My mother used to take me shopping every year for new school clothes. I think I was about 14 when she began to give me my own money to go shopping with a friend.

For me it was also about 14. Loved that time of year. Time to get new clothes was always fun. :)

My mother would give me money in high school to buy new clothes. I didn't pay for my own clothes until I had my first job.

The truth be told, probably when I joined the Navy outta high school. As for now, my wife buys me my clothes. ;) :lol:

I think I was about 17 or 18 when I actually started paying for my own clothes, because that was when I began working.

I was about 16 when I had to work to buy my own clothes and pay for the car insurance for my car.

probably when i was 14-ish.

my mom still buys my clothes from me sometimes though-LOL

13. probably had to do with my mom dying. i wouldn't have wanted to clothes shop with my dad.

13. probably had to do with my mom dying. i wouldn't have wanted to clothes shop with my dad.
Sarah, after you lost your mother, was there an aunt, a female family friend, a teacher, etc. who stepped in to help you with issues that go along with being a young teen? There's never a good time to lose a mother; yet, as I've said to you privately before, losing your mother at that age (13) was extra terrible and sad. :(

I started buying my own clothes when I was 16. My parents told me I was old enough to get a job and start paying for all the little niceities in life, lol. I am glad, though....gave me a good work ethic!

i stard buy my one clothes went i was 10

I don't know...sometime in my teens? I suppose around junior high I started picking out my own clothes. I didn't start paying for them myself until I was 18ish, cuz that's when I had my first job. And it happened to be at a dept. store where I got a 30% discount on clothing. Yay.

I started buying my own clothes when I was 16. My parents told me I was old enough to get a job and start paying for all the little niceities in life, lol. I am glad, though....gave me a good work ethic!

That was my parents' therory too. So I also started paying for my own clothes at about 16.

I can't really remember but I think I was in high school. My grandmother used to take my brother and I to the mall, give us some money and then she would sit on one of the benches and read or drink a cup of coffee while we went shopping for whatever we wanted. God, I was a spoiled kid!

Andrea

Sarah, after you lost your mother, was there an aunt, a female family friend, a teacher, etc. who stepped in to help you with issues that go along with being a young teen? There's never a good time to lose a mother; yet, as I've said to you privately before, losing your mother at that age (13) was extra terrible and sad. :(
after she died a few of my friends' moms said that they would be there if i need anything, but i wasn't too close to them and we weren't in touch very often. i had a stepmom for about a year as well but i never got close to her either. so i was pretty much on my own for everything.

after she died a few of my friends' moms said that they would be there if i need anything, but i wasn't too close to them and we weren't in touch very often. i had a stepmom for about a year as well but i never got close to her either. so i was pretty much on my own for everything.
That's very sad, Sarah. I would have embraced you, had I lived near you. When my sister died back in 1991, she had two sons, ages 14 and 18. My husband and I were for them, especially the younger one. Went to his baseball games, he'd sleep at our house for a week. I used to tell him that I know I could never take the place of his mother, but he was my nephew and even my Godson. I was there for him. I wish you had the same in your life.

I will say that, despite the adversity you faced so early in your life, including this ongoing heartache that you're dealing with, I think you've matured into a very bright, witty and intelligent person. I honestly mean that. I've watched you with concerned interest through the years, and hoped you'd be okay. It looks to me that you are. You could have gone the other way. You're stronger than I think you realize.

I'm not sure exactly. I would say about age 19 or 20.
Even more important, I learned how to cook at age 21 or 22.

That's very sad, Sarah. I would have embraced you, had I lived near you. When my sister died back in 1991, she had two sons, ages 14 and 18. My husband and I were for them, especially the younger one. Went to his baseball games, he'd sleep at our house for a week. I used to tell him that I know I could never take the place of his mother, but he was my nephew and even my Godson. I was there for him. I wish you had the same in your life.

I will say that, despite the adversity you faced so early in your life, including this ongoing heartache that you're dealing with, I think you've matured into a very bright, witty and intelligent person. I honestly mean that. I've watched you with concerned interest through the years, and hoped you'd be okay. It looks to me that you are. You could have gone the other way. You're stronger than I think you realize.
thanks. :) i suppose i am stronger than i was four or five years ago.

Probably in my 20s,I caint remember......

Mentally im around 13 so my answer above doesnt matter I guess......

I was 19 years old when I started buying my own clothes