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bagatelle · 12-10-2010, 08:05 AM

Oldest son got his first phone 8 years old. His brother got his two years later at same age.

I was angry at my husband, when he upgraded the phone for older son at age 11-12. He bought a phone worth 200 euros! Even angrier, when it shortly ended up in washing machine with his jeans. It didn't recover...

Another mishap was when younger son was able to spend a huge amount of money on text messages during one day when participating in a competition.

We (my husband) is a bit wiser now and they have some limitations to prevent more costs.

I have not allowed my husband to buy himself a new phone, he usually gets an old one from his work-mates, I don't need a fancy mobile either. We have one or two old phones left from boys and recently hubby ordered a SIM card for my daughter on one of the old phones. Daughter is 5 and daddy had promised her a SIM card, when she learns to read...

she reads now, has only a couple of numbers saved on it, she can talk worth 10 euros per month. First week had gone and she had already used 50% of that amount. Oh well, maybe this will teach her about the passage of time as well...

12-10-2010, 08:05 AM	#6 (permalink)
bagatelle Psycho Location: Europe	Oldest son got his first phone 8 years old. His brother got his two years later at same age. I was angry at my husband, when he upgraded the phone for older son at age 11-12. He bought a phone worth 200 euros! Even angrier, when it shortly ended up in washing machine with his jeans. It didn't recover... Another mishap was when younger son was able to spend a huge amount of money on text messages during one day when participating in a competition. We (my husband) is a bit wiser now and they have some limitations to prevent more costs. I have not allowed my husband to buy himself a new phone, he usually gets an old one from his work-mates, I don't need a fancy mobile either. We have one or two old phones left from boys and recently hubby ordered a SIM card for my daughter on one of the old phones. Daughter is 5 and daddy had promised her a SIM card, when she learns to read... she reads now, has only a couple of numbers saved on it, she can talk worth 10 euros per month. First week had gone and she had already used 50% of that amount. Oh well, maybe this will teach her about the passage of time as well...