Is he crazy?!
Tell me how many of your 11-12 yr old SKs have their own cell phones? We get a call on Tuesday and its SS asking DH if we will buy him a cellphone, add him to our account (he lives out of state) and pay the monthly bill. This kid is NUTS! DH's answer to him - uh, I'll check into and see. He tells me what he asked. My answer - hell no. DH says he's too young anyways. Yes, he is, in my opinion too, but even if he weren't - hell no. This kid lives no where near us, how are we supposed to share our minutes with him or monitor its use? We couldn't, therefore it will never happen! Ask your mother, she has a cell phone! Sorry, but that blows my mind. And of course he told his mother he wanted a cellphone and she says to ask us cause she'd have to pay a big deposit - whatever that means. So annoying.
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DH's spoiled ass kids...
They both have cell phones...The 15 year old has had one since she was 11 and same with the 12 year old...
Ridiculous....I completely agree. BM pays one of the bills and DH pays the other...but whenever they lose or break their phones, guess who ends up footing the bill to replace them?? Yep, DH.
The texting is out of control, but the only reason they have it at all is so psycho BM can be in their ears 24/7 brainwashing them. BM is such a piece of shit...and so are her spawns or Satan, actually...
I am pissed at DH and the rotten spawns today, so sorry for the negativity.
Love
We have no reason for him to
We have no reason for him to need a cell phone, he barely even talks to DH! He ONLY calls when he wants something, otherwise DH will call him once a week and he will get one word answers out of him. They talk 3-5 minutes a week...and this kid thinks he needs a phone? He supposedly hates talking on them! What really blows my mind is this kid is given every electronic device there is and never seems to have it or be interested in it for more than a couple months. He wanted a laptop too. LOL yeah right! He has NO NEED for a cellphone and there are 4 other kids in that trailer, it will get busted or lost, just like the "Go Phone" his mom bought him last year. What happened to that phone?? Who knows!
"I child proofed my whole house, but they STILL get in!"
My SDs have cell phones,
But that's because they're in a lot of activities and we want them to be able to reach us in emergencies.
BUT they also understand that if they misbehave, they can lose their cell phones for however long we decide.
I don't think SS should have one though, especially if he says he hates talking on the phone.
My biggest issue with it,
My biggest issue with it, even if he was old enough, is he lives in another state! He wants us to share our minutes with him? Yeah and when he goes over, guess who will be paying it? Who knows who else would be using it, we have NO WAY of monitoring it. Do they think we are stupid??? They obviously are.
"I child proofed my whole house, but they STILL get in!"
I would say "no"...
If he lives in another state?? No way would I get into that kind of situation. Especially with an irresponsible 11 year old.
If his BM wants to get him one and she'll pay for it AND foot the bill every month, good for her...but you guys shouldn't even get involved.
Love
If that's the case,
Then no way should you have to get him a cell phone.
If BM wants to get him a phone then she can do it on her own time and on her own dime. If he loses the phone, then that's their problem.
Mine won't have cell phones
Mine won't have cell phones until they can pay their own bills. Period. Our generation and generations before us managed to "survive" without them. Give me a break 11?
I agree...
I thought it was COMPLETELY ridiculous that DH's daughter's had cell phones at 11 years old. But whatever...they are his and BM's spawns of Satan so they will spoil them to no end all they want. Makes me want to puke on a daily basis, trust me!! :sick:
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Right?!
"I child proofed my whole house, but they STILL get in!"
UPDATE
So DH just called him back and tells him no. He didn't even care! Know why? Because it was BM asking for the phone, NOT HIM! When DH called, he was out riding his bike and he had BMs cell phone with him. Currently, when he goes off somewhere, she is giving him her phone to keep in contact, and she apparently doesn't like it, so she tries telling DH that he wants a cell phone for his upcoming birthday so she won't have to give up her phone. Stupid whore. Buy him a phone yourself BM, we aren't playing that game! DH tells him, "well what happened to the Go Phone you had last year, why doesn't she just buy minutes for that one?" He says "I don't know". Well I do, its because that would required HER to pay for it!
"I child proofed my whole house, but they STILL get in!"
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Mine BD11 does but because her donor doesn't have a land line
My BD got one due to her donor dad not wanting to answer the phone when I called and also he forgot to take her to school and she didn't have a phone to use to tell anyone that she was alone. He never realized that he didn't take her to school until later that day.
I didn't bother him until it was about 2 hours before I had to pick her up from his weekend. He pays for BS17 phone and they don't have a land line or cable phone.
Now our entire household has cell phones......SS15 BM now pays for his (he stopped using the one DH for over a year) SS13 who doesn't go anywhere or do anything outside the house. Yesterday he had it BM and she was texting me with it and having it on speaker phone when DH calls. So he is now not allowed to take it to her house.
The expense of 5 lines....I am giving up my landline!
We don't have a landline
We don't have a landline either! But we rarely see SS, DH is military and SS lives far away, but if BM needs him to have one, shouldn't SHE be paying for it? Instead of telling DH oh SS wants one for his bday when he really doesnt? Even if he did, we aren't paying for it...we have no way of monitoring it. Just crazy to me and she is trying to be her manipulative self again. Not gonna work!
"I child proofed my whole house, but they STILL get in!"
That would be nice! SS had a
That would be nice! SS had a go phone last year and we thought the same thing, but then he never answered it! He said he always forgot to charge it. This kid definitely doesn't need his own LOL
"I child proofed my whole house, but they STILL get in!"
Cellphones and Kids...
All our kids have cellphones except the SD9.
My 11 year old has one because he has a lot of activities and I needed to be in contact with him at all times, SS16 has one that BM pays for. And my older kids pay for their own phones.
I was against the phone for my 11 year old for a while but eventually I came to realize that I enjoyed being able to know where he was at all times.
I got him unlimited texting to ensure no overages. He doesn't really use the phone to talk, he mainly texts.
both
SS and SD have cell phones. Personally I think they're way too young for a cell phone but hey, that's just me.
If you must get a cell phone for a kid make sure its one of those phones that has unlimited minutes and text messages otherwise you'll end up with a ridiculous bill.
My head is going to effin'
My head is going to effin' explode over this subject. My SS11 and SD 10 both have smart phones. It drives me NUTS. It's just another toy to them. This is their 3rd phone in the past year.
THEIR THIRD PHONE.
Unbelievable. I'm waiting for the day the ex calls us to help pay the bill. I will laugh and tell her ab-so-fricken-lutely NO.
True story: when the kids first got their first flip phone, she called my DH and told him that SS11 was pestering her for an iPhone and should she get one for him? My DH said NO - why does he need a phone like that. (why does he need a phone at all? HE'S 11!!)
Her response? "Well, all of his friends have one and they make fun of him for not having one."
My Dh said, "well that's just too bad".
I just about lost my ever-loving-mind with that one. I mean, come on, who is the parent here?? Just tell the kid NO and be done with it. She's such a dingbat.