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Tooth Fairy pay demands add to hike in gift inflation
The Sentinel
|October 01, 2025
DOUBLE TROUBLE FOR A FIRST TIME DAD OF TWINS
"You owe me £115 for the twins’ presents," said Victoria as I stepped through the door.
"They haven't even had their birthday yet," I pointed out in my defence against her financial demands.
There were further questions to be asked because the vehemence with which it was requested implied a debt which had got to a stage where personal possessions might be recovered and sold.
After pointing out this was the first I'd heard of it, I queried the total funds requested.
Say we're dividing the sum spent on the gifts by two, this implied we'd blown £230 on presents for the children without my knowledge.
I'd already spent the extravagant amount of £70 on a radio control car for Emma.
This story is from the October 01, 2025 edition of The Sentinel.
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