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Marriage, relationships & families
Archives for May 2012
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London to Paris for two for £20… £300 to get home.
Hi all, this is a thread to discuss the MSE blog: London to Paris for two for £20… £300 to get home. "Last weekend, I learnt a very important financial lesson: time really is money..."
School taking money from ParentPay Account
Just wondered if anyone knows where we stand legally on this matter please? Our school uses ParentPay for dinner money, trips, etc. When letters come out about trips they contain what seems to be standard wording about voluntary contribuations and cancelling the trip if not enough pay for it. Firstly, is it a legal…
I don't know where to start (newbie)
Hello, I'm new to the forum and I don't even know where to start. I really need help with our finances. It seems we both work fulltime & yet have nothing left at the end of the month and still have to borrow money or use credit cards. I have put it all down on paper and on paper we can afford everything yet where does it…
Not liking a friends child
I really, really dislike one of my friends children, and I feel really bad about it - after all she's only little. But she is massively overindulged, and grizzly and whiney and frankly not remotely pleasant to be around. She never engages with anyone apart from her mum, who she constantly clings on to, whist grizzling.…
Financial Disclosure - Divorce
Hello All, I am struggling with the financial disclosure requirements. Do I need to declare savings accounts set up for our children in their names? We have saved birthday presents and child benefit for them since they were born and hoped they could use this for university or whatever. Surely if they are declared the…
Means testing by independant school ?
Hi We have been approached by an independant school re dd attending due to being exceptionally talented at sport. We have been invited to look round and then we have appointment with the head to talk about a bursarie. Does anyone know what to expect with this as I have no knowledge of these matters. I presume its means…
What to you call this? Part of draw string bag.
I want to purchase this; but I don't know what to call it. When you have a small draw string bag and you have this small plastic thing that slides along the string. It is string loaded so that when you let go of it, it stays there keeping the bag closed. It is about 1cm & plastic. The string of the draw string bag is…
Overheard cruel threats by neighbour to her child
We have new neighbours & for the past few days we've heard lots of shouting & crying coming from their home. On Saturday morning the eldest girl (7-9 yrs old) was stood in the rain without a coat & the Mum screamed at her from inside something like "go to the police station then!" The girl just stood there, after about a…
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