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Nah they don't Dan, middle one had trousers and shirts from the charity shop last year and not a hint of bullying over it. Youngest had a school top from their second hand store for most of the years at junior school (only ever purchased the one brand new top for him whilst he was there) and same thing, no bullying over it.
In fact, you couldn't actually tell they were second hand.We made it! All three boys have graduated, it's been hard work but it shows there is a possibility of a chance of normal (ish) life after a diagnosis (or two) of ASD. It's not been the easiest route but I am so glad I ignored everything and everyone and did my own therapies with them.
Eldests' EDS diagnosis 4.5.10, mine 13.1.11 eekk - now having fun and games as a wheelchair user.0 -
Think anyone would regret marrying me...a divorcee and a tight begger when it comes to money to boot!We made it! All three boys have graduated, it's been hard work but it shows there is a possibility of a chance of normal (ish) life after a diagnosis (or two) of ASD. It's not been the easiest route but I am so glad I ignored everything and everyone and did my own therapies with them.
Eldests' EDS diagnosis 4.5.10, mine 13.1.11 eekk - now having fun and games as a wheelchair user.0 -
It's always been like that. We never used to have a new school uniform. I remember my blazer was 2nd hand and quite worn, bought in a size that would last me 5 years....school uniform ...why do they have to have so many different bits ...why can it only be purchased at one shop which charges the blooming earth!
I got new culottes for PE and one new blue/white checked shirt, but the rest was 2nd hand. The summer uniform was all-in-one dresses, choice of grey/white or green/white. I had one of each (again 2nd hand), but I am large in the chest so when it got to the 2nd year my chest made the zip break, so I had to always wear my cardigan over it.
It's parents and kids trying to keep up with each other that's changed.0 -
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PasturesNew wrote: »It's always been like that. We never used to have a new school uniform. I remember my blazer was 2nd hand and quite worn, bought in a size that would last me 5 years.
I got new culottes for PE and one new blue/white checked shirt, but the rest was 2nd hand. The summer uniform was all-in-one dresses, choice of grey/white or green/white. I had one of each (again 2nd hand), but I am large in the chest so when it got to the 2nd year my chest made the zip break, so I had to always wear my cardigan over it.
It's parents and kids trying to keep up with each other that's changed.
I usually take advantage of the second hand stuff at the schools but this year due to the change of uniform over the summer holidays, there are no second items to be able to buy!
My mum used to knit my cardigans, she tried bless her but they were never the same as all the other girls and you could tell they had been home knitted. I bought my own uniform from the age of 13 once I started earning more than paper round money and got it all from the local market...wasn't strictly speaking official uniform (it was the right colour!) but boy was it fashionable!
We made it! All three boys have graduated, it's been hard work but it shows there is a possibility of a chance of normal (ish) life after a diagnosis (or two) of ASD. It's not been the easiest route but I am so glad I ignored everything and everyone and did my own therapies with them.
Eldests' EDS diagnosis 4.5.10, mine 13.1.11 eekk - now having fun and games as a wheelchair user.0 -
I saw that later on, but I read/reply postings as they occur, so didn't read that bit until after I'd read/posted to the first one.I usually take advantage of the second hand stuff at the schools but this year due to the change of uniform over the summer holidays, there are no second items to be able to buy!
My mum was a keen knitter, I had a couple that were knitted. I was also the proud (?) owner through the years of knitted red ponchos with tassles and entire dresses. We used to have one new knitted dress per year when I was up to about 10.My mum used to knit my cardigans, she tried bless her but they were never the same as all the other girls and you could tell they had been home knitted.
I wasn't allowed a paper round, but I did get a weekend job in a shop owned by my dad's friend. What a slave driver. I did 4 days over Easter (Fri-Mon), 12 hour days and I had to cycle 6 miles each way to get there. It was a greengrocer/indian shop so was stuffed overflowing with foreign packets of stuff. I had to lug out all the veg and put up the display at the front in the morning, then go up and down the tiny/narrow cellar stairs all day fetching sacks of rice. It was awful... long hours, grubby, hard and dangerous work. I had no idea how much I was being paid as it was "arranged" for me. I got £14, which when you run the figures through eh.net works out at £88 in today's money, so £1.80/hour at today's rates. But I did buy a thin plastic bomber jacket for £4.50 which is an outrageous cost compared to today's cheap prices for clothes.I bought my own uniform from the age of 13 once I started earning more than paper round money and got it all from the local market...wasn't strictly speaking official uniform (it was the right colour!) but boy was it fashionable!
After that I just did babysitting in the village
Much easier, most of them even had colour TVs - and they fed me 0 -
At age 11 I did a paper round, at age 12 I got a job being a washer upper in a restaurant (still did the paper round), at 13 I got a job in a shop and a garage and also started babysitting, at 14, I took on another babysitting job as the shop job finished, at 15 I started working at a fairground.....all of the jobs were worked together!
So at age 14, I had five jobs and earnt enough in a 35 day period to pay entirely for a holiday to Spain (with my nan) a whole new wardrobe of clothes, oodles of spending money and still bought all my normal magazines and teen stuff. The summer holiday was spent waking up at 6 for the paper round and going to bed at 2 from a babysitting job and the only spare time during the day was the time it took me to walk from one job to another.
I loved it!
Oh and I didn't care about any silly rules about working hours, I wanted to work the long hours and my studies didn't suffer....at age 14/15 I was also the top student in the entire year!We made it! All three boys have graduated, it's been hard work but it shows there is a possibility of a chance of normal (ish) life after a diagnosis (or two) of ASD. It's not been the easiest route but I am so glad I ignored everything and everyone and did my own therapies with them.
Eldests' EDS diagnosis 4.5.10, mine 13.1.11 eekk - now having fun and games as a wheelchair user.0 -
I love this! Wow - you sound incredibly full of initiative, Single Sue!
I did the paper round and babysitting too - though I have no idea what I spent my pittances on - music, I suppose, or clothes....
My first 'proper' job was filing, in my brother's office, when I was 15, for 2 weeks over the summer. I got the princely sum of £75 a week for my full week's work, which I spent on...a snooker table. Of course. The essentials. :rolleyes: It's still at my parents' house, funnily enough. Not used it in years - can't think why.
That's what having a teenage crush on Alex Higgins does for you. Oh dear....0
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