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finding birth mum
can anyone tell how to access the electrol roll for free please as ive tryed diffrent agencys but they all want loads of cash to help me find her,i know all the details ect,but cant afford a pi,any help would be brilliant thanks in advance Bella
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Advice needed
My sister and her fella are hoping to get married this year in cyprus which will set them back about 3000 pounds. They have never been very good about money or their debts. They lived in a rented 3 bedroom house at 85 pounds a week didn't pay there landlord for a while and the debt went up to just over 1000pounds, they…
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Cost of going into a care home.
My Mum has dementia and really should go into a care home. At present my Dad looks after her but he is in his late 70's and is struggling. There is a place for her in the local authority home if she wants it and we'd all decided that it would be best. My Dad has had second thoughts as he thinks that he will be left with…
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Anyone seen any baby travel sleeping bags in the sales?
We're looking for a travel sleeping bag - one of the baby sleeping bags with the holes for car seat straps. Has anyone seen any good bargains in the sales, as I can't seem to find any?! Thanks in advance!
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Stagecoach or theatretrain?
My 6yr old DD has shown an interest in going to a stagecoach type club (Drama, Dance and singing) basically she's a show off!! I have the relevant brochures and both operate a class in my area, does anyone have any experience of either that could recommend one? as both seem very good. (Granny is paying also Yippee)
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Separation advice please - long!
Hi I have been separated from my OH since June of this year. We have tried relate but to no avail. We are still friendly and he comes round when he can to see the kids - 5 and 2 and a half. We own a house together, of which I have stayed in with the kids as it easier fo schools/work etc. We had agreed that I would get a…
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Managing my own divorce - any advice?
Hi all, I seperated from OH in September and am living in a rented house, we have recently had an offer on the family home and have agreed to clear debts and then split the remaining equity 50/50. There are no other assets except the cars which are worth around the same amount each and already in our own names. We have a…
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spare a thought for rick
whilst moaning on another thread about the tat presents i received from my family the following has made me realise that this is not important. we've all been hit by a stomach bug prior to Christmas, and my 17yr old nephew Rick is no exception and missed Christmas dinner because he was laid up at home with stomach cramps.…
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Foster Mum needs legal help, can you help?
I will try to keep this brief: We have fostered a gorgeous boy since he was 5 weeks old. He is now nearly two. He is unable to go back to his parents and an auntie & uncle has come forward. He is supposed to be moving to them on a special guardianship order at the beginning of Feb. I am so concerned, baby suffers with…
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is this an ok way to do a will?
strange question to ask but it is playing on the back on my mind. hi my mum pasted away over 10 years ago i was the only child and only have my step dad left( my surname is not the same as i never got it changed when young) my step dad has no family left we were talking about wills a few months ago and he told me he has…
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cheap Christmas
Cheapest Christmas ever! MIL too ill to come, so did nothing extra in the way of food and drink. DH's present ( mail order) still not arrived, so not paid for either. Just us two at home, so spending as normal - but not because I'm mean. Must be MSE getting to me.
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Arranging my dads catholic funeral and i need help
Hi! My dear dad died on the 20th Dec and i am trying to sort his funeral out as best as i can. Dad was catholic as are my brother,sister and me,although none of us had been to mass for years. Mum isn't a catholic so i said i would sort everything regarding the Requiem mass only i'm not sure what i actually have to do. I am…
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Platinum ring
I want a ring, similar to my platinum wedding ring but wider. Because I don't want it to look like another wedding ring, I think it needs to be wide and flat, rather than thin and rounded. I have seen one I like in a high street jewellers. It's white gold but I don't understand how they grade them and what sort of price I…
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help! - pushchair just gave up!
Merry Christmas! In true moneysaving style I've been happily using a very secondhand Chicco pushchair (handed down from cousin, already secondhand then I think, when I had first baby, now using for baby #2) but now it's finally given up the ghost. With the sales just starting it's a great time to replace it, but I don't…
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I am physically dreading Christmas and the whole holidays
Hi Ive been reading everyones stories on here for months, but I couldnt find one that is the same as mine, I know every story is different but I just honestly dont know what to do at the moment ! I am married with two young children, over the past three years our family has been under massive stresses due to a house move,…
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lending to spouses?
My Mum was moaning the other day that she had lent my dad a tenner and he hadn't re-paid it. My brother owes his wife 200 quid for a Wii.. This is all quite bizarre to my OH and me because ALL our money goes in one bank - all ours bills come out of the same bank and whatever is left is what we have to spend. I have never…
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Anyone else proud of their kids?
OK, I know it's not moneysaving but wanted to post this here.... This morning when I got up I found a note to Santa on the worktop in the kitchen from my 9yo daughter. She hasn't written a letter to Santa this year because she says she doesn't really need anything. (Bless her heart!) so I wondered if this was a last minute…
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How do we respond to that??
Evening all, I am hoping for some advice on a problem I posted a while ago here the whole thread is on this link http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=481366&highlight=its+a+little+bit+complicated In case you don't want to read the whole thread the jist of it was that my mums sisters husband sexually abused…
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I'm not a bank!
Some practical advice would really be appreciated. My husband keeps asking to borrow money from me, varying amounts and the truth is I often have to go without to give it to him. He's just asked to borrow £100 to give to a cousin of his who is visiting and has also told me that he won't be able to pay £200 that we send to…
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inheritance paid executors now want some back
I dont know if anyone has any knowledge of this problem and can help basicly OH was sent a cheque on behalf of his grandmothers estate in 2006 which we did not recieve and had to go through various channels to get his entitlement earlier this year now 8 months later the executors (his mother &aunt) who we do not have…
