What's a mother to do????

My son is going to be 16 years old..and he has himself a girlfriend who he spends almost EVERY minute on the phone with. I just received his cell phone bill...and I nearly .

I have a plan through a friend who works at Nextel and his bill should be $20.00 a month, that's with 1000 minutes and the bill just came for $334.00 and guess who's number is ALL over the bill? YEP..the girlfriend.

I was once young and know how it is to want to talk to that person..but I noticed they are calling each other during school hours. So...being that I warned him about the bill coming high..I am now going to disconnect the phone. To think my DH and I were going to put him on our family plan..but now...forget about it!!! I highlighted the bill and put "Would you like to explain this??" and am going to tape it to his door.

He's of age and is going to have to get himself a job if he wants another phone..because I can't and will not pay a bill like this. Utterly ridiculous!!!

Re: What's a mother to do????

Ahhh the joy of teenagehood...I'm looking forward to this one!

Your son is a good kid though...cut him some slack and give him a little warning...

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Oh boy. Maybe he should get his own phone & a T-mobil one so that he can put her in "my Faves"

I def do not look forward to this stage

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Posted by MsMBV

Oh boy. Maybe he should get his own phone & a T-mobil one so that he can put her in "my Faves"

I def do not look forward to this stage

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ooh I don't blame you there.

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What about a pay as you go phone? Where he can only make calls and once he runs out of credit...thats it. He can't make any more calls.

I can't imagine my sweet little baby boy as a teenaged manboytypething!!!

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The school hours needs to stop!!! I would make him pay if he is going to have a bill that high.

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Posted by racheeeee



What about a pay as you go phone? Where he can only make calls and once he runs out of credit...thats it. He can't make any more calls.

I can't imagine my sweet little baby boy as a teenaged manboytypething!!!

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I think you are right in doing what you are doing. He knows how many minutes he has. If he wants more, he needs to pay for it. And, no calls during school hours or no more phone, job or no job!

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Maybe warn him and then at least take it away during school hours...

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Posted by mitabtrfly

Posted by MsMBV

Oh boy. Maybe he should get his own phone & a T-mobil one so that he can put her in "my Faves"

I def do not look forward to this stage

That's the thing we have T-Mobile..but I kept him on with Nextel because most of his friends have it. We were going to put him on our plan..but if this is any sign of what we can expect with our bill (since we'd be sharing minutes)...forget it.

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Posted by zeta1996

Posted by mitabtrfly

Posted by MsMBV

Oh boy. Maybe he should get his own phone & a T-mobil one so that he can put her in "my Faves"

I def do not look forward to this stage

That's the thing we have T-Mobile..but I kept him on with Nextel because most of his friends have it. We were going to put him on our plan..but if this is any sign of what we can expect with our bill (since we'd be sharing minutes)...forget it.

I don't think she does..otherwise it wouldn't have been this high.

I have a Nextel also, but we just found out that for $5 a month, if you call any other nextel/sprint customer it is free...does the girlfriend have nextel or sprint???