Spill the beans..

AllyS

I am sooooooo gonna show my partner this thread he is always moaning at me that I buy my kids too much. I start off with good intentions and plan on only spending £100 each, but I know that it ends up more like £200! Mine are 12 & 9 and this year they have got less because they want stuff that is more expensive. Mind you not sure why he is morning at me this year, he started off getting them a joint pressie for £50, but has now bought another joint present for over £100!! :rotfl: I was justifying it to him when I sitting up in the loft surrounded by gifts the other day, by saying I save really hard all year and they only get pressies at xmas and birthday! My two are even luckier because they get another £200 spent on them from their Dad.

Here is a funny little story my son declared the other day that he no longer believes in SC. So as we talking he suddenly said who buys all the gifts from Santa and I said that I did and he said WOW mum! thanks, but no wonder you are skint all year :rotfl: it was nice that finally that was appreciated and so sweet

Notjustamum_2

EVIESMUMMY wrote: »

,there are worse things to spend money on than your children!

Precisely! I know someone at school was shocked by how much I spent on my daughter for her birthday (we got her a laptop as she needed it for school) BUT this lady admits to smoking 20 a day. How much is a packet of cigarettes? £5? So thats £1825 a year! I'd rather spend that money on my children that on something that might take me away from them.

CarriN_2

Bloomin' Eck - and we wonder why we're a nation in debt???

My kids (15, 14 and 4) get £45 - £50 each for their main presents at birthday and Christmas, and about another £20 on stocking fillers.

Until I was made redundant a month ago, we had a combined income of c. 65K pa but I would NEVER have spent as much as many of the posters here. TBH the older two (who are my step kids) don't whinge at all about what they get. They know the limitations, and appreciate the gifts (which they choose) as much as they do the ones from their Mam (who throws money around like no tomorrow but is about £25K in debt).

cheekymoo28

after reading all your posts im feeling a little depressed, mainly as ive aloud to let my kids become greedy, and have been keeping up with the jones so speaking, last year i brought my 4 yr old 3 bikes!!!!!!, different types, he had his bike, a trike and a gocart so he could have what his friends had, ive got 4 kids and im the same with all of them, this years wish list was another xbox 360( we already have one downstairs ds wants another in his room) a ps3 as some of his friends are on that one, a dsi( as his ds dont have a camera) a 32 inch tv (22inches aint big enough) netbook so he can do school work( as pens aint good enough these days) and thats before a couple of hundred quid on hotwheels, new games, remote control toys and other bits, thats just my 8yr old, and i always feel bad if i cant get them all they ask for, i spend thousands every year and most of its broken before they start back at school jan,,,, things are going to change, i really did believe everyone got their kids almost everything thats in the argos cataloge.....well sorry kids, not happening no more.... will be able to see the xmas tree this year !!!!!!!!!

samphe

cheekymoo28 wrote: »

things are going to change, i really did believe everyone got their kids almost everything thats in the argos cataloge.....well sorry kids, not happening no more.... will be able to see the xmas tree this year !!!!!!!!!

I'd love to see the look on their faces this christmas morning

toontron

tessie_bear wrote: »

we spend about a grand on each of our children...aged 6 and 12....ill put my hard hat on now but if u have it spend it i say....we spend about this every year

Oh thank goodness I am not the only one who does this!!!!

CFC

cheekymoo28 wrote: »

after reading all your posts im feeling a little depressed, mainly as ive aloud to let my kids become greedy, and have been keeping up with the jones so speaking, last year i brought my 4 yr old 3 bikes!!!!!!, different types, he had his bike, a trike and a gocart so he could have what his friends had, ive got 4 kids and im the same with all of them, this years wish list was another xbox 360( we already have one downstairs ds wants another in his room) a ps3 as some of his friends are on that one, a dsi( as his ds dont have a camera) a 32 inch tv (22inches aint big enough) netbook so he can do school work( as pens aint good enough these days) and thats before a couple of hundred quid on hotwheels, new games, remote control toys and other bits, thats just my 8yr old, and i always feel bad if i cant get them all they ask for, i spend thousands every year and most of its broken before they start back at school jan,,,, things are going to change, i really did believe everyone got their kids almost everything thats in the argos cataloge.....well sorry kids, not happening no more.... will be able to see the xmas tree this year !!!!!!!!!

Good for you. People who spend a LOT of money on their children at christmas are building in grief for the future....what do you think makes children spoiled and ungrateful?
Spoiling them!!!

Anyone who says, but I spend £1000 every year on each of my children for Xmas and they're not spoiled, they understand the value of money, and they're not ungrateful....is just fooling themselves, and they'll pay the price later. Or their children will, when they realise that actually, no, life isn't like that....

kezzajane

I reckon i'll have spent about £350 on my 14 y/o by the time i've finished - but- the vast majority of that has come as the result of doing online surveys throughot the year & earning either cash or points to redeem for vouchers - my total 'earnings' have been just over £300 - I only redeem the earnings in October & it means I don't have to worry about putting money aside ...:)

atarisrocks

i cant believe the amount people spend on their children. im 22 and remember presents as i child when i was little id get around £10 worth of stuff e.g. skate, scooter, dolls and after me and my brother got older we get what ever a new game cost so £30-40. 2 times i remember having big presents i got a ps2 to share with my brother and 3 or 4 years ago we both got a new tv for our room ready for the digital switch over as well as neither of the built in dvd player works so i remember these gift more as they were one offs rather than every year. does a child really need £1000 worth of gadgets or would they still be happy if they got £20 worth of stuff

oldtractor

We have a limit of £25 per person no matter what their age.