My daughter asked me for permission to go out with her friends this weekend to watch movie and when I asked her if she has enough pocket money to go, I was shocked to hear that she doesn’t need to bring money cos her friends usually pay for everything.
I asked her how come she let her friends pay and she told me that they are rich so it’s okay. Also they are the ones who wanted to watch the movie and want her to go out with them so they are very happy to pay for her movie.
She also said that if she needs to pay for the movie herself, then she would rather stay home cos she wants to save money.
I was quite shocked and didn’t know how to respond so I asked if she could get her friends’ parents’ contact numbers so I can just check with them and she told me that they already know.
When I called them, they sounded surprised and said that they don’t interfere with what their kids spend on as they are old enough to handle their own finances.
If they want to treat their friends to movies then it’s their choice.
Am I very boomer for thinking that there is no free lunch in this world? Or has the world changed and I’m still stuck in the past?
I’m very tempted to ask my daughter to return her friends the money they spent but she’s also right in saying that she didn’t ask for any of this so why should she pay?
Netizens’ comments
I think it’s good that you are concerned and want to pay back the money that your daughter’s friend spent on her, but on the other hand her friends are willingly spending money on her. Like you said, times have changed, not everyone is nitpicky about everything.