Allowance
When I was in Grade 1 I was given an allowance. I got a dime every Friday afternoon. Friday was garbage day in my neighbourhood. Those two things together made Friday a very exciting day. With a dime each, my brothers and I ran to the corner variety store after school where we could buy licorice, or bubble gum, or Popeye Cigarettes. All day at school, we’d be thinking about it. Then, in Grade 3, my allowance was raised to a whole quarter! Now we could buy potato chips or a popsicle. I favored Salt and Vinegar potato chips. Last year I ate a bag of Salt and Vinegar potato chips for old time's sake. It almost made me sick.
Women typically control the family purse, and today I still get an allowance, only now my wife gives it to me, not my mother.