Allowance in College

unsoccer-mom
Sat, 24 Dec 2005 13:51:17 +0000

We have found that NYC is quite expensive. My daughter lives in an apartment style dorm with kitchens so no meal plan. Alot of her money goes to food, cleaning supplies, and even toilet paper. She buys frequent metro cards, but doesn’t use it enough for a monthly card. Occasionally, she will use a taxi. She has not seen a single movie since school started, nor has she gone to any concerts, shows, etc. We started at $100 a week and it was not enough. We went up to $125 and it still hasn’t covered all her expenses. After break we are going up to $600 for the month, but have told her that will be it. Alot of things add on to the cost. Printer paper, printer cartridges and in my daughter case a lot of money is spent on paints and canvases.