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Janice · 08-22-2008, 01:34 PM

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.

MonarC · 08-22-2008, 02:10 PM

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

Chocoholic · 08-22-2008, 02:40 PM

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.

Brian Damage · 08-22-2008, 02:51 PM

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

catlover79 · 08-22-2008, 04:10 PM

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

MonarC · 08-22-2008, 05:00 PM

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

EmoJoe · 08-22-2008, 05:12 PM

probably when i was 14-ish.

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

Hollow · 08-22-2008, 05:42 PM

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

Janice · 08-22-2008, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by safety pin

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.

Number 9 Dream · 08-22-2008, 07:16 PM

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!

sweetgirl06 · 08-22-2008, 07:41 PM

i stard buy my one clothes went i was 10

dawsongirl · 08-22-2008, 09:34 PM

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.

Nighthawk76 · 08-23-2008, 12:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Number 9 Dream

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.

Schmoopie · 08-23-2008, 01:46 AM

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

Hollow · 08-23-2008, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Janice

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.

08-22-2008, 01:34 PM	#1
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08-22-2008, 05:12 PM	#7
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08-22-2008, 02:10 PM	#2
MonarC The truth will set you free Forum Fanatic Join Date: Dec 05, 2002 Location: 3rd Stone From The Sun Posts: 9,525	For me it was also about 14. Loved that time of year. Time to get new clothes was always fun.

08-22-2008, 02:40 PM	#3
Chocoholic Member Forum Star Join Date: Dec 01, 2000 Location: Between a rock and a hard place. Posts: 11,235	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.

08-22-2008, 05:00 PM	#6
MonarC The truth will set you free Forum Fanatic Join Date: Dec 05, 2002 Location: 3rd Stone From The Sun Posts: 9,525	I was about 16 when I had to work to buy my own clothes and pay for the car insurance for my car.

08-22-2008, 05:42 PM	#8
Hollow Member Forum Superstar Join Date: Dec 16, 2001 Posts: 30,406	13. probably had to do with my mom dying. i wouldn't have wanted to clothes shop with my dad.

08-22-2008, 07:41 PM	#11
sweetgirl06 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Mar 18, 2008 Posts: 42	i stard buy my one clothes went i was 10

08-22-2008, 09:34 PM	#12
dawsongirl Member Forum Icon Join Date: Jan 04, 2001 Posts: 53,128	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.

08-23-2008, 01:46 AM	#14
Schmoopie Keep Calm and Love Snoopy Forum Star Join Date: Jul 13, 2008 Location: Lynnwood, Washington Posts: 15,697	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
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