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Paying for child's fuel

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  • Sea_Shell
    Sea_Shell Posts: 10,090 Forumite
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    edited 28 October at 8:09AM
    You could, open a standard current account, with a debit card, and give her the card/pin and then top up that account as needed.  You would then have transparency of the transactions. 

    But, I suppose that would be against the T&Cs of the account.    OK, so don't do that then.  ;)


    ETA - or make it a Joint Account...if you're happy to be financially connected, and trust them not to get into debt.


    How's it going, AKA, Nutwatch? - 12 month spends to date = 2.60% of current retirement "pot" (as at end May 2025)
  • Grumpy_chap
    Grumpy_chap Posts: 18,914 Forumite
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    Arunmor said:

    Or, give her £50 per month, tell her it is for fuel and don't bail her out if she runs out of petrol.
    That's not going to happen though when she has run out of fuel on a dark freezing night in January.
    In that scenario, with safety in mind, transfer £5 so she can get home but nothing more.
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