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My 1st Morgage, living with Short term partner
Hi, I've been saving for a deposit and will purchase a property when i have the funds. I imagine that my partner of 1.5 years will want to move in, however the full deposit has been saved by myself and the property will be in my name. If I’m paying the mortgage and saved for years for the deposit I don’t wont to be in a…
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How do you prevent money from effecting your relationship and vice-versa
An un-expected consequence of visiting money saving blogs and forums is discovering how many people are struggling their way out of debt because of an ex-partner. Either the debts were racked up by the partner or the partner didn't pay housekeeping and share of bills etc. and pushed the other person into borrowing just to…
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mini micro scooters-are they worth the money???
ive recently seen loads of kids at my sons playgroup going home on these and they look fab. My son has a traditional thomas tank engine scooter but he really struggles with the double wheels at the back, he's forever catching his foot and then stumbles. His big sister has a 2 wheel scooter which she zooms round on and now…
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Not enough income to support our family
We have had tough time lately as with 3 children we have had huge child care bills over the summer. I have sat down and worked out that the bottom line is we don't earn enough money! As we both work in health and social care the wages aren't going to be leaping up and with the cuts we may not have jobs in future either. I…
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any idea when half term is?
I have been sent an offer for a great prices holiday for oct 2012. i am trying to work out when the half term will be - anyone been told yet? i have tried my local council education dept, and the school itself, but they do not go past when they break up for summer next year. We are in east london/essex if that helps? the…
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Spill the beans ... how did you financially survive divorce?
Spill the beans... how did you financially survive divorce? [IMGRIGHT]http://images.moneysavingexpert.com/images/spillthebeans2.gif[/IMGRIGHT] This week we want to know, if you've been through the turmoils of divorce, how did you handle the financial strain that comes with it? [threadbanner] box [/threadbanner]
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Girlguiding - Rainbows, Brownies & Guides
I thought it might be useful to start a thread where we can try to answer most questions - I know there are a few Brown Owls (or otherwise known Leaders) on the forum! If you have a question, please post and we will try to help - also check out the most common FAQs below. I have been updating this first post & added some…
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Is it realistic to do two school runs if I work full-time?
I would be really grateful for an external perspective in a difficult matter. I have two kids and they currently go to two different schools - DS is in Junior (Years 3-6) and DD just started reception in Primary (Years R-6). There is an Infant school attached to my son's Junior, it is about 10 min. walk away. And my DD has…
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what does your One year old eat? Meal Ideas
My DS is fantastic at eating (we did baby led weaning) and now that his eczema is under control :D :D:D:D:D:D:T:T:T:T:T:T we are munching like there is no tomorrow! However I am determined not to let him get bored with his food, and not to get stuck in the rut of giving the same foods day in, day out...so im looking for…
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Facebook Alternative
Hi does anybody know of a good alternative to Facebook that is not a dating site please?..sorry but it helps me stay in and save money without climbing the walls:D
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Parents living with us
My Father-In-Law is currently in hospital having suffered a stroke. It is unlikely that he will be able to go back to his old house as there current one is not suitable. They are currently considering selling and getting a bungalow. An alternative that we are considering is selling ours and their house and getting one…
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Pre-paid funerals
Does it make economic sense to pre-pay one's funeral?
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Are your Key Stage 1 children listened to individually with their reading?
Hi all, I hope it's ok to post this here. As the title really. My little fella is 5 and in Yr 1 now. Parents have been told basically that the children will do 'guided reading' once a week, but the class teacher does not have time to listen to the children read individually other than at times of assessment. I was…
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Protecting inheritance money?
Over the last year or so, my mother-in-law and sister-in-law have been putting increasing pressure on my wife to give them money. Contrary to my wishes, my wife has given into (most) of their demands and has given thousands of pounds from our joint bank account, which we have managed to cover as we both have jobs (but no…
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just want to make sure I've covered all the bases!
Hi there, I hope some of you lovely people will be able to look over this and see if I've missed anything. My husband and I took his daughter (my step-daughter) in last week as she was escaping from a violent relationship. Whilst we are happy for her to stay with us for the moment we live in a 1 bedroomed bungalow so she's…
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Struggling with relationship *maybe sensitive*
I don’t really know where to start so will just have to spill it all out. I am sure some of this information is probably a lot to post on a public forum but I really think I need an outsiders opinion, family and friends always tend to be a little biased! I have been with my gorgeous boyfriend for almost three and a half…
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Is this present okay for a 6 year old girl?
I've bought this for a little girl who's 6 in a couple of weeks, but not having a girl l don't know if it's too babyish as it says from 3+ years? :o http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.201-3784.aspx TIA x
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Is this a mad idea ???
OH and I have been together for almost three years now I have two boys from my marriage before I met him and we are expecting our first baby together in Jan (another little boy :D ). We currently live in a local authority house rent costs us £76pw atm, we would love to buy a house together I'm 29 and OH is 28 and we both…
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Random question about an old thread ...
I was thinking recently about a thread I followed a while ago, may have been more than a year now, about a woman who was splitting up with her OH, the one thing I remember is she had two teenage daughters I think and she was a self employed contractor Anyway it occurred to me she stopped posting and I was wondering if…
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Husband reduced overdraft, expects me to take debt on
Me and my husband are going thru a separation. I have always stayed at home and looked after the children while he has (occasionally) gone out to work. We have mostly lived off tax credits. Because of this we have been living out of our £1500 joint account overdraft for years. Last week as he realised that the separation…
