I'll stick with the cat and dog although they are similar to teenagers for example all they do is lay about the house all day, I've tried asking them to do the cleaning but they don't get it. The running costs are much less though and you get no lip back off them. :lol:

Can't you get son to sell kidney/cornea etc to fund repairs?
Assuming you had kids for "spare parts", and you don't think you'll be needing any in the near future, it may lessen the impact of an already expensive time of year.

as a youngun me self at 21 i am very lucky to have had the parents i did.

They achieved a very good balance, they were hard but in hindsight fair.


they loaned me money but it was always payed back, unless it was decided it would become a gift to assist me in life, my dad has recently saved me thousands by fittin gmy house out with the plumbig for heating and water etc...

i cannot repay it, but what i cant pay i work off...

it does gaul me when ppl dont appreciate things, young or old... people are mean.. :lol:

I left home at 17, stood on my own feet ever since. Your kids are spoiled and it's your own fault.
The best thing my parents ever did for me was to teach me self reliance and independance.

True story, my step Dad used to blindfold my 2 brothers and I and dump us in the woods 10-20 miles away to find our own way home. We were 9, 10 and 12.

The two youngest members of the Hutt household are boys aged 8 and 6. They could not be more different - eldest one into electronic toys, loves maths and tries very hard at school. Youngest is in touch with nature, loves animals, lego, stuffed toys etc. Also tries hard at school. Both are very well behaved.

Reading the above posts, I dread to think what is to come when they hit their teenage years. Mainly because I know what I was like O:) :smt063

Glad I don't have girls though - I'd only worry too much about things I shouldn't. And grumble about the phone bills :lol:

My parents have given me a good home, and a healthy up bringing. Ok, they split when i was 21 and i havent spoken to my dad since, but **** happens. They would have never, and my mum still isnt, in the position to help me on the property ladder, i never went to uni, got a job straight after leaving school. But i have ahd a warm dry home to live in, freedom to do what i want to do within reason, and i'm still there today (Though next year that will change)

Your sons pretty lucky. Personaly id sell the scooter and make him take public transport, because he Knows that you would see him go short. Kids are evil.

Except your own! :lol:

Well the repairs to "his" scooter are just over £300, which includes a new piston, plus a service, replacement drive belt, clutch rollers and a new rear tyre :roll:

That's £60 a month for 5 months.... He's gonna feel that. He's had to get the train into London today, and we made sure we were out so he had to either walk or catch a bus to the station :lol:

I tried having a "conversation" with him last night, but it seemed that World of Warcraft was far more important than listening to his bank manager..... And he thinks he's getting a Christmas present [-X

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World of bleeding Warcraft - say no more! ](*,)

perhaps you should put him on ebay and send him the link? :lol: