Kids are ridiculously expensive.

monster · 08-17-2012, 07:43 PM

We all know that. But sometimes the expenses take you by surprise.

I have the blessing of having a teenage daughter who (a) loves unusual clothes and loves resale and hand-me-downs from friends, and (b) whose routine is pool, school (with an enforced dress codes), pool, slob/homework/sleep.... so needs little in the way of fashionwear. And didn't have a boyfriend.

Eventually, even athletic girls needs bras. Stingy Brit though I am, those need to be new. I can only wear cotton bras, need underwire, there's basically only one bra available for me, but fortunately, it's actually cheap. Tween bras are also cheap. At first, you can just visit the "tween dept" and get something that works. When those start to stretch and they start to know what works for them........OMFG I just spent more on bras (and thongs to avoid VPL with the athleticwear

) than family food for a week. Who knew? it should have been in the manual.

Aliantha · 08-17-2012, 07:47 PM

I have to say, in my limited experience, that it only gets worse.

monster · 08-17-2012, 08:21 PM

yup. but it doesn't sem to matter how much you prepare for it getting worse, there is always a blindside.....

(yes, I'm prepared for the car insurance increase when she starts to drive next year....

.... I am, really.....well, at least i know it's coming.....

)

Aliantha · 08-17-2012, 08:39 PM

Yeah, Aden will get his learners permit this week coming up. Not only have we had to think about the expense, but it's just scary having a kid driving. On the real roads.

monster · 08-17-2012, 08:45 PM

I used to think that way, but then I realized that American cars are built like tanks and I won't have to get up before 5am

Aliantha · 08-17-2012, 08:47 PM

haha...lucky you. Cars over here aren't like that, and if we want to leave our suburb, we have to go on the highway. Scary stuff for a parent.

Fortunately for me, the boys have been driving around Dad's farm for years, so at least they have that much experience before they hit the roads.

They have to have their learners for 12 months over here in my state, so it'll still be a while before I don't have to drive them.

Clodfobble · 08-17-2012, 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

and thongs to avoid VPL with the athleticwear

OMG.

I seriously do not want to ever have to buy my daughter thongs. Not because I'm prudish, but because I'm one of those people who can't stand wearing them myself, and just knowing she had one on would give me the shudders every time I looked at her.

monster · 08-17-2012, 10:26 PM

Yup, even she admited that they didn't seem like the most comfortable option, but propposed that they can't be worse than a swimsuit wedgie which she is known for tolerating better than most.... :/

monster · 08-17-2012, 10:35 PM

and as an aside..........

her school is new and maybe a little different from the other two high schools and in an attempt to make that clear stricty enforces the district dress code (the other two schools don't) ... dress codes is no spaghetti straps, no midrifs, no sagging.......

apparently the rumor is this year the principal plans to "add" to the distrist code ....no "yoga pants" for girls because it's too distracting for the boys.

WTF?

I can't see this ever happening (thankfully) but the rumor is huge and has been alive for 6 months. Burqas all round?

footfootfoot · 08-18-2012, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by monster

Yup, even she admited that they didn't seem like the most comfortable option, but propposed that they can't be worse than a swimsuit wedgie which she is known for tolerating better than most.... :/

You are hilarious.

Quote:

Originally Posted by monster

and as an aside..........

her school is new and maybe a little different from the other two high schools and in an attempt to make that clear stricty enforces the district dress code (the other two schools don't) ... dress codes is no spaghetti straps, no midrifs, no sagging.......

apparently the rumor is this year the principal plans to "add" to the distrist code ....no "yoga pants" for girls because it's too distracting for the boys.

WTF?

I can't see this ever happening (thankfully) but the rumor is huge and has been alive for 6 months. Burqas all round?

Until you are a teenage boy jacking off six times a day, with unrelenting vicious boners, you'll have no idea how, ahem, difficult it is for teenage boys to navigate not only the pheromones given off by girls, but also the visual stimulation.

At 52, it has simmered down a bit, but not much. Maybe not Bhurquahs for the girls but blinders for the boys...

eta, not teenage girls in my case, but women.

monster · 08-18-2012, 10:55 AM

Yeah blinkers/blinders was my recommendation too......

BigV · 08-18-2012, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by footfootfoot

You are hilarious.

Until you are a teenage boy jacking off six times a day, with unrelenting vicious boners, you'll have no idea how, ahem, difficult it is for teenage boys to navigate not only the pheromones given off by girls, but also the visual stimulation.

At 52, it has simmered down a bit, but not much. Maybe not Bhurquahs for the girls but blinders for the boys...

eta, not teenage girls in my case, but women.

preach it brother.

blinders? How about glasses?

Quote:

JERUSALEM — It’s the latest prescription for extreme ultra-Orthodox Jewish men who shun contact with the opposite sex: Glasses that blur their vision, so they don’t have to see women they consider to be immodestly dressed.

ZenGum · 08-18-2012, 08:01 PM

Come on you bleeding heart liberals. The time-honoured way to fix problems with male behaviour is to change the behaviour of the females. It's the natural order of the universe!

monster · 08-18-2012, 09:05 PM

So why do women have a lesser place in the workplace?

ZenGum · 08-18-2012, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

So why do women have a lesser place in the workplace?

Because sandwich making isn't really that impressive?

08-17-2012, 07:43 PM	#1
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Kids are ridiculously expensive. We all know that. But sometimes the expenses take you by surprise. I have the blessing of having a teenage daughter who (a) loves unusual clothes and loves resale and hand-me-downs from friends, and (b) whose routine is pool, school (with an enforced dress codes), pool, slob/homework/sleep.... so needs little in the way of fashionwear. And didn't have a boyfriend. Eventually, even athletic girls needs bras. Stingy Brit though I am, those need to be new. I can only wear cotton bras, need underwire, there's basically only one bra available for me, but fortunately, it's actually cheap. Tween bras are also cheap. At first, you can just visit the "tween dept" and get something that works. When those start to stretch and they start to know what works for them........OMFG I just spent more on bras (and thongs to avoid VPL with the athleticwear ) than family food for a week. Who knew? it should have been in the manual. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

08-17-2012, 07:47 PM	#2
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	I have to say, in my limited experience, that it only gets worse. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

08-17-2012, 08:21 PM	#3
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	yup. but it doesn't sem to matter how much you prepare for it getting worse, there is always a blindside..... (yes, I'm prepared for the car insurance increase when she starts to drive next year.... .... I am, really.....well, at least i know it's coming..... ) __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

08-17-2012, 08:39 PM	#4
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Yeah, Aden will get his learners permit this week coming up. Not only have we had to think about the expense, but it's just scary having a kid driving. On the real roads. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

08-17-2012, 08:45 PM	#5
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I used to think that way, but then I realized that American cars are built like tanks and I won't have to get up before 5am __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

08-17-2012, 08:47 PM	#6
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	haha...lucky you. Cars over here aren't like that, and if we want to leave our suburb, we have to go on the highway. Scary stuff for a parent. Fortunately for me, the boys have been driving around Dad's farm for years, so at least they have that much experience before they hit the roads. They have to have their learners for 12 months over here in my state, so it'll still be a while before I don't have to drive them. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

08-17-2012, 10:26 PM	#8
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Yup, even she admited that they didn't seem like the most comfortable option, but propposed that they can't be worse than a swimsuit wedgie which she is known for tolerating better than most.... :/ __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

08-17-2012, 10:35 PM	#9
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	and as an aside.......... her school is new and maybe a little different from the other two high schools and in an attempt to make that clear stricty enforces the district dress code (the other two schools don't) ... dress codes is no spaghetti straps, no midrifs, no sagging....... apparently the rumor is this year the principal plans to "add" to the distrist code ....no "yoga pants" for girls because it's too distracting for the boys. WTF? I can't see this ever happening (thankfully) but the rumor is huge and has been alive for 6 months. Burqas all round? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

08-18-2012, 10:55 AM	#11
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Yeah blinkers/blinders was my recommendation too...... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

08-18-2012, 08:01 PM	#13
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Come on you bleeding heart liberals. The time-honoured way to fix problems with male behaviour is to change the behaviour of the females. It's the natural order of the universe! __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

08-18-2012, 09:05 PM	#14
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	So why do women have a lesser place in the workplace? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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