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left my wife!
Hi people A very sad few days but the long short story is ive left my wife :( anyway need bigtime help with debts that are just a nightmare... So my situation sorry if this seems blunt and to the point. thats all i can do. but need the help After splitting im left with in debt.. 4 Credit cards totalling £3200 that cost p/m…
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buying christmas presents for a new baby - inlaws
i know christmas is a while away but need some advice... im due to have my first child in november, i found out i was pregnant not long after i was made redundant and since i'm doing a 'study at home course', my husband works full time. So of course with only one of us working after buying baby essentials we won't have a…
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Boys canvas shoes - are NEXT any good?
Having a nightmare trying to find decent canvas shoes for my DS2 (4) with big feet! Okay, so he's only a Clarks 10.5 F but they have got NOTHING suitable in any of the shops around here and not even online (in the styles I like) Has anyone tried NEXT shoes for children and, if so, how do they compare? :confused: Have tried…
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School Trips
Hi I have been volunteered by my youngest daughter to help on her school trip next week. However, nothing has been mentioned about whether I have to pay my way regarding entrance fees. She had to pay (well I did) £13 for the trip. Has anyone any experience with trips like this? thanks
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Living is getting too expensive.
I've just parted with £700 this morning, just paying 3 bills. :( AND that's after I got one of them down from £180 to £140 and tried to see if the others could be got cheaper elsewhere. Not really any point to this thread other than a cost of living moan really. :confused: I think there's a lot to be said for cave…
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moving out soon
hi hope someone here can help. i am the youngest in my family and have bought a house, i move in approx 2 weeks with my lodger following soon afterwards. things are very strained since the buying process started, i cant seem to do right in the eyes of my parents, if i go to work it is because they wont let me have time…
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Personal tuition for 5 year old
Hi All My daughter recently started pre school, but is having problems learning all the basics of maths (addition/subtraction etc) and other subjects. We recently started her on Kumon and wondered if private tuition might help her get up to speed with the lessons at school? Thanks in advance.
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Gift for nursery teacher at end of term
My son finishes at nursery in a few weeks and starts the primary after the holidays, but what is the normal kind of gift to get his teachers? Do people still do this? He has two teachers in his class which he gets on with like a house on fire and was wondering what to get them. Thanks
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Asda school uniforms 10 day offer
ASDA stores have got a 10 day special on school uniforms, age 3- 16 all the same price. (Starting today). Polo shirts 2pack £2.50 or 2 packs for £3.00 Sweatshirts £2.50 each or 2 for £3.00 Girls blouses / boys shirts 2 pack £2.50, or 2 packs £3.00 YOU CAN MIX AND MATCH THE OFFERS AS LONG AS STAY WITHIN £3.00 SECTION Girls…
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Day out in the Midlands
I live in the North East. During the summer we are going to take our 3 boys to London for 3 nights. We are intending to go to Legoland on one day and to go into London itself on another. The 3rd day we will be travelling back. Last time we did this, on the way back we stopped at Abraham's Heights and another time we…
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I feel invisible at work.....
I know to some this will be very petty, but everyone has their problems. What is small to some, is big to others. I have been in my role over a year now, and nothing has changed. I don't really get on with my boss, and my team are not exactly the friendliest. I sometimes feel invisible, very much like a spare part. In my…
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First time living with BF...advice needed!
Hi all, this is my first time posting in this forum but I've read a few of the threads and am hoping some of the good advice I saw will come my way :beer: So, a few months ago myself and my new boyfriend LL (latino lover!!!) moved in together. Well, he moved in with me as my flat comes with my profession and the rent is a…
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Step daughter moving in - money help
Hi My 17 year old step daughter wants to move in with us in a few months and I need to know if we can afford it and what we are entitled to re:child allowance, rates discounts, tax credits etc? She is in full time education and we both work. She currently gets an EMA grant for college but won't after the move. Please…
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Unwanted gold adverts?
Is it just me or has there suddenly been a massive influx of gold buying adverts on tv?? Has anyone used one of these before?? Would you use one?? Or would you use the alternative way of selling directly to a jeweller?? Has the price of gold suddenly increased? or has the market crashed? :confused: Just an observation
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Would you pay more
We arranged for a friends FIL to do some work in the garden for us for a price agreed of £400. Three of them (friend, friend's FIL and friend's BIL)came to do the job, and they thought it would take them one day. As it turns out, they misjudged, and in fact are about half way through at the end of one day and are coming…
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Advice Needed Please
Hi all, I am hoping that some of you could give me some advice please. My boss put me in touch with a guy who needed some of my work material. I met up with him and handed it over to him. He was really nice and we chatted a while and had a coffee. Now he is harrassing me to get coffee with him, hang out and chat and even…
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Got a retail job, shoes needed!
Hi please feel free to move if posted in the wrong place. I have a job offer in retail and will be working 8 hour shifts, will be given a uniform but will need to buy a smart pair of black work shoes. i have wide feet and have been living in crocs. Do not mind spending on the right shoes, but what do other people find…
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Three of us in this relationship - how to deal?
OH and I are getting ready to move in together after living with our parents, and my mum is as supportive as anything, but his is being a total, well, cow about it. She is telling OH that we can't afford it (when after rent and council tax we will have around a thousand to live off of a month), that we're crazy for…
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Calling all oil rig workers - help
My husband is travelled up to aberdeen today to start a new job offshore tomorrow, someone lifted his bag on the train instead of his own and it has his passport in it, there was no information of ownership in the other bag. Will he be able to go offshore without his passport? He has to get a flight up north and then a…
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Can Executor pay outstanding debt
I'm trying to find this out for my father in law who, so far, wont ask a solicitor about it! He is the executor for his sister who recently died. His brother died last year. Some money is due to go to his dead brother's daughter (his niece) from this sister's estate. This niece still owes the funeral home for her dad's…
