How do I get my parents to stop being cheap?
You don't know how much money they make, or what kinds of debts they may have or how much their monthly bills are. You want to go to a resort for vacation? Mow lawns and deliver newspapers and pay for the family to go. Same goes for an iPhone and fancy "school shoes" and a car. By the way, only morons buy 16 year olds cars. How do they get their child to stop acting like an entitled ingrate? When you figure that one out, the other will cease to be a problem. EDIT: Yeah, your parents tell their 14 year old their financial business. You're ungrateful AND incredibly naive.
My parents are really cheap?
My parents are super cheap. First off, I'm not spoiled. I don't expect $120 shoes and everything I want just handed to me. I understand the value of hard work. I'm 14 years old. My parents refuse to but me name brand such as aeropastale, hollister, American eagle, etc. I have a single pair of $40 shoes. I have like 3 pairs of jeans and that is it. I have 5 shirts, all from target or wal Mart. I don't have my own laptop. I have an iPod touch I got for Christmas. I have a basic cell phone. My mom has a smartphone she never uses. I should have one, but my moms just sits there and takes up $30 a month. I don't get an allowance. Any work I do is expected of me and never rewarded. I get straight A's but they are expected too. All I get is a "good job" . all of my friends have name brand clothes, and more than a single pair of shoes, and a computer, and smartphones. My parents are pretty well off. My mom doesn't have a job. We never go out and do anything. We are super boring. My friends don't judge me by my clothes, but I hate wearing crappy clothes. How can iget my parents to stop being so cheap?????
Why are my parents so cheap?
So the other day i really needed a new dress for a school event were I was getting an award. I asked my dad for someone money and told him I'd pay him back once I got a job, he handed me 10 bucks. I was kinda confused cause there's not really much you can buy with 10 bucks these days. Any who I went to stores that would have cheap dresses i.e. Wet Seal, Forever 21. I find like 1 dress but it was totally inappropriate for the event. Every time I actually need something my parents say no but it's a new pair of pants for my uniform they'd buy them in a heart beat. I know your all gonna saw I'm a brat, but my dad's a doctor he makes around 100k a year if not more. I know it's his money but it's not fair when all the other doctors kids look nice and and I'm the only one wearing the same dress I've worn for the past 2 years over and over. You'd think it would make him look bad. When ever my dad want's to drop 600 on a expensive dinner with people he barely knows he does, but he won't even give me 20 bucks? Sometimes I don't even get $5 for lunch. I'm always severely depressed because my parents act like we are broke when I know for a fact we aren't. I just don't understand why they don't ever spend any money on me when I don't basically ask for anything I have all A's and I'm in 10 clubs which I raised all the dues for from fundraisers, plus I volunteer because I like working with the less fortunate. I know I shouldn't really complain but sometimes they're a little ridiculous.
Why are my parents so cheap with cash?
Since your parents agreed to pay you a certain amount, they should do it. However, they probably didn’t think you’d do so much, and possibly they can’t afford to pay you right now. You asked them for a lesser amount, by quite a lot, if your figures are correct, but they still said no. If you’re going to do work for them in the future you should probably get a solid figure up front, preferably an hourly figure. That way they will know ahead of time what they’re in for.No one but they know why they don’t want to, or can’t pay you as much as they said. As another person said, even if they make good money, they may not make enough to pay all the bills and have much left over. It’s hard to know unless you see what their whole budget is, and I doubt they’ll be willing to share that with you. Just try asking for an hourly wage, ask them how many hours they want you to work, and you’ll have a better chance of getting it.It might also be a good idea to tell them what you want the money for. If it’s just for sodas and movies or something, that won’t make them happy. If you plan to save some for school clothes, or have some specific purchase in mind, tell them, and they may feel more comfortable than just having you running around town with $240 in your pockets.Hope this helps!
Why are my parents so cheap when it comes to me?
Both of my parents are doctors (my mom's a gynecologic oncologist and my dad's a neurosurgeon) and they make $800,000-$1 million a year combined (depends though). Well problem is they're so cheap when it comes to their own daughter like they buy me clothes at thrift store or give me hand-me-down clothes yet both of my parents often buys pricey new clothes for theirselves, they often go on vacations and I never get to go on vacations because they said it'll cost too much for them if I go and I often stay at my grandparents's house especially I always wanted to go to places like Japan and France but they went to Japan and France without me and I'm sad after they promised me I can go to my dream vacation, they don't buy me Christmas and Birthday presents at all, and they often go out to eat and they never take me with them. I clean the house every day, I make straight A's, I never get into trouble, I'm always involved with charity work but my parents never do charity work because they don't like to donate money, and I'm nice to everyone. Well no matter how hard I try, my parents never gave me a single allowances. They always buy new stuff for theirselves that are usually expensive and they trying to find stuff for me at cheap price or free. I go to public school and I see kids that they're parents probably make less than my parents yet they wear name brand clothes. They even told me to get a job and move out, but I'm only 14 and it's impossible for me to get a job at my age and I can't live on my own until I'm 18. I heard my dad saying something like "why did we even have her in the first place? she's a waste of money?" and I ran into my room crying. I don't know what to do anymore, my parents sometimes neglects me when I need their help because all they care about is theirselves. I tried to talk to my grandparents about my situation, but my parents told my grandparents claiming I made this stuff up, but I'm not then last weekend my parents went to Morocco and I'm stuck at my grandparents house and they looked at me and both of my grandparents worried about me and I'm just too nervous to say anything because my parents are going to say something like "you're making this stuff up again, stop it". What should I do?
Aren't my parents just a little too cheap?
I'm a 15 year old girl and I rarely ask for items unless I need them. I have one sibling who is 9. My mom is a physician making $700k a year and my dad is a CPA. So we're not exactly poor. However, my parents always complain about how expensive I am. Some examples: --My clothing. I pretty much shop exclusively at Abercrombie and Fitch but I ONLY buy stuff on sale. So it costs around $17 for t-shirts, $30 for fleece hoodies, and $40 for jeans. I wear everything for 1-2 years. --The temperature of our house. In winter the heater is so low that I still need to wear a thick coat and sweat pants, and in summer I wish I could go naked. The temperature is nothing like what you feel in the mall, grocery store, etc. --Food. We only go out once a week and the rest of the time I live on frozen food. The day after we ate out I pointed out to my dad that tonight dinner only cost $1.29 (frozen food) and asked if that was great. He replied that people in Africa live on 10 cents a meal. --Recreation. Yesterday was my birthday and I got nothing but a $4 box of chocolates that my dad was unhappy about. Considering that I don't really spend money on anything but necessities I thought about asking for a laptop or horseback riding lessons ($25/hr). But no, that's too expensive. In school I see all these girls from middle class families wearing designer clothing and touting around new Mac laptops. The boys all own multiple gaming consoles, which would total up to be hundreds of dollars. Even athletes spend a lot of money on their sport, especially if they play a sport like hockey or golf. Because of my parents, I do nothing but study books all day and don't have a chance for fun. And this is despite of the fact that my parents are "rich". I'm just super frustrated with my situation. I'm constantly told that I'm privileged, but my lifestyle hardly reflects that.
Why are my parents buying only the cheapy things?
I have this constant discussion on economics with my wife and daughter. I don't mind spending good money on things that are going to be used A LOT. But a doll or a dress that is going to be used once, and costs as much as a month of groceries? Then you get the cheap one or you get the expensive one, but just once a year, or you have to choose over 2 expensive stuff.And that is something really difficult to explain, till you give complete control over the money to that person. I once did that to my wife and she didn't pay the phones and cable bills because they were so expensive. After that she returned the control to me.. and stared to think of ways I could make more money.Same thing for my daughter, she saves money for "cool" stuff, and then she doesn't want to spend it. She "forgets" her money at home; I pay for it and then she "forgets" to pay it back. So I stop giving her money till she pays her debt (kind of a credit card).So, they go for the cheap stuff because they can't/won't afford the expensive ones. Next time, if you want to be comprehensive, you could pay for the difference. Or, what I would do, is give you some money, and let you choose, you can have Lays chips or use that money to go out with your friends. I bet you will start going for the cheap stuff too (or run out of money really quick).
Why is my mom so cheap?
It sounds like you two have a problem communicating with each other. I don't know how your relationship with your mother is, but it sounds like you need to sit down with her and tell her how you're feeling. Try not to say "you don't do this" or "why don't you ever" or that kind of thing, because that can put someone on the defensive. Find out what's going on, ask her, what is it that you feel I'm not doing around the house? I clean and vacuum every day, is there something I'm missing? 15 is a rough age, you're getting to want your independence, she still sees you as a little kid, but getting angry, yelling, slamming doors, etc (not saying you do) will make her continue to look at you like a little kid. Make sure you respect her, even if you don't agree with her, give her respect. Talk to her like an adult, calmly, explaining how you feel,be very careful not to raise your voice. It's very possible you can get her to see your side, or at least be a bit more sympathetic. And about the dish soap, it's very possible that she just forgot, or was just too tired to go to the store to get it. If that happens again, you can use shampoo to clean the dishes :)
Why is my dad so cheap ?
My Parents were the EXACT same way, I even wrote this same question on a previous thread a while back. When I was growing up my parents barely bought me toiletries or clothes for that matter. When I asked my parents to buy me some deodorant or tooth paste, I would literally have to wait a month for them to buy it for me, they would say "Not on this pay cheque but the one after, we'll buy you some" I also only had one pair of jeans & 2 or 3 shirts every school year...It was BRUTAL!!! Parents should at least be providing the basic essentials & yes, even the occasional wants. I had next to nothing growing up, zero personal processions but a small bed & a dresser, that's it!! The bottom line is, you probably can't change them, I tried for over 18 years, they never once saw my point of view. The best thing you can do is get a part-time job & have your own money (You shouldn't have to do this, don't get me wrong, but parents have poor judgement sometime) Also, be careful when trying to point out there cheapness, when a fight breaks out, they will pin everything on you and manipulate you in to thinking you just want "too much" and that they "are doing the best they can"...it's Bullsh**it, but they will never get it. The important thing is to treat your kids better then how you were treated & just always keep in mind they were wrong & you know it. Don;t say it to their faces, just know that you are in the right. And don't listen to the old-timers or sassy people who try to tell you that theres nothing wrong with their behaviour, they are just bitter & ignorent people. Thats why they are such a**ssho*les because they were shortchanged growing up but they never learned to rise above it and know better then that. Notice you said you were 14yrs old, try getting a paper route. Parent suck man. Best of Luck