Did You Have To

[Purple_Popple]

Pay 'board' when you lived at home when you had your first job? I had to give my parents £25 per week...

[ummmm]

Sort of. I lived in a pub so had to work but I still got paid.

[knowabit]

I was discussing this with friends the other day. I think all parents should make their children pay something when they start working.. teach them its not a free ride all the way! When I left school at 17, my dad used to drag me out of bed every morning and drive me to the job centre. I had a job within a week and my first pay day, he told me I had to pay £60 a month to him and mum, and he even started me on a pension!

[rockyracoon]

I did, £15 a week I think it was out of a bring home pay of £70.

[grasscarp]

I gave mother some money. Somehow taxman found out and wanted her to pay tax on it!

[ummmm]

My son pays rent btw.

[ChillDoubt]

My first job was a 6 month YTS, £25 per week, of which my Mum took £10.

[1ozzy]

I paid 30% of my pay to my parents for board.
One of my sons now works, pays no board but pays for the use of my car.
On his income he couldn't afford both and driving is the only way for him to get to work.

[janbee]

As soon as I started work, yes, I paid my Mum every week.

[rockyracoon]

I will definitely charge my kids boards, even if I don't need the money, I'll put it away for when they might need it (wedding/house deposit)

[Svejk]

yes, I was proud to give money to my mum(for a while, lol)

[queenofmean]

I did was £60 a fortnight. Now that I'm not working I contribute what I can towards gas and electricity.

[Tilly2]

No, because I didn't live at home when I was working. When I went home during the holidays, they were just happy to see me. They didn't expect me to give them money. (I was very spoilt!)

[Ric.ror]

My colleague told me she took one third, made her sons save one third and they had one third for themselves. Both sons had a very comfortable deposit when it came to buying their first houses - which they did when they were quite young.

Whatever my sons paid they got it back (and more) in loans throughout the month. In fact one son has never paid his phone bill and the other never paid his car insurance. Now I wonder who pays for them !!!!!!!!!

[ethandron]

Yes, of course. I kept the whole of my first weeks wage but bought everyone a present. I then had to pay something each week, can't remember how much.
Both my sons were required to pay too. The eldest was happy to pay an amount which we agreed with him and seemed fair, the youngest decided he didn't want to and it's what prompted him to leave home, which was fair enough.
Actually, my mum saved what I gave her and gave it me back when I was getting married, she also stopped taking any once I started saving for a deposit on a house.

[Brinjal]

Yes I did cant remember how much.
When my son went overseas he stayed with his elder sister. He had 6 month break before starting his hotel course and thought he was in for a nice holiday. No such luck she had him down at the job centre and cooking the evening meal until he found a job as a baker with a 4.00am start. He was so proud to be earning his own money and definitely made him grow up.

[Mags22]

Yes,back in the 50's, I earned £2 a week, of which I had 5/- to myself,that's 25p in today's money, with which I could bus into town on a Saturday,have a fish and chips lunch, then go to the cinema, and still have a bit left for a packet of fruit gums during the week! I know things were MUCH different then, but it did teach us to be thrifty, which helps a lot in today's world,especially on a pension. I always took a minimum from my kids when they were working,just to help them appreciate things.

[steg]

My mother never asked but I would give her a third of pay.

[boxtops]

Yes I did - all those years ago, £10 a week. It gave me a small understanding of responsibility for domestic outgoings, even though my dad put it into a savings account on my behalf.

[Slapshot]

Yes and so have our kids mind you the boy got a sizeable lump back when he moved out