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The bottom line.
Sex God
The very bottom line. Not having money for petrol or having to put in £2 worth of petrol as I have had to do in the past.
Orgasminator
Quote by duncanlondon
Money is tight, thank god. less sodding fireworks.
Good point Duncan, there's been a lot less round here this year. I never really thought about why until now.
My toughest times have been not buying electricity in favour of horse food.
Sex God
I felt it some time ago...
I couldn't afford to buy my daughter a new pair of shoes for school and had to glue her old ones together so she could continue wearing them :-(
I couldn't afford to buy my daughter a new pair of shoes for school and had to glue her old ones together so she could continue wearing them :-(
Sex God
The bottom line?
Not having enough money for gas/electric/rent and not having enough money to put a half decent meal on the table
Anything left at the end of the week is a bonus
Not having enough money for gas/electric/rent and not having enough money to put a half decent meal on the table
Anything left at the end of the week is a bonus
Sex God
Been there. Selling home-grown potatoes to the WI in order to buy crappy, fatty, salty Lorne sausage just so we have a bit of meat. Otherwise eating only what we had gown plus bought milk and eggs - and not much of that. Counting out the coppers at he supermarket checkout. It was like a scene from Brassed Off. The only thing we owned that we could have sold was the car, it was worth about £300 - but we lived in the country on a road with about 2 buses a day.
I was redundant for 9 months, hubby (ex) had a very low paid job, rent was half our income every month, left us less than £200 the month - the same as Job Seekers now. 4 year-old at pre-school - 4 miles away - thank God hubby worked in that direction and could drive them both. No phone so had to walk half a mile to pay-phone to ring up for temping jobs - of course I had missed most of them cos the temping agency wanted people they could ring direct.
It was shit - but it was stable - if hubby had lost his job, or car had broken down we would have been screwed. Luckily, before either of them happened I got a job, not bad pay and we were back on track. But by the time I started work we had 0. Literally 0 money. My Mum brought us a chicken and pud for xmas that year. I have always been terrified of real debt, debt with no income, and we escaped it by the skin of our teeth.
Sounds like I'm having a real moan - but I'm not - it happened, no-one's fault. And we lived, learned and moved on.
I was redundant for 9 months, hubby (ex) had a very low paid job, rent was half our income every month, left us less than £200 the month - the same as Job Seekers now. 4 year-old at pre-school - 4 miles away - thank God hubby worked in that direction and could drive them both. No phone so had to walk half a mile to pay-phone to ring up for temping jobs - of course I had missed most of them cos the temping agency wanted people they could ring direct.
It was shit - but it was stable - if hubby had lost his job, or car had broken down we would have been screwed. Luckily, before either of them happened I got a job, not bad pay and we were back on track. But by the time I started work we had 0. Literally 0 money. My Mum brought us a chicken and pud for xmas that year. I have always been terrified of real debt, debt with no income, and we escaped it by the skin of our teeth.
Sounds like I'm having a real moan - but I'm not - it happened, no-one's fault. And we lived, learned and moved on.
The bottom line, feeding a family of 4 on £30 a week, its amazing how much you can get out of one chicken or a pack of economy burgers and half a dozen eggs.
My ultimate low is too hard to talk about and even after 2 years I still feel the loss.
I have to admit tho that I`m not really a material person, my old car gets us from A to B, I`m not a gadget person, dont even own a tv so I`m not worried about keeping up with the Jonses and their latest 50in hd thingy telly, my comp is second hand from my brother, works ok.
Love makes my world go round and raises me up to the sky
My ultimate low is too hard to talk about and even after 2 years I still feel the loss.
I have to admit tho that I`m not really a material person, my old car gets us from A to B, I`m not a gadget person, dont even own a tv so I`m not worried about keeping up with the Jonses and their latest 50in hd thingy telly, my comp is second hand from my brother, works ok.
Love makes my world go round and raises me up to the sky
Sex God
I dont think I'm far off at the min :sad:
Hubby lost his job in August. On th upside, he has got a new one but doesnt have a start date yet so not sure how we're gonna do Christmas this year.
Hubby lost his job in August. On th upside, he has got a new one but doesnt have a start date yet so not sure how we're gonna do Christmas this year.
there were times when i struggled to feed my children and pay essential bills (i had nothing that wasnt essential so wasnt wasting money)
my mum and dad often had to help me cloth my children
thankfully those days are gone now
and not only am i far better off finacially but also i share my life with a loving man rather than the loser i did at that time !
my mum and dad often had to help me cloth my children
thankfully those days are gone now
and not only am i far better off finacially but also i share my life with a loving man rather than the loser i did at that time !
