When you were a kid, were you allowed to have soft drinks and candy, whenever you wanted?

Question

On Saturdays, my sisters and brother and I got to have a half a Coke each (the 6 oz. ones) and half a Hershey bar each. Talk about a treat!

Answer 1

No way, I lived with my grandmother, and a treat like that was reserved until a trip downtown maybe once a month. We lived in Denver Co. and there was a large Woolworth's Store with a big fountain area. When she was through shopping and was ready to go home we would go there and split a hamburger & fries & coldslaw and we each got a coke. Total for our treat, $.80 for the burger, fries, and slaw and one coke, the second coke was $.05. The woman who ran the place always made sure we had lots of fries because she knew I didn't get them often and the burgers were really big and good and I still make my cold slaw dressing from the same recipe the woman gave granddmother. My grandmother would leave a dollar so that the woman got a tip of $.15. We would walk to town it was about 12 blocks, the short side of the blocks, and down hill. After we ate we would go out the door and right across the street was the bus stop. We would take the bus back up the hill because by then my grandmother would be getting tired, but I remember her telling her best friend it was because I got tired. I'm so glad your asked your question the little trip down memory lane was fun. Thanks

Answer 2

Nope every Saturday we got our allowance, 25 cents. I could buy a comic book, bubble gum and maybe a chocolate bar with it. Every Saturday we went "into town" to do the shopping and ate dinner at the hotel.

Every Saturday I had a hamburger and a glass of milk, until I convinced my parents that my best friend, who was always having dinner at the same hotel was allowed to have a glass of pepsi, and I should have one too. It was my brothers whining for one that probably convinced them.

Allowances were "earned" depending on the seasons, in summer it was helping in the garden, but it was always washing dishes, dusting, making beds, ironing, etc

I hear of kids these days who get $50 a week for an allowance, I think $5 is more than enough for the little guy. $50 seems excessive to me.

He has to help out and do chores to get that. He is 7 now. Plus he always buys something for his little cousin too out of his own money - he is SUCH a good kid,

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Answer 3

No. The only time we got soft drinks and candy was if we bought it ourselves, with money we had earned. I usually did this by wandering the edge of our nearest big road and picking up returnable pop bottles for the deposit money.

One man's trash is another man's treasure...in this case read "kid". You got 2 cents return for each bottle. A bottle of pop cost a nickle (with the 2 cent deposit paid)...my favourite was Fresca. The stuff they have nowadays is nowhere NEAR the taste of the original!

AND chocolate bars were usually a dime. It took more scrounging to buy one of those. But penny candy was a good alternative if you were low on funds. Can you imagine being able to buy candy 5 for 1 penny now?

And yes, I am talking about when I was still a young child. I first started collecting bottles for return when I was seven years old.

Answer 4

I had my first soft drink when I was 14. They were never around the house. Candy was an even bigger treat. We got chocolate on Easter and Christmas. I was allowed to buy a candy bar at the movies when I could finally go on my own. Those kind of treats actually were treats.

Answer 5

No, I really don't even remember soft drinks in the house, unless it was a party or special occasion. Now it was a whole different story at my grandmother's house......there were cases of Tru Ade and Seven Up soda out on the back porch, and always candy dishes filled with Brach's chocolates in different rooms. Going there was like going to heaven, and it's no wonder my sister's and I would argue over whose turn it was to spend the night!

Answer 6

We had no sweets in the house except for eight homemade birthday cakes a year. Well, yeah, we'd have Jell-o sometimes. I was allowed to spend my allowance any way I chose to, so it was sometimes an ice cream cone and sometimes a candy bar.

We had a cow that gave 5 gallons of milk a day, and we HAD to drink that milk, even if she'd been eating green onions. (Yuck!) I never saw a soda in the parents' refrigerator until I was an adult and they'd sold the cow.

And, yes, we were "allowed" to pick our own switches, too.

Answer 7

No. We didn't have a lot of money. We had orange or grape juice more than sodas if we were not drinking milk. Candy if we could afford it. Guess that is why I really liked Trick or Treating or around Christmas time. I remember when my granddad would visit (which was not very often), he would give us each a half-dollar! I was rich, rich, rich!!! With that I had candy and ice cream. : )

Answer 8

No we were country kids and had an abundance of fresh fruit. Every Sunday after sunday school we went into town with dad to get the funny papers and a double decker ice cream cone. We would always get those great big bubble gum balls out of the machine with OUR money. Did we ever look forward to Sunday. Such simple pleasures back then.

Answer 9

Not always 'whenever I wanted'. But I had access. There were little neighborhood stores all over the place and we got penny candy in little paper bags. We had red wax lips, and candy necklaces, and fireballs, and pixie sticks, and smarties, and candy bars were only a nickle. We always had Coke at the house (grandma called it 'tonic')

Answer 10

The only thing I remember drinking is ice water and milk on occasion. My dad was diabetic so we never had sweets in the house. The "candy" for diabetics was so nasty that you never wanted any. The chocolate stuck to the roof of your mouth and you had to scrape it off with your finger. The saccarine was so bad, that hours later you still had the nasty taste in your mouth. I never wanted any after that little "trial" of the forbidden candy