How much do you spend on your teenage boys clothes?

busiscoming2

As the title suggests, do you have a price limit when it comes to your sons clothing and footwear. I ask as my ds2 who is 14 thinks I am tight because I won't spend £60 on a pair of trainers and almost £30 on a pair of jogging bottoms!

Is it just me?

~daisy~_2

at a guess - hollister / superdry etc ?

kind of the same here with my daughter and son but they get the expensive stuff for bday/xmas or with there bday money themselves and have the good stuff mixed with high end primani !!

elvis86

I wouldn't buy my kids chavvy tracksuit bottoms full stop.

GEEGEE8

How about M&M Direct? They sell heavily discounted brands?

Elvis - did you get out of bed the wrong side today? that's the 2nd pointless and unhelpful post I've seen from you in the last 5 minutes...

elvis86

GEEGEE8 wrote: »

How about M&M Direct? They sell heavily discounted brands?

Elvis - did you get out of bed the wrong side today? that's the 2nd pointless and unhelpful post I've seen from you in the last 5 minutes...

There was supposed to be a after that.;)

ciderwithrosie_2

No way! I could never have afforded to spend that much as I had 3 teenage boys until recently - oldest two buy all their own clothes now unless it's Christmas or birthday. Clothes came from Primark, Peacocks, M&M Direct, Tesco, Sports World or Topman/New Look if there was a sale on. Youngest will be buying the majority of his own clothes too as soon as he has a part-time job. Shoes/trainers were only replaced when absolutely necessary. They never got teased or bullied because they didn't have all the latest labelled gear, but then they chose friends who didn't think that sort of thing was important either.

Alikay

I had a price in mind when my boys were teens and if what they wanted cost more they paid the difference from pocket money or birthday/Christmas money. I was reasonably generous....maybe I'd pay £45 towards trainers, £30 for jeans so it was only a small top-up for them to have Topman stuff, bigger for Abercrombie or whatever, but H&M or Uniqlo etc was usually within budget.

busiscoming2

I probably wouldn't mind paying more for trainers if they lasted more that 6 months.

On the one hand I feel mean but then I know in a few months they will be ruined.

minerva_windsong

£60 for trainers?! I have a Converse habit (granted they're not cheap either but I know I can get the equivalent of a year of constant wear out of them) and I think they're expensive at £40 a pair, so I can't even comprehend spending £60...

I definitely don't think you're tight to say no, or at least to ask him to cover some of the cost out of his own money.

onlyroz

I'd suggest that you decide on the amount that you would be prepared to pay and say that they'll have to top up the difference from their own money. I remember as a teen wasting lots of money on Nike trainers, only to have them fall apart after about a month. I'm much more sensible now, but your kids need to find out these things on their own...

chaosweddings

my ds has just turned 12 and loves his brand named clothes,
i only buy him his brand name stuff at xmas and birthdays, if he wants more then he saves up his money and buys them himself.
but i will not buy him trackie bottoms, i cant stand the things, he has one pair which are for pe lessons only but have sneakily seen them hiding in the wardrobe when im off to work lol


his most expensive trainers i have bought him were £40 and i bought them in a 1/2 size so they have lasted him 9 months so far ,
T-shirts, i wont spend more than £12 on any 1 top
bottoms, i pay around £15-£20 for his bottoms but he has just found h & m and loves their £11 jeans and £7 check shirts