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Ireneparalegal · 06-13-2007, 08:03 PM

When I was around 9 years old, my father gave me either $10 or $20 a week. It was 1974. This continued until I started working at my father's business, when I was 15. He paid me weekly.

When my boyfriend asked me this question the other day he flipped. He was like "WTF?" He said I was spoiled, blah blah blah.

I told him I had to do chores around the house everyday after school and on weekends. I washed dishes at least 4 times a week. I had to clean the bathrooms on the weekends as well as other stuff. My father never asked if I did my chores, he just assumed when I asked for my allowance, that I had done my chores for the week. For those who may not know or don't remember, my mother passed away when I was 6, so with my brother and sister working and my father running the family business, the housework was left to me and my sister when she wasn't working. So, my boyfriend is like tripping out on the amount and he is telling me when he was young, he was lucky to get five dollars a month.

To me, I look back and don't think nothing of the amount my father gave me. I spent it on candy or something I didn't really need, which was the purpose of my allowance, to spend as I wished. My father bought whatever I needed.

Zoneboy · 06-13-2007, 08:23 PM

My folks never gave me nor my brothers an allowance. My dads way of thinking was, We brought you into this world, We give you a place to stay etc... so you should help out around here without expecting pay.

At least Opie Taylor got a quarter.

Since we're discussing allowances, Does anyone remember this song?

NO CHARGE
As recorded by Melba Montgomery
Writer: Harlan Howard

Recitation:

My little boy came up to me
In the kitchen this evening
While I was fixing supper
And he handed me a piece of paper
He'd been writing on
And after wiping my hands on my apron
I read it and this is what it said:

For mowing the yard - five dollars
For making my own bed this week - one dollar
Going to the store - fifty cents
Playing with little brother While you went to the store - twenty-five cents
Taking out the trash - one dollar
Getting a good report card - five dollars
And for raking the yard - two dollars

Total owed - Fifteen Dollars and Seventy-Five Cents

Well, I looked at him standing there expectantly
And a thousand memories flashed through my mind
And so I picked up the pen and turning the paper over
This is what I wrote:

For nine months I carried you
Growing inside me - NO CHARGE
For the nights I've sat up with you
Doctored you, prayed for you - NO CHARGE
For the time and the tears
That you cost through the years
There's NO CHARGE
When you add It all up
The full cost of my love is NO CHARGE

For the nights filled with dread
And the worries ahead, NO CHARGE
For the advice and knowledge
And the cost of your college - NO CHARGE
For the toys, food and clothes
And for wiping your nose
There's NO CHARGE
When you add It all up
The full cost of my love is NO CHARGE

Recitation:
Well, when he finished reading
He had great big old tears in his eyes
And he looked up at me and said
"Mom, I sure do love you."
Then he took the pen
And in great big letters he wrote: "Paid In full"
When you add it all up, the cost of real love is NO CHARGE

AB · 06-13-2007, 08:29 PM

^ That's a very touching song, I don't think I've ever heard it before.

In the late 60's & early 70's we got $5.00 a week allowance for doing chores around the house.

TripperFan · 06-13-2007, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Ireneparalegal

When I was around 9 years old, my father gave me either $10 or $20 a week. It was 1974. This continued until I started working at my father's business, when I was 15. He paid me weekly.

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You still did alright though! I got $5 every two weeks (my parents' payday) from about the age of 9 through to 13 or 14 and had to beg for more. For that, when I got home from school I was expected to do the breakfast and lunch dishes (family of 5), start dinner (usually peeling and getting potatoes boiling and then something with meat going) and do the ironing. Back then we didn't have the permanent press sheets the same so I got the "flat stuff" - sheets, pillow cases, my dad's hankerchiefs (remember when men carried them?) and any curtains or other straightforward stuff.
I also vacuumed twice a week and helped with laundry on the weekends. I also got the chore of cleaning both bathrooms. I can't remember what they raised it to, but it was probably $10 every two weeks. I got a part time job when I was 15 so my allowance at home stopped then.

Ireneparalegal · 06-13-2007, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by TripperFan

You still did alright though! I got $5 every two weeks (my parents' payday) from about the age of 9 through to 13 or 14 and had to beg for more. For that, when I got home from school I was expected to do the breakfast and lunch dishes (family of 5), start dinner (usually peeling and getting potatoes boiling and then something with meat going) and do the ironing. Back then we didn't have the permanent press sheets the same so I got the "flat stuff" - sheets, pillow cases, my dad's hankerchiefs (remember when men carried them?) and any curtains or other straightforward stuff.
I also vacuumed twice a week and helped with laundry on the weekends. I also got the chore of cleaning both bathrooms. I can't remember what they raised it to, but it was probably $10 every two weeks. I got a part time job when I was 15 so my allowance at home stopped then.

My boyfriend asked me, "What did you do with the money you earned working with your dad?" I told him I bought records (LOL), make-up, hairspray and odds and ends like that, teen girl stuff. I guess my boyfriend is just feeling kinda bad for how he was brought up. His family had it real tight and he had to work during the summer and give all that money to his mom. He is just in shock at the amount I received by saying, "You were 10 years old and you got anywhere from $40-$80 bucks a month!!!!!" Then he said, "DAMN!

I feel bad for how hard it was for my boyfriend growing up. I love my dad to death for all the hard work he did to establish two businesses so that we could have a roof over our head and take vacations.

Janice · 06-14-2007, 12:17 AM

I remember $10 for the longest time, then $12. I always got extra money too. I didn't have many chores. I was the youngest of three girls, so I got away with murder, lol. I never heard the end of it when we became adults.

Brieannas21 · 06-14-2007, 01:37 AM

I can remember at age 5 I would get 50 cents, and then when I got to the 1st grade I moved up to a $1 a week

When I was in High School I would get 50$ every two weeks. Then I got a job and my allowance stopped in the 11th grade.

TripperFan · 06-14-2007, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Ireneparalegal

My boyfriend asked me, "What did you do with the money you earned working with your dad?" I told him I bought records (LOL), make-up, hairspray and odds and ends like that, teen girl stuff. I guess my boyfriend is just feeling kinda bad for how he was brought up. His family had it real tight and he had to work during the summer and give all that money to his mom. He is just in shock at the amount I received by saying, "You were 10 years old and you got anywhere from $40-$80 bucks a month!!!!!" Then he said, "DAMN!

I feel bad for how hard it was for my boyfriend growing up. I love my dad to death for all the hard work he did to establish two businesses so that we could have a roof over our head and take vacations.

I know what you mean. I'd save up so I could go to the mall and buy a dozen sweetheart roses for myself (I've always loved flowers).

I might also go to this place called, "Oriental Bazaar" and buy a little handblown glass ornament of some sort. I still have some of them actually.

When I got to highschool it was tougher. My friends would go on ski trips, out to dinner at good restaurants and such, but I would never have enough money to go with them. I knew not to ask for more money from my parents. I didn't even go to my prom because it would cost parents approx. $150 for the dress, shoes, etc. (we didn't even think of hiring limos back then). I just couldn't put my parents through the expensive even though it killed me not to go.

I'm not complaining though - as you say, still grateful for having the things I did. A lot of people have it worse.

GoldenGirlsFan92 · 06-14-2007, 12:42 PM

I get $10 a month,plus I do alot of chores so that givs me some more money.

Seinatra · 06-14-2007, 03:24 PM

$20 seems like a lot of money back in 1974! How much did a record cost back then?

I recall in the late 80's getting $20 in high school for a while. Before that there was no allowance, but we would get good money when we were going by a friend or out somewhere without the parents.

TripperFan · 06-14-2007, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Seinatra

$20 seems like a lot of money back in 1974! How much did a record cost back then?

I recall in the late 80's getting $20 in high school for a while. Before that there was no allowance, but we would get good money when we were going by a friend or out somewhere without the parents.

It was! To me anyway.

As I recall, you could pickup the usual album for around $7.99 - $12.99 to $14.99 if it was a double album like Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. I had to save for a good while to be able to afford that one. I still have it! I can't bring myself to thow out my old albums. We used to listen to the music and gaze at the covers forever.

Ireneparalegal · 06-14-2007, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by TripperFan

It was! To me anyway.

As I recall, you could pickup the usual album for around $7.99 - $12.99 to $14.99 if it was a double album like Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. I had to save for a good while to be able to afford that one. I still have it! I can't bring myself to thow out my old albums. We used to listen to the music and gaze at the covers forever.

Yeah, $20 was a lot for a kid/teen in that era (mid 70's). I could buy a 45 record for 79 cents. I remember buying the Donna Summer Bad Girls double album for $14.99. Mind you, that was a double album.

TripperFan · 06-14-2007, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Ireneparalegal

Yeah, $20 was a lot for a kid/teen in that era (mid 70's). I could buy a 45 record for 79 cents. I remember buying the Donna Summer Bad Girls double album for $14.99. Mind you, that was a double album.

I've got a ticket stub from an ELO concert back in '77. Meatloaf opened for them - it was that "spaceship" tour. General admin ticket for $18 and thought that was high. You can't even see a 30 yr old act in a casino for that now!

They usually start at $25 for the worst acts now.

Superstar · 06-14-2007, 05:09 PM

I used to get $5 a week until last year. I know get $10 a week

I don't really spend it on much, I save most of it.

Sharop · 06-14-2007, 06:43 PM

When I was about 10-11, I got £1 a week.

06-13-2007, 08:03 PM	#1
Ireneparalegal LEGAL SPICE ;) Forum Legend Join Date: Jul 25, 2005 Location: OXNARD, CA - WHERE THE DALLAS COWBOYS TRAIN & PRACTICE Posts: 38,691	How much allowance do/did you receive? When I was around 9 years old, my father gave me either $10 or $20 a week. It was 1974. This continued until I started working at my father's business, when I was 15. He paid me weekly. When my boyfriend asked me this question the other day he flipped. He was like "WTF?" He said I was spoiled, blah blah blah. I told him I had to do chores around the house everyday after school and on weekends. I washed dishes at least 4 times a week. I had to clean the bathrooms on the weekends as well as other stuff. My father never asked if I did my chores, he just assumed when I asked for my allowance, that I had done my chores for the week. For those who may not know or don't remember, my mother passed away when I was 6, so with my brother and sister working and my father running the family business, the housework was left to me and my sister when she wasn't working. So, my boyfriend is like tripping out on the amount and he is telling me when he was young, he was lucky to get five dollars a month. To me, I look back and don't think nothing of the amount my father gave me. I spent it on candy or something I didn't really need, which was the purpose of my allowance, to spend as I wished. My father bought whatever I needed.
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06-13-2007, 08:23 PM	#2
Zoneboy RIP, I'LL NEVER FORGET YOU :( Moderator Forum Superstar Join Date: Jul 13, 2003 Location: AT HOME WISHING ALL THIS WAS JUST A DREAM AND THAT I'LL WAKE UP FROM THIS NIGHTMARE. Posts: 34,441	My folks never gave me nor my brothers an allowance. My dads way of thinking was, We brought you into this world, We give you a place to stay etc... so you should help out around here without expecting pay. At least Opie Taylor got a quarter. Since we're discussing allowances, Does anyone remember this song? NO CHARGE As recorded by Melba Montgomery Writer: Harlan Howard Recitation: My little boy came up to me In the kitchen this evening While I was fixing supper And he handed me a piece of paper He'd been writing on And after wiping my hands on my apron I read it and this is what it said: For mowing the yard - five dollars For making my own bed this week - one dollar Going to the store - fifty cents Playing with little brother While you went to the store - twenty-five cents Taking out the trash - one dollar Getting a good report card - five dollars And for raking the yard - two dollars Total owed - Fifteen Dollars and Seventy-Five Cents Well, I looked at him standing there expectantly And a thousand memories flashed through my mind And so I picked up the pen and turning the paper over This is what I wrote: For nine months I carried you Growing inside me - NO CHARGE For the nights I've sat up with you Doctored you, prayed for you - NO CHARGE For the time and the tears That you cost through the years There's NO CHARGE When you add It all up The full cost of my love is NO CHARGE For the nights filled with dread And the worries ahead, NO CHARGE For the advice and knowledge And the cost of your college - NO CHARGE For the toys, food and clothes And for wiping your nose There's NO CHARGE When you add It all up The full cost of my love is NO CHARGE Recitation: Well, when he finished reading He had great big old tears in his eyes And he looked up at me and said "Mom, I sure do love you." Then he took the pen And in great big letters he wrote: "Paid In full" When you add it all up, the cost of real love is NO CHARGE
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06-14-2007, 12:42 PM	#9
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06-14-2007, 06:43 PM	#15
Sharop Andy Gibb aged 12 Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 03, 2004 Location: Courthouse Square, Hill Valley, beside the clocktower, 10:04 p.m., November 12th 1955 Posts: 3,912	When I was about 10-11, I got £1 a week.
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06-13-2007, 08:29 PM	#3
AB Member Eternal Member Forum Icon Join Date: Dec 26, 2006 Location: The South Posts: 59,428	^ That's a very touching song, I don't think I've ever heard it before. In the late 60's & early 70's we got $5.00 a week allowance for doing chores around the house.

06-14-2007, 12:17 AM	#6
Janice Retired Admin - Hollywood Swingin' Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 03, 2001 Location: Beantown Posts: 36,388	I remember $10 for the longest time, then $12. I always got extra money too. I didn't have many chores. I was the youngest of three girls, so I got away with murder, lol. I never heard the end of it when we became adults.

06-14-2007, 01:37 AM	#7
Brieannas21 Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Apr 05, 2004 Location: Texas Posts: 9,792	I can remember at age 5 I would get 50 cents, and then when I got to the 1st grade I moved up to a $1 a week When I was in High School I would get 50$ every two weeks. Then I got a job and my allowance stopped in the 11th grade.

06-14-2007, 03:24 PM	#10
Seinatra Member Senior Member Join Date: Aug 29, 2004 Location: Gran Chaco Posts: 1,840	$20 seems like a lot of money back in 1974! How much did a record cost back then? I recall in the late 80's getting $20 in high school for a while. Before that there was no allowance, but we would get good money when we were going by a friend or out somewhere without the parents.

06-14-2007, 05:09 PM	#14
Superstar Member Forum Icon Join Date: Dec 08, 2003 Posts: 63,316	I used to get $5 a week until last year. I know get $10 a week I don't really spend it on much, I save most of it.