To be really pissed off with DS for wrecking his new clothes after 1 day?

[SeanBeanIsMean]

So took the DS's to town yesterday. Spent £100 on my eldest (13) as he needed a whole new wardrobe and has gone into men's sizes and spent £50 on DS2 (11) as he needed new trainers and jeans.

So DS2 was bought a pair or red skinny jeans for £15 and a pair of hi-top trainers for £30. I told him he was NOT to play outside in them - they were for best only. He has plenty of "playing out" clothes.

Today, he sneaked out in the jeans and trainers. He later came home with the trainers absolutely caked in mud, the laces and all "soft material" was filthy and the trainers actually looked as thought they'd been around for 3+ years. Totally wrecked.

The jeans - covered in mud and bicycle oil. The oil won't come off.

I'm livid. Not because I expect him to never get dirty but he was told over and over again that these new things were for best and not for playing out in. Now £50s worth of stuff is wrecked in 1 day.

AIBU to stop his pocket money (£5 a week) until he's paid for at least half of it?

Oh and swerfega (sp) will shift bike oil as long as you notice it before washing.

I learnt this at a very early age as we had no money and my DM exploded at cycling in the wrong trousers.

Given '70's flares, they were all the wrong trousers for cycling

For the oil, try engine degreaser. It stinks to high heaven but does no harm to the clothes. I got motor grease on a pair of black trousers and a cotton shirt. Degreaser was the only thing that got all of it out

Spray it deirectly onto the stain, leave to soak for 2-30 mins then wash as usual. Don't worry if it still stinks when it comes out of the washer, it does fade away quite quickly

My 6 year old has lots of nice dresses, she rarely wears trousers. She can wear them whenever she likes . If they get muddy...I wash them

There is a product called DeSolvit that I have found very good for getting almost any stain out of anything. It comes in a slim aerosol and I usually can find it in Tesco.