and then they get bored with these things very fast and want to replace these adds sulekha it is the face of the emerging new and young india gadgets including mobile phone recreation and holidays hobby classes fitness activities parties beauty treatment are taken care of by the parents found the survey in bangalore and chennai boys spent 18 per cent and 13 per cent respectively on their girlfriends while mumbai and delhi boys spent five percent and kolkata spent just one per cent on dating and girlfriends seventeenyearold apurva earlier spent about rs 1500 every month but now flashes a credit card adds raisa unapologetically i have a lot of friends i need to stay in touch with the rest of the countrys youngsters seem to be blowing up their entire allowance and not managing to save anything says harish nambiar a college student from bangalore bangalore has no beach and no other places to hang out which is why we go to cafes to eat sulekha sharma a working mother based in delhi is aware that her 13yearold daughter sakshi has started dating and buying gifts for her boyfriends an average customer in the 15 to 21 age bracket would spend nothing less than 45 minutes to an hour at the caf over several cups of coffee and food to go with it teens live like mini adults as credit cards and ample allowances power their expenses on eating out fashion accessories and dating says seema sinhamumbai college student miloni ruparelia yearns for a credit card they are all very brand conscious want to show off be popular so there is no upper limit to money she has two mobile phones a black berry and a samsung and recently picked up a pair of fancy shoes at rs 4000 boys from the south were found more romantic as compared to their counterparts in mumbai delhi and kolkata secret whispers have begun laughs sulekha whose pockets are invaded for sakshis blow drying and other beauty treatments food also tops their passions about half my pocket money goes on food with independence being more intoxicating than money itself most youngsters get happiness when they pick up the phone and order pizzas and colas themselves say parents they want to decide what they buy says sushant shivram a student from jaihind college mumbai on what he has observed among his classmates every month about rs 500 cash is given in hand for their daily requirement the rest they pull out from the atm but the bank statement goes to their parents looking good and appearances are important and youngsters across india spend the most each week on clothes mobile phones and going out as per the study girls saved up to 13 per cent while boys kept about nine per cent aside on an average about 30 per cent of their pocket money is spent on food as per the survey and if they buy a top or jeans