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To: BBell

“We gave him the amount of money we would spend on shoes and he had to come up with the rest if he wanted them. “

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Good for you. That’s what my daughter and her husband did when the kids wanted Macs when entering high school-— paid a reasonable portion and made them pay the rest,which they did.

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13 posted on 04/20/2018 9:47:57 AM PDT by Mears
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To: BBell
We gave him the amount of money we would spend on shoes and he had to come up with the rest if he wanted them..

Which led to my relatively short-term careers as a "lawn mowing contractor" (with business cards!) and later golf caddy. It was exciting; there was just no end to the possibilities.

20 posted on 04/20/2018 10:07:23 AM PDT by frog in a pot (Obama's "Remaking of America" continues apace in the absence of political opposition.)
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