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2·22 Sept 2026·on First month of a fixed allowance for our 18 year old, and it is nearly gone by the 22nd

From my own college days: my parents included travel and kept the phone bill outside it, and that split worked well. Travel was something I could actually control by planning. Putting the phone bill in would just have been them handing me money to pass on. It's a lovely step for her ❤️

4·10 Apr 2026·on Boards are over and our son wants four days in Gokarna with five friends

Practical detail first: who runs the homestay, and has any parent spoken to them on the phone? That would be my minimum. I did a trip like this after my 10th with three friends, and one friend's aunt lived in the same town. That one adult nearby made all our parents relax. Still the best four days of that year ❤