Pocket Money

Harry Palmr · 06-03-2015 12:33pm #1

Was listening to an item on how much kids get these days, one 19 year old who was re-sitting his leaving is getting about 23 euro a week which by his own admittance was mainly for cheap cans of booze. I wasn't getting any pocket money at that age as I was supposed to look after myself in that regard! :mad:

When you last got pocket money how much was it per week?

Irish Halo · 06-03-2015 12:37pm

Last time I got pocket money it wasn't even in Euro ...

BeerWolf · 06-03-2015 12:37pm

Got £20 a week when I was schooling, but I had to do chores around the house ofc... I wasn't given 20 without doing anything.

Dravokivich · 06-03-2015 12:39pm

Never got pocket money. I'd probably give my kid something, to do something once a month with his mates when he's older. But that'll be it.

csallmighty · 06-03-2015 12:40pm

Never got weekly pocket money. I would be given a few pound/euros here and there and I saved it up along with money for birthdays/xmas to buy what I wanted. Got a part time job at 15 to pay my way.

Toots · 06-03-2015 12:40pm

When I was a kid it was £1 per week, then when I went to secondary school it went up so that I could get my bus ticket with it. Can't remember what it was in punts, but it was about €15 per week.

Corvo · 06-03-2015 12:40pm

I used get one pound and was thrilled with it - about 16 years ago I suppose? Used spend it all on penny jellies

*pulls another tooth out*

06-03-2015 12:40pm

I was handing money to my own mam from the time I got my first job at the age of 15.

By 19 I was two years gone from home

Those two things are not related!!!! My mam and dad gave us anything they could afford.

Korvanica · 06-03-2015 12:41pm

Got 10 a week, until I was 12 and i got my first job. Worked a few hours on Saturdays and got about 20 for it.

Polo_Mint · 06-03-2015 12:42pm

back in the 90s I got £10 a week from 15 to 17. then I got a job in McDonalds

Wossack · 06-03-2015 12:42pm

credit card thankfully. The cheque book was a pain in the balls tbh

zcorpian88 · 06-03-2015 12:43pm

Last time I got pocket money I was 17, that would have been in 2005-2006 and back then I could have got between €10 and €20 a week. It kind of depended with me and things I did around the house.

Spent it on CD's, DVD's or phone credit, or saved it for weeks and weeks to buy new Playstation games. Didn't spend it on skanger drinking really like most people of my age then, the odd week I'd get cans and have a few in a friends house but most of the time it went on games, dvds, albums or credit which I'd have to make last forever!

_Brian · 06-03-2015 12:44pm

Our 12YO girl gets €2 a week, maybe another €2 if she does extra housework, its has to be earned though. She wanted converse runners last summer and had to save for them as we'd just bought runners for them. They were best minded things in the house.

When young (70's)I would have gotten £5 for a full day Saturday work on the farm. Graping out sheds, feeding stock, pulling ragworth.

Steppenwolfe · 06-03-2015 12:46pm

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Was listening to an item on how much kids get these days, one 19 year old who was re-sitting his leaving is getting about 23 euro a week which by his own admittance was mainly for cheap cans of booze. I wasn't getting any pocket money at that age as I was supposed to look after myself in that regard! :mad:

When you last got pocket money how much was it per week?

About one and sixpence from what i remember. I certainly never got any as a teen. If I wanted any extras at that age I was expected to earn it.

lol @ the 19yo getting €23 to buy booze. No wonder he had to re-sit his leaving. Some parents deserve everything they get. Dopes.

The Peanut · 06-03-2015 12:48pm

_Brian wrote: »

When young (70's)I would have gotten £5 for a full day Saturday work on the farm. Graping out sheds, feeding stock, pulling ragworth.

Same as this; money for work. Great appreciation for value of things.

Duggy747 · 06-03-2015 12:59pm

Working since I was 13 so I kept my knacker drinking days self-funded :pac:

robinph · 06-03-2015 1:07pm

Not sure when it stopped, but it was certainly never even as much as a fiver, possibly got a couple of quid a week at most and only until 13 or 14. Can remember getting it in pennies to begin with and when inflation (being a year older) made it that I was getting as much as 10p that was a big deal. Could buy loads more half penny sweets then.

The Backwards Man · 06-03-2015 1:13pm

Never got a penny in my life I didn't work for.

Kevin McCloud · 06-03-2015 1:25pm

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Never got a penny in my life I didn't work for.

Never got any communion money or conformation money?

super_furry · 06-03-2015 1:27pm

A 19-year-old should be working for their own money.

Maximus Alexander · 06-03-2015 1:29pm

I used to get about 150 a week until I was about 14 and then it went up to 500. You get good at making it stretch.

BeerWolf · 06-03-2015 1:32pm

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

I used to get about 150 a week until I was about 14 and then it went up to 500. You get good at making it stretch.

Think you're missing a decimal there, or was that in ruble? :pac:

Mesrine65 · 06-03-2015 1:33pm

Worked as a lounge boy at 15 for my pocket money.

caustic 1 · 06-03-2015 1:41pm

Working two jobs at 14 had to contribute to house funds since working. Now mum to teens and they are so fecking spoiled they have no clue how good they have it. I know I know my own fault.

fleet_admiral · 06-03-2015 1:45pm

Got the odd couple of quid here and there til I got a job at 15 and have been working the 19 years since

Mint Aero · 06-03-2015 1:49pm

I think my coke & hooker allowance was a couple of k per week.

hairyprincess · 06-03-2015 1:51pm

I didn't get any, but the thirteen year old gets €10 a week. It was €7, but I increased it as she has to pay for basketball and footy after school so it covers them and the one day she's allowed to have lunch outside of school. She saves the rest.

ohnonotgmail · 06-03-2015 1:52pm

Irish Halo wrote: »

Last time I got pocket money it wasn't even in Euro ...

last time i got it it was £sd

anncoates · 06-03-2015 1:52pm

Stopped getting pocket money at about 12. Had a paper round or part time jobs from early teens onwards.

My parents would give me money if I really needed it though.

The Backwards Man · 06-03-2015 1:53pm

Kevin McCloud wrote: »

Never got any communion money or conformation money?

Never got paid a penny for anything I didn't make either.

L1011 · 06-03-2015 1:56pm

When I was resitting the leaving (and the euro was fairly new) I was getting 30 a week, and working, so deflation has got pretty bad

beertons · 06-03-2015 1:58pm

I remember getting 20p after mass, 86+. 20 sweets, and they'd be gone quicker than a sneeze. I think that was upped to 50p around 1990, and a pound around 1992. Think it stopped around then, I did more jobs around the house. Cutting the lawns got me three pounds, but it was a 2 hour job.

Larianne · 06-03-2015 1:59pm

Kevin McCloud wrote: »

Never got any communion money or conformation money?

I'm sure he worked that dress very well!

davo2001 · 06-03-2015 2:09pm

£1 a week after doing chores (hovering and cutting the grass etc) up until I was 15 ( in1999) and got my first job.

Completely self funded since then.

If I had kids now, then I'd probably give them €5

RWCNT · 06-03-2015 2:17pm

Used to get four euro a week until I started working at about 15.

Used to never spend a cent of it and buy myself a new CD every 5 weeks or so. Super jealous of the tykes now who can just download music for free.

KatW4 · 06-03-2015 2:36pm

I got about a pound when I was in Primary school. Got 10 euro a week in secondary school but only if I did chores around the house. I didn't get it a lot because I was a lazy teen!

Professey Chin · 06-03-2015 2:41pm

Was getting about €20 when I was 15 then got a job as soon as I turned 16 so that was the end of it

SMJSF · 06-03-2015 3:09pm

I was in care, between the age of 12 - 16 I got 10 Euro (set the table, clean room, empty dishwasher)... and that went on make up, clothes, transport outside of school hours, then went into residential care and got the amount equal to your age.

Agricola · 06-03-2015 3:16pm

Never got it. In fairness to my parents, who didnt have a whole lot, if I wanted something like clothes or a game the odd time, they would usually come up trumps as long as I didnt make it a frequent thing. Never really seemed to need pocket money back then. "We made our own fun and were thankful for the air in our lungs" and all that aul waffle. Can imagine kids today wouldnt last a second without a cash on the hip. Lunches to buy, fashion to keep up with, mobile phone credit to feed their data habit etc etc

Lollipops23 · 06-03-2015 3:19pm

I started getting 2pound a week from the age of about 8, but had to do chores to earn it. Got put up to a fiver at about 10/11 years old.

My dad continued to give me 30 quid a week throughout college, as it paid for my transport (4 buses a day). I will point out that this was a maintenance of sorts, as my folks split when I was 4.

Varik · 06-03-2015 3:26pm

Didn't get anything, if I wanted something I'd have to ask and usually I'd be lucky to get a magazine once a month.

Lived on on farm so my chores were actual work.

hoodwinked · 06-03-2015 3:35pm

our 5 year old gets €5 every friday,

she has to do age - appropriate chores to earn that, and she saves it up to buy things she wants like books/toys/dvd's...etc

it's also brilliant for helping her learn to count, add, subtract, multiply...etc and teaching her the value of things... e.g: if she wants a specific new barbie that costs €30 she knows straight away it will take 6 weeks to save that up, when she wants a magazine she knows it means adding an extra week onto the wait for that barbie.

Lollipops23 · 06-03-2015 3:42pm

hoodwinked wrote: »

it's also brilliant for helping her learn to count, add, subtract, multiply...etc and teaching her the value of things... e.g: if she wants a specific new barbie that costs €30 she knows straight away it will take 6 weeks to save that up, when she wants a magazine she knows it means adding an extra week onto the wait for that barbie.

I think that's a great way of teaching about value. Far too many kids don't "get" the whole saving up thing. My granddad always gave each of us a pound every time we saw him- there were 19 of us, so it must have cost him a fortune! (on the plus side, I will forever think of him when I see an old pound coin

)

I saved all my pounds up for holidays when I was 5 and bought my own bucket and spade when we got to Spain. My mam said I spent forever trying to pick out a nice one for the cheapest price. A savvy shopper even then

Bio Mech · 06-03-2015 3:47pm

davo2001 wrote: »

£1 a week after doing chores (hovering and cutting the grass etc)

Surely a helicopter pilot would get paid more than that?

Or was it levitation?

lertsnim · 06-03-2015 4:19pm

£5 a week

06-03-2015 4:23pm

I wouldn't call it pocket money but I would have got money regularly from my parents until my early 20's while I was in university and some money now and again if I needed it up until nearly turning 30 as I was doing a post grad and sometimes couldn't afford bigger expenses like car tax etc due to being on poor enough money.

As for actual pocket money I was getting around a 5er a day for lunch etc in 5th year and leaving cert I think and money on weekends if I needed it. I also had some of my own money from Summer work too for bigger purchases when I was 17 and 18.

I used to work on the farm also so a lot of the pocket money was actually called payment for helping.

Jawgap · 06-03-2015 4:32pm

My two teenage sons (15 and 17) get €20 each per week only if they do certain jobs around the house.

Whatever they put into their credit union accounts I match Euro-for-Euro.

Mint Sauce · 06-03-2015 4:36pm

Used to get £2 for doing the hovering on a Saturday. Was earning part time at 16, full time at 18, and giving 50 a week house keeping.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 06-03-2015 4:52pm

My Dad gave me €50 a week from the time I was about 15 until I finished school. I had a part time job in college but he'd still give me a few bob each week.

pl4ichjgy17zwd · 06-03-2015 5:14pm

Got a pound until the changeover (would have been about 8), then €5 for a couple of years, then €10. When I started secondary school, the children's allowance just went straight into my bank account as pocket money.

Tigger · 06-03-2015 5:23pm

i had a paper round from the age of 12 and was working in a builders yard from 16
i own my own business's now as i appreciated that working for other people for money was hard and that they were paying me to make me money so i should just make me money instead

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