Real life MMD: Is the Tooth Fairy subject to inflation?

iclayt

Good grief, he's 12, he doesn't believe in the tooth fairy and neither does his mate. More fool his friend's mum, £10 is ridiculous!

I think I got 50p or sometimes £1 as I got older, up to about age 9/10. These days my friend's children get £2 coins.

Meet him in the middle and give him a fiver, and maybe leave a note from the 'tooth fairy' saying he's getting a bit big for visits now

cazpost

Surely by the age of 12 all the baby teeth have fallen out havent they?

I suspect that we have a case of the boastful friend exaggerating how much he got,plus the child trying to extort cash from the silly mother equals spoilt brat and a whole heap of trouble.

Tell the child that the Tooth Fairy is the same person as Father Christmas,ie you and that you dont have that kind of money to waste on things like his tooth falling out,as you need the money for more important things like his food and clothing.

We used to get 5p,and thought ourselves extremely lucky.I would have though £1 was more than adequate now.

porky2468

roywyatt wrote: »

what would you buy with £1 enyway

Spelling lessons?

whizzing

My son's tooth fell out while away on an overnight school trip. He cheekily asked his teacher if the tooth fairy would come if he left it under his pillow. ( He was 12 at the time I think)
She said just take the £1 now, it will save me the hassle during the night !!!

fairynuf

skylight wrote: »

I had a milk tooth removed when I was mid-30's! No adult teeth underneath to push it out, wedged in and it lasted that long before starting to rot (which is why it was removed eventually).

Although the tooth fairy left nothing for me........



(PS - I leave £1)

I didn't mean losing a first tooth i.e. milk tooth I meant losing their first tooth i.e. having not lost any other teeth until the age of 12.
I know you can have milk teeth for many years but most people start losing them around 8 yrs.

Aldahbra

I'm quite shocked I thought there was a universal standard rate of £1 and occasionally £2 for very special circumstances. Certainly my children's beautiful teeth have never earned any more than £1.

Do you think that this is just playtime boasting and didn't really happen?

Thundercatsarego

I'm 31 now... back when I believed in the tooth fairy I got 50p per tooth, and once I got £1 when we were holidaying in Devon... my mom told me this was because the tooth fairies were richer in Devon than in Staffordshire!
I think £10 is an incredibly high price... I would think that £2 is more appropriate... tell him the tooth fairy doesn't carry notes!

chris40

After the silver thrup'ny bit disappeared we got 6d ie 2.5new pence.
You could buy a qtr (4oz=100grms)
of teeth rotting sweets for that then so I suppose around a quid would be fair today

hellokitty08

fairynuf wrote: »

I'm now convinced these dilemmas are made up. You're telling me that 12 year old children are losing their first teeth now! If not how much money did the tooth fairy give them for the other teeth they have lost. This is utter nonsense!

I had a baby tooth until I was 16! Cant remember if the tooth fairy paid out on that one or not though! hehehe But you can still have them at an older age.

purple.sarah

£10 is ridiculous! It sounds like that kid is spoilt! When I was a kid I got 50p-£1 for a tooth. I was perfectly happy with that because I could buy sweeties. If your child doesn't already know, I would tell him the truth, that the tooth fairy is not real, it's just a nice story and a little treat to make him feel better about losing a tooth. If he's the same age as his best friend I bet he does know and is just pushing his luck. Don't be a pushover like his friend's mum. Gently let him know that mummy is not made of money and he should be grateful for what you give him instead of jealous of his friend. Don't try to keep up with the Joneses on this issue or it will just get worse.