Thursday 28 November, 2024

PIC: Dad pays daughter $200 in 'Facebook deactivation agreement'

The 14-year-old suggested the idea.

BUSINESSMAN PAUL BAIER struck a deal with his 14-year-old daughter in Boston, Massachusetts.

She would quit Facebook for five months; he would give her $200. ($50 in three months and the other $150 in the summer.)

He posted the contract to his blog, writing that it was “her idea which I support fully”.

(Our favourite bit? “I plan to use the money for the following purpose: STUFF.”)

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PIC: Dad pays daughter $200 in 'Facebook deactivation agreement'

More: Tesco’s Facebook page is the best thing ever>

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