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Originally Posted by guthmund
I never had an allowance.
As a member of the family, there were certain things expected of me, so I didn't earn money by cleaning my room or picking up after myself. If I wanted something, I had to earn the money by "going above and beyond." It was always a fair exchange I thought; I mean, I wasn't scrubbing baseboards with a toothbrush for a quarter or anything like that.
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Same in my house. We were all part of a family, all lived under the same roof, and all had to contribute. Keeping my room and stuff picked up was expected no matter what. On top of that I had a handful of chores to do regularly.