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Newly single parent - Full time student - What financial help? :(
Hello all I am wondering if you can help me please. I recently had a baby (now 8 mths old) and I am currently studying full time, if me and my partner separated; what would I be entitled to? KInd regards Ava x
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REPOST: remortgaging after retirement with no life insurace/assurance
hi there I have a question (or really, a bunch of them) which is bugging me and hoping someone here may be able to shed light on a rather vague situation! a bit of background: I am a 33yr old woman and have been estranged from my father since the age of 17. I have a younger half sister with whom I have enjoyed a good…
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Family Crest/personalised wall pic
Hi Guys, not sure if this is the right place for this but here go's! I was hoping that you could give me some help/ideas. We are a blended family and I would like some sort of personalised wall piece that includes all the family's names. I like the idea of this but there is no room for all our names (5 in total)…
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Is this normal?
This is a long story but I will try and keep it short. DD's (aged9) best friend's family moved 30 miles away to a better house. They gave up they're jobs and moved the children to different schools for this house, back in Feb. I let my dd go round to visit back in feb for a few hours. The mother showed me around the house…
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Re marriage wills help needed
Evening My father has suffered a stroke, one of his requests was that he gets married before he dies. We tried to arrange this due to the possibility of him dying and needed a form signed by the doc stating that he was 1.seriously ill and not expected to recover CHECK 2.cannot be moved to a place registered for marriages…
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That cartoon dog on tv? It wasn't an accident *glower*
That advert of the stupid brown cuboid on crutches, for a claims company, with the REALLY annoying whiney voice. :mad: Two scenarios pop into my head: - it wasn't an accident - someone tried to (unsuccessfully) take it out - it's the beginning of a new type of advert, where if enough people call the premium rate line, they…
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Change of Name
My son (who is now 18) changed his name by deed poll when I re-married (about 12 years ago) he has now decided he wants to revert to his birth name. As his birth certificate still shows the name he wants to change to can he just write to the bank etc enclosing a copy of his birth certificate asking for the name to be…
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Declaring a familiy member dead
Hi, Not sure exactly where to put this, but it is family related which is about the best I can match up with! Short story, 10 years roughly a relative has been missing/out of contact from the close family (brothers/sisters) Add in the missing family members, mothers estate which is on hold currently (split over Uk and…
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Friends hubby caught being 'overly friendly' with another women. Should I mention it?
We (myself and DH) are very close friends with a couple. Holiday together, see each other most weekends etc etc. We both have 2 children, their children are 5 & 2. 12 months ago the guy got friendly with a women whom he works with and this women has become friendly with our friends and us. She has recently split up from…
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hiding things
No idea what to do OH is hiding things. Do I get lots of things for once, pull him every time or what? The way things are I think he has either some one or some lots. I have options but don't know which way to turn. Is there smoke without fire. Or am I a total crazy that is totally neurotic? I know no one can answer all…
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NCT AnteNatal Classes
Hi All! My wife is 21 weeks pregnant and we've been looking into the NCT antenatal classes and they are coming back quite expensive in my area (£270). This is quite a lot of money for us and we just miss out on the discount. Do you think the classes are worth that much money? If the classes content are basically what we…
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Son has probable asd
was expecting it but not to be told today tbh Not sure why i posted really but have posted on here back when he first was refered to gp and got some advice which was great.
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Would you be angry?
A friend of mine went away for a long weekend in this country and her DD 14 went on a sleepover to a friend. Her DD has painful and heavy periods, and she came on on the monday. Her friends mum kept her off school and took her to the Dr. the Dr. put her on the pill. Now while I am aware that the DD could have gone to the…
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Cheap vegetarian sweets?
I give sweets to my class as the occasional reward but have recently realised the ones I usually buy are not vegetarian. No problems yet but think I should get some everyone can enjoy. Any recommendations for big, cheap bags off sweets? I usually get haribo multipacks from B&M or Adsa Jellie Cherries or similar.
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Confused by feelings for a man
I split from a long term relationship early last year and I've not had a date since. I'm on another forum and a group of people met up. I'd never met any of them in real life before. There was a man there and I thought he was gorgeous. We chatted a bit but I didn't say anything as I wasn't alone with him and didn't seem…
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Money woes of the other half
Hiya, I'm sort of moving a discussion I was having on a different part of the forum to here, where it fits a bit better now that the point of it has been made clear to me by some very helpful people. (here: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3939179 ) So basically, my boyfriend is not good with money. He is…
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Step-son
Dearest MSE'ers I have registered a new name because I am very embarrassed by this topic. I am male, gay and partnered for nearly ten years. My partner's son stays with us typically about once a month, but hasn't been with us since January. He is 20 and at uni. The mortification bit: I found a video of him having sex with…
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Advice please
My mum and dad have been living apart for over 25 years .She lives in a property that is in my fathers name. He lives in another property he owns a long way from my mother he pays all my mothers bills the only income she has is her state pension.She is now 79 not in the best of health she needs to move to a smaller…
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Divorce
My husband and I have just split up after 12 years of being together, two children (2 years old and 4 years old) and we married in 2006. He is paying me v. little and I now have no choice but to go for a divorce. I have been talking with a private lawyer who deals with cases with an international element. We relocated to…
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Domestic violence advise
Dear All, Registered under a new user to seek advise. I wish to learn if there is anything I can do to help a friend with her situation. I only know the outline of the details: My friend's 20-something daughter was violently harmed by her boyfriend earlier this week. The Police were called and the daughter went with them…
