should the child get child benefit

aydin173 · 5 Oct 2009 at 19:27

hello im 17 and in collage, my mum claimed child benefit and i havent seen a single penny of it for well my entire life, so i asked my mum why doesnt the child receive the CHILD benefit and she said shes buying food and paying bills with it etc, so i thought ok thats fair.

the i got out of collage and the benefit was canceled, after around 6months i have noticed no change without the benefit(still buying same stuff regularly etc), and i have no idea were on earth it was going. :confused:

now iv started collage again, and we now get the benefit, iv grown out of all my cloths and only have 2 pairs of trousers that fit me and a pair of old trainers that a falling apart.
so asked her if i could have the child benefit so i could put it aside and spend it on cloths that i need badly, and she says no. :mad:

im old enough to know what to spend it on etc.
the benefit is £20 per week

what do you think, THX dudes. :cool:

Kristoph · 5 Oct 2009 at 19:30

aydin173 said:
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Go get a job and be happy you aren't paying rent.

TaKeN · 5 Oct 2009 at 19:31

Erm.. I grew up without being given my 'child benefit'

I've always been under the impression that it helped your parents to buy you're food.. and clothes and anything else.

Its not EMA.. lolz

bushmins · 5 Oct 2009 at 19:32

'Back of the hand' is all you would get from me you cheeky ****.

Azagoth · 5 Oct 2009 at 19:32

You're in "collage" eh? What is it you're studying, Art?

G|mp · 5 Oct 2009 at 19:32

I reckon you should grow the **** up.

Learn to spell College as well.

LeJosh · 5 Oct 2009 at 19:33

Pah just be grateful they pay for everything. As a family we have to be a team to keep ourselves afloat. I don't just drift on by leeching on my parents.

bushmins · 5 Oct 2009 at 19:33

See, this is what you get when you ban smacking kids.

ash_scotland88 · 5 Oct 2009 at 19:33

I grew up without seeing it, or it may have been used as a form of pocket money but it was a pittance anyway.

Go claim ema anyway, if can receive CB iam sure you're allegible for EMA.

aydin173 · 5 Oct 2009 at 19:33

Kristoph said:
Go get a job and be happy you aren't paying rent.

im trying but it is very very hard to get a job

TaKeN said:
Erm.. I grew up without being given my 'child benefit'

I've always been under the impression that it helped your parents to buy you're food.. and clothes and anything else.

Its not EMA.. lolz

i know what you mean but since i had not noticed any changes at all with or without it, and iv always had to buy my own cloths with Christmas or birthday money.

grudas · 5 Oct 2009 at 19:34

aydin173 said:
hello im 17 and in collage, my mum claimed child benefit and i havent seen a single penny of it for well my entire life, so i asked my mum why doesnt the child receive the CHILD benefit and she said shes buying food and paying bills with it etc, so i thought ok thats fair.

the i got out of collage and the benefit was canceled, after around 6months i have noticed no change without the benefit(still buying same stuff regularly etc), and i have no idea were on earth it was going.

now iv started collage again, and we now get the benefit, iv grown out of all my cloths and only have 2 pairs of trousers that fit me and a pair of old trainers that a falling apart.
so asked her if i could have the child benefit so i could put it aside and spend it on cloths that i need badly, and she says no.

im old enough to know what to spend it on etc.
the benefit is £20 per week

what do you think, THX dudes.

tbh if i wasn't playing for oister card i would easily buy clothes from ema..

Dano · 5 Oct 2009 at 19:34

Just assume I've quoted all of the above excepting the OP.

Hooa · 5 Oct 2009 at 19:34

LOL

This thread made me laugh hard... is this a joke?

So much fail ... but the OP does seem really innocent its kinda cute/refreshing haha

Von Smallhausen · 5 Oct 2009 at 19:34

Child benefit is for the parent to spend on the child.

It isn't to be given to the child to spend on rusks, cider or tabs.

Moredhel · 5 Oct 2009 at 19:35

Get a job, get a haircut, move out and stop scrounging from your poor parents!

G|mp · 5 Oct 2009 at 19:35

Azagoth said:
You're in "collage" eh? What is it you're studying, Art?

He's excellent at sticking together loads of little pictures to form a bigger picture!

Duke · 5 Oct 2009 at 19:35

Get a job?

aydin173 · 5 Oct 2009 at 19:36

LeJosh said:
Pah just be grateful they pay for everything. As a family we have to be a team to keep ourselves afloat. I don't just drift on by leeching on my parents.

my parants never bought me a single item of clothing so shut the **** up.
and this pc im on right now took me 3 yrs to save up for and its a 1.9GHZ piece of **** laptop were nothing works.

No personal attacks and fully star out swearing.

SB118 · 5 Oct 2009 at 19:36

aydin173 said:
hello im 17 and in collage, my mum claimed child benefit and i havent seen a single penny of it for well my entire life, so i asked my mum why doesnt the child receive the CHILD benefit and she said shes buying food and paying bills with it etc, so i thought ok thats fair.

im old enough to know what to spend it on etc.
the benefit is £20 per week

If the other posters didn't get the point across, it is blindingly expensive raising a child. "Your" £20 per week doesn't scratch the surface.

Rroff · 5 Oct 2009 at 19:36

Never saw any of it myself, but my mum always looked after me well so I can't complain...

Maybe your mum had to make up the rest from her own expenses or skimp on something to keep you fed?

If your that down on the clothes situation either look for a part time job - its coming upto xmas loads of weekend temp stuff, etc. going - or take it up with your mum.