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Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 12:28 am

Umm Rina do you cook, and sweep as well?

Forums Moderator Joined: May 18, 2005 Posts: 1023

Thank God for vacuum cleaners.................no sweeping for me, uhm unless of course my new mommy and daddy wants me to. Laughing

Daddy, when do I get my first allowance? Laughing

Are we paid according to age? I can PM my age to you! Cool

New Poster Joined: Jan 28, 2007 Posts: 12

In our family you don't get allowances. You are part of the family so you do your chores period. If you don't like it tough luck. I always say "Life's not fair get used to it!" We all need to pitch in and help around the home for things to get done and for life to go smothly( sometimes ).Still interested? I didn't think so. Now that you know you can't make the big bucks your outa here. Very Happy

Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 10:38 pm

ThreeLiberians wrote:

In our family you don't get allowances. You are part of the family so you do your chores period. If you don't like it tough luck. I always say "Life's not fair get used to it!" We all need to pitch in and help around the home for things to get done and for life to go smothly( sometimes ).Still interested? I didn't think so. Now that you know you can't make the big bucks your outa here. Very Happy

O la la la..
Rina thought she would get paid for cleaning her room.
Hahaha. Sorry no such luck Sis Razz

Forums Moderator Joined: May 18, 2005 Posts: 1023

Wow...................................the ink isn't even dried on the adoption papers yet, and the love's all gone.

What ever happened to favored first child?

New Poster Joined: Jan 28, 2007 Posts: 12

Ever heard of tough love? You don't need to take our rules personaly that's just part of belonging to our (special) family. We don't belive in disrupted adoptions so you can't get away! You should have read that fine print on your adoption papers! You keep playing that age thing so just how old are you anyway...... Our children say they can't wait to grow up so that they can do whatever they want (like eating ice cream after bedtime) Aren't they in for a suprise!!
Hope this posts I'm getting sick of trying to respond Confused

Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 2:17 am

OO wait till reality hits home Shocked

Most of the things I said I would do,
when I have my own place, have
been cast aside. Now I know they
don't make sense or have adverse
effects.

New Poster Joined: Jan 28, 2007 Posts: 12

Yea, I must admit.The older I get the smarter my parents were. I've also learnt that the older I get the less I know. When I was in my early twenties I knew it all! Embarassed

Now I know that there is still lots to learn. Also being a parent I now understand some of the things my parents did.

Forums Moderator Joined: May 18, 2005 Posts: 1023

I think when we were younger, we think we can overcome anything,...it's not that we've changed our thought process, it's just that those things we thought we could overcome looked smaller in comparison to today's situations.

Think about it..............the "hurdles" we thought were so high (peer pressure, etc) is nothing compared to providing for a family, holding down a full time job, constant pressure of personal advancement, job competition, and a whole lot of other things we never factored into our little Equation!

Things are different back home, you live with your parents until you get married; when my daughter (yes, ThreeLiberians, you are a granddaddy) started saying she couldn't wait to move out, I admit I was heart broken. Then she did move out, but it wasn't at 18 like she had said, no good folks, sister girl didn't move out until she was 23; and then she still comes back for food, laundry, money, and a long list of reasons she has. Laughing

I tell kids to stay home and learn all you can from your parents; to those parents who don't agree here's my reasons:

1. the God that she will know, will be the God that I serve!

2. She will learn the importance of family values.

3. She will learn who she is in Christ Jesus, so that no one will come along and tell her differently!

4. She will be a well "rounded" woman, confident in herself and her abilities, able to stand on her own two feet, and ready to take on the world!

Too many young girls are out there trying to "make it";whether by their choice or not; can't get a job, and can't go to school to get a good job! Fall victim to some useless character, who uses and abuses them.

That's not the life I see for my daughter! What kind of mother would I be, if things are going well for me and my child is struggling to make it?

Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 11:27 pm

Life is not as easy as the youths think it is.
They think adults have no restrictions.
As soon as they are grown they realise that
we are all answerable to somebody, and we
cannot have our cake and eat it.

New Poster Joined: Jan 28, 2007 Posts: 12

I'm starting to think that I should have been adopted by you! Not the other way around. you said your daughter is at least 23 and my oldest (living at home) is turning 11 in a few days. So how about MY allowance? do you base it by age? Cool

P.S. I was 24 when she was born. So the weekly allowance would be...... Maybe a dollar for every year? That would keep me in coffee for the week. I agree that you shouldn't be in a hurry to "kick" your daughters out of the house. They need all the help and protection we can offer them. I'd rather keep supporting them then have them shack up with some loser. The boys now is a little different. They still need to be "supported" but they need to "grow up" and be on thier own before they get married. otherwise they will take thier wife for granted and hopefully they will make thier tough mistakes before they are married I'm mostly talking about bad fianancial decisions. I know I made some when I was just out of my parents house but, thankfully it only affected me. of course I don't have any at that stage yet so who really knows what will happen. Anyways about that allowance....... do you do direct deposits or will I have to wait for a check in the mail. Laughing

Average Poster Joined: Sep 04, 2006 Posts: 54

Player, my username was made up by a friend. Unfortunately, this friend died during the war. Even though i do not consider my usename an original name,i decided to keep it in memory of my beloved friend whom i miss so much. We we were friends from the sixth grade until his death. by the way, i see some real original names on this site that i love. This goes to show how talented people are. For example, i like yours, liberian kru girl, and some others that i cannot remember right now.