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Pay for son's gym
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Son wants me to pay for his gym membership. He's 17 and still at school. He's got a spare tyre.
I say get running around those streets and show me you're serious then I might think about it.
He says all his mates go to the gym and their parents pay for it. Do they? Do you?
I say get running around those streets and show me you're serious then I might think about it.
He says all his mates go to the gym and their parents pay for it. Do they? Do you?
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His doesn't need to go to a gym to keep fit. He can walk, run, cycle, swim, play football or other sports and eat sensibly. I don't see gyms as places for young fit youths. The gym culture gets on my nerves. It's OK for some, but there are other far more exciting and sociable way to get fit.
There is no excuse for a 17 year old to have a spare tyre!!
16:51 Fri 28th May 2010
I would be delighted to pay for his gym membership.
In return, he can cut the lawns, do the dishes, wash the car(s), do some shopping, clean his room once a week ... the list is endless.
Your son is never to learn that nothing is for nothing - it's the rule out there in the big wide world, and one he is best getting used to at home, before he has to go out there and face it for real.
In return, he can cut the lawns, do the dishes, wash the car(s), do some shopping, clean his room once a week ... the list is endless.
Your son is never to learn that nothing is for nothing - it's the rule out there in the big wide world, and one he is best getting used to at home, before he has to go out there and face it for real.
I'd pay for it if I thought my son would keep it up
Getting a good exercise habit is as much an investment for later life as an education.
There's a matter of your finances of course but if he said he was faling behind in school and would like extra lessons would you pay for it?
I would, and I don't see exercise as any different
Getting a good exercise habit is as much an investment for later life as an education.
There's a matter of your finances of course but if he said he was faling behind in school and would like extra lessons would you pay for it?
I would, and I don't see exercise as any different
His doesn't need to go to a gym to keep fit. He can walk, run, cycle, swim, play football or other sports and eat sensibly. I don't see gyms as places for young fit youths. The gym culture gets on my nerves. It's OK for some, but there are other far more exciting and sociable way to get fit.
There is no excuse for a 17 year old to have a spare tyre!!
There is no excuse for a 17 year old to have a spare tyre!!
Is it something to do with the contract? I'm guessing he won't be able to enter into one, as most gyms demand, until he is 18.
Very dangerous for you though if you have to sign up for a set minimum term then he doesn't go!
He's old enough to be able to work to pay for it himself if he wants it enough as there are plenty of cheaper alternatives.
Very dangerous for you though if you have to sign up for a set minimum term then he doesn't go!
He's old enough to be able to work to pay for it himself if he wants it enough as there are plenty of cheaper alternatives.
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