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Marriage, Relationships & Families sticky
👪 Here are some Forum threads you might find useful: * Information about term time holidays and imposed penalties * Please look after your privacy, we can't do it for you! * What to do when a partner/spouse dies * Pet Insurance guide discussion area * Free rail travel for people fleeing domestic violence 👪 And here's some…
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How can a friend get help with her husband?
Both in their 70s. She is healthy and fit, he's had 2 strokes and sciatica and is recently housebound. He's very controlling and selfish, she's coped with this for many years by having friends and activities outside the home but now she's struggling with looking after him because he seems to be all me me me and doesn't…
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Daughter Going Through a Divorce -Council Tax Demand Driving Us All Insane
My daughter fled an abusive and toxic marriage, leaving the family home, with her two children, in the dead of night two years ago. Her husband carried on living in the family home until May 2026. The Family Matters legal side is all sorted but the Financial Matters Final Hearing isn't until October 2026 (possibly, it will…
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Money Moral Dilemma: Should we ask our sister to pay rent for living in the family home?
This week's MoneySaver who wants advice asks… My father died recently, leaving half of the family home to me and my two sisters. My mum still lives there and owns the other 50% - she and my dad paid off the mortgage a few years ago. One of my sisters also lives there, rent-free. Should my other sister and I - who both have…
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21st birthday present - granddaughter wants a tattoo 😱
Not sure how I’m going to handle this. My granddaughter will be 21 in a few weeks. (Just for background she is slightly autistic, so has sensory issues, and has a 4 month old baby). Her mum, my son’s ex wife, is organising a party for her. I’ve given her a dozen bottles of Prosecco as my contribution to the party. When her…
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Cheap Ancestry membership
Just renewed at about 1/2 of going rate These are for 12 months tooAnnual Worldwide for £89.99 https://www.ancestry.co.uk/checkout/mli?direct=1&quantities=1&flow=3&offers=O-24532&rType=11 Annual UK Premium for £59.99 https://www.ancestry.co.uk/checkout/mli?direct=1&quantities=1&flow=3&offers=O-24531&rType=11 There is the…
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20+ year old goose down sleeping bag, giving my nose allergic reaction
Got a 24 year old goose down sleeping bag, ii use it my nose gets blocked. Some sort of allergy. It says 30 degrees hand-wash. Shall I take to laundrette for professional wash or just replace ?
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Inheriting property after death, not married?
Hi there, I am in the process of purchasing a property with my partner of 30years. We are not married or anything else official. We have no will, yet, and we're wondering as of right now, what would happen to our house if one of us dies? The property is being bought outright so no mortgage etc to worry about. Am I right in…
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Husband hidden £35k debt, lied about getting a job. Where do I go from here?
I’m 41 and husband is 53. He has been out of work for nearly 18 months since being made redundant. At first he didn’t tell me, and I didn’t notice as he was pretending to work every day in his home office. I noticed no laptop one day and he told me but said he was ok financially as he had been given extra pay from the…
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Refund of childcare voucher paid in cash
Hi. I pay my child's nursery in childcare vouchers and the nursery has overcharged me by £123.85. They have refunded me in cash and told me i am liable for £24.77 in tax. They have also said they cannot process the tax refund through the voucher provider (who have also confirmed that to me). My employer can't do it owing…
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Alzheimer's Diagnosis and Junior ISA payments
My mother-in-law set up regular payments into Junior ISAs for her grandchildren about 10 years ago as a university fund. She was diagnosed with Alzheimer's about 6 months ago and is now in a care home. Her daughter, who has LPA, has been told that these payments now need to stop. Is this correct? I would have thought that…
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Life admin, going paper free...ish?
I'm looking to have a purge of the paperwork that we've accumulated in our home office, despite going "paper free" where offered. We had a good clear out a few years ago, scanning what might be useful...but it's gradually creeping back. How paper-free have you gone? Are you ruthless and keep barely anything*, scanning…
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Re-gaining access to marital home after separation
Need advice on how to handle a separation, retrieve possessions and work out how to divide joint assets. The backstory first. Met my current wife in 2021, married in August 2023. She has two children from her first marriage, now aged 18 and 16. I have a daughter too from a previous marriage, now aged 13. We have no…
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Does anyone know of any family forums that don't show on google
Is there any family forums that don't show on google as I'm trying to get some advice for my 18 year old daughter because a family is taking over her life.
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Money Moral Dilemma: Should I push my grandad to tip more when we go for dinner?
This week's MoneySaver who wants advice asks… Every couple of months my grandad and I go for dinner and split the bill, but he often leaves a tiny tip - or none - even when the food and service are good. I end up leaving more so the staff get a reasonable tip. I've mentioned it, as I know he can afford it, but he laughs it…
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Out of the blue ... "Can we have a chat?"
How would you feel if you received a FB message from an old work friend, 20 years after you left? Bit weird, isn't it? If you want to reconnect with old friends, it's an odd wording to use. When is "a chat" ever good news!!? I've bumped into them in town since leaving and said hello etc, but not for about 4 years now. I…
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Supporting my partner with her M.E health decline
Hi all, My partner and I have been together for 25 years. I have seen a steady decline in her general health in the last 3 or 4 years but it's only in the last 6 months that she's got to the point where she's hardly going out and not doing much. We have 2 big dogs that need at least one good walk a day and it's one of her…
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Here we can all be heard for a little while. Part 3
This thread is a continuation of The Mental Health thread “Here we can all be heard for a little while Part 2”. The previous thread can be found here- https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5320917 I started the original thread when I was lonely and suffering with mental health issues and was lucky to find a…
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MSE News: School uniform grants: Check if you can get up to £200 in support from your council
If you're on certain benefits, such as Universal Credit, check if you can get up to £200 to put toward the cost of your child's school uniform in the form of a non-repayable grant. We've council-by-council help for those in England, where around 15% of authorities offer support, plus info on more widely available schemes…
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Mums rights
Hi my daughters ex husband has kept my granddaughter at his and is refusing to let my daughter see her without supervision as he says she is upset because the last time they were together with my daughters partner there was an argument about getting ready for school which involved the partner shouting at my granddaughter,…
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Is this fraud?
Sorry if this is wrong place to post. My daughter had a head-on collision in July 2016 and was encouraged by the hospital to take the person to court on a no win, no fee case. She is due to get her money soon. Her father is pressuring her into opening a fake business account to out her money in and he says she can then…
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