Can any parent explain the cost of having a child please?

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  1. SuperTyke

    SuperTyke Well-Known Member

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    #41 SuperTyke, Jan 20, 2020
    Oh yeah good maths skills. I managed to get that spectacularly wrong didn't I.

    I used to get £4 pocket money and no phone. How times have changed.
     
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    #42 Tilertoes, Jan 21, 2020
    That sounds about right at ours as well which is why I don’t have a breakfast sandwich on a Friday anymore.
     
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    #43 JamDrop, Jan 21, 2020
    I bet you could get a lot more for your £4 though.
     
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    #44 Old Goat, Jan 21, 2020
    I used to get £2.50 a week and usually managed to save half of it, especially if Barnsley were away that week.

    And don't forget, the chocolate bars were twice the size. In fact, a Wagon Wheel was about three feet wide. Then we all went metric... it was downhill after that.
     
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    #45 Scoff, Jan 21, 2020
    I don't know if you saw the recent threat about the Syrian refugee (young boy) in Canada who wanted to play ice hockey to fit in with his friends - The whole town rallied round to buy him the kit and give him lessons. Very touching story.
     
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    #46 Merde Tete, Jan 21, 2020
    No I didn't, but that's awesome. Canadians are generally much more sympathetic to people in need, especially those from other countries, than we seem to be in the UK.
     
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