tat's, regular mochachocochino's from that trendy italian coffee shop, golf gti on pcp, regular holidays etc
and then come back and tell me you have no money.Comment
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Originally posted by Old Greg View PostWe were evicted from our hole in the road.
Luxury.Comment
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Sheesh you guys don't half moan much.
Moan this, phone that, hole this, capital punishment that.
It's like an episode of EastEnders every day here on CUK.Comment
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Originally posted by ChimpMaster View PostSheesh you guys don't half moan much.Hard Brexit now!
#prayfornodealComment
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Originally posted by ChimpMaster View PostSheesh you guys don't half moan much.
Moan this, phone that, hole this, capital punishment that.
It's like an episode of EastEnders every day here on CUK.
You know it's heading downhill when the likes of "sasguru" and "Old Greg" think they're top of the heap!Old Greg - In search of acceptance since Mar 2007. Hoping each leap will be his last.Comment
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Originally posted by Zigenare View Post
You know it's heading downhill when the likes of "sasguru" and "Old Greg" think they're top of the heap!Hard Brexit now!
#prayfornodealComment
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Originally posted by sasguru View PostAs ever it's relativeThe greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't existComment
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Originally posted by original PM View PostWell interestingly enough this weekend we went to a family bbq - the kids were fine and not naughty - but spent most of the time on their phones with ear phones in and were not so interactive!
Kind of pissed me off a bit as we do not get together as a family that often but it is not like they were bad - would I have been as bothered if they had sat quietly in a corner reading a book?
As you say it's that tricky balance
suppose next weekend we are going camping which is anything but posh soooo....
I can imagine it will become harder when they are older and we relent and get them their own phones.
Interesting point about reading books too.Comment
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