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Thread ID: 113204 2010-10-09 18:37:00 Don't have kids pctek (84) PC World Chat
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1143024 2010-10-10 05:55:00 My folks had me on my own before I was even 20 :(

He is on his own. When did I say he wasn't?
pctek (84)
1143025 2010-10-10 05:57:00 OMG have I become an agony aunt?

LL :eek:

LOL. And I've become both a mother-in-law and a granny.:eek:


So have you got your child/s car insured under your name?
No. I gave him the car. Wasn't worth a lot. I bought another.
That's it. Don't pay for the thing for him, don't wipe his bum either.
pctek (84)
1143026 2010-10-10 05:58:00 He is on his own. When did I say he wasn't?

I'm just a little older then your son, and although I don't rely on my parents its always nice when they help out. I'm sure if there were no grandchildren involved my parents wouldn't be so helpful. I do pity the daughter inlaw problem, having to bite your tongue.
plod (107)
1143027 2010-10-10 05:59:00 LOL. And I've become both a mother-in-law and a granny.:eek:


No. I gave him the car. Wasn't worth a lot. I bought another.
That's it. Don't pay for the thing for him, don't wipe his bum either.
I was quoting Billy T post, not yours.
plod (107)
1143028 2010-10-10 06:42:00 So have you got your child/s car insured under your name?

Step son is 16 and on our insurance until he gets his full around Feb next year then he will be on his own insurance. The sooner he starts his no claims the better for him
gary67 (56)
1143029 2010-10-10 07:00:00 Too late for your advice pctek ... but SWMBO'd did send me to the vet some years ago :D SP8's (9836)
1143030 2010-10-10 07:06:00 Step son is 16 and on our insurance until he gets his full around Feb next year then he will be on his own insurance. The sooner he starts his no claims the better for him
I was always under the impression, that it was ok to have a child as a named driver, but was not ok to have a childs car insured under your name. So if said person was the main driver of a car then the insurance needed to be under that name
plod (107)
1143031 2010-10-10 07:19:00 If a person under 25 gets to drive the car your premiums get to go up. Snorkbox (15764)
1143032 2010-10-10 10:44:00 Unfortunately taking the bus is approx $6 cheaper than taking the car to uni for me. I absolutely hate taking the bus here in Auckland but $6 does add up every single day to $30 a week!!!

A true student!

That's a box of beer right there.
ubergeek85 (131)
1143033 2010-10-10 21:27:00 If you have children, your are morally obliged to do the following:
House and feed them until they achieve the age where it is no longer necessary to compulsary to attend a place of education - provision of the basics beyond this age ,should be:
(a) if still in education should be on the basis of academic performance and commitment;
(b) if the offspring is working on the basis of making a fair financial commitment to the household budget.
The sooner children learn there is no such thing as a free meal the better.

From experience, under no circumstances allow them to become financially dependent on their parents when they are earning enough to pay their own way in the world, unless you are so wealthy that the cost and consequences don't matter, or unless you are actively seeking an impoverished retirement.
KenESmith (6287)
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