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"Waiter, waiter! There's a fly in my soup!" "Shh! Quiet down or everyone will want one." Badum-tsh (thank you, I'm here all week) Whether it's an unwanted insect interloper or something else entirely, it can be disappointing to be dining out only to have a meal marred by a mistake. While some of us might flag it to the…
How do you organise your savings? This week Forumites have been discussing the merits of different approaches to saving for specific goals. Read on for more on that – and the rest of the week's MSE Forum highlights. Seen something on the Forum we should include in next week's highlights blog? Let us know in this thread.
What's been going on in the MSE Forum this past week? Let's explore some of the topics that have generated debate and MoneySaving insight. Seen something on the Forum we should include in next week's highlights blog? Let us know in this thread.
My first thread on the MFW board!! My mortgage has 6 & 1/2 years left to run. My income seems to decrease more & more & it becomes more & and more of a challange to pay my hefty(to me) mortgage. I have managed an overpayment last month as I got some £££'s unexpectedly. My biggest fear is not being able to pay my mortgage &…
Hi. Like many people, I've been lurking in and out of these rooms and the main website, dreaming of being debt free. I've been living in debt since I went to uni. To put that into perspective, almost half my life. Ive tried many times, and come close, sometimes a run of bad lucks set me back, children being born, or…
Hi there, today I reactivated my account with MSE. Hoping to get some motivation to pay off our mortgage a little quicker. Little bit of back story- So I had a diary in the debt free wannabe forum many years ago. I paid said debt off, saved up money to purchase a house :) and moved. Since then (2015) I have divorced, been…
Time for a new Slimming World thread as we go into 2025. Feel free to join in. We are all at different stages of our journey & some are awesome target members. We are a lovely supportive wee group. Some go to group & some go it alone. As we move into new year feel free to pop in to our lovely thread. All welcome.
My partner wants to buy me out of our mortgage as we have separated, however we have a help 2 buy mortgage. She wants me to pay off my share of the H2B equity loan even though she intends to stay in or rent the house out. I think this is unreasonable as she will still have the benefit of the H2B loan. Surely she should be…
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