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What should a male wedding guest wear?
My OH and I are guests at a wedding in a couple of weeks. I am wearing a bridesmaid dress, and he has a nice pinstripe dark grey suit. What sort of shirt/tie should he wear? Is there a normal style? The wedding invitation doesn't specify, so we were just thinking white shirt with a tie of some sort, but Im not sure how you…
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probate problem
My father died 7 years ago and my mother died a few months ago.Neither left a will.I applied without a solicitor for probate and that was fine.The house isn't registered as they have lived there over 40 years and the house is paid for.All her accounts etc have been sorted. I filled in the land registry forms for first…
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We're worried that our house can be sold to pay for health care.
We are married, both of us are fit and well but worry if we should be taking steps to secure our property for the benefit of our children after we die. Although we have very little by way of savings, the house is bought and paid for. The more we read, the more we get confused. Our particular concern is that in the event…
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Mmm - not good - can't stop spending!!
Got some money and vouchers for my birthday a few weeks ago and went into town last Saturday to spend them.....walked around and didn't find anything I wanted or at a price I was willing to pay! So, came home and then spent £93 on ebay! Bought two dresses One pair of shoes Two bra/knickers sets Suspender belt Fishnet…
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Passport In My Maiden Name.
I am going on holiday to the USA next April and I am getting married this August. The holiday was booked prior to the wedding so the tickets will be in my maiden name i.e the name which also appears on my current passport which expires in 7 years. I don't wish to incur extra costs (£77.50 for a new passport & £35 to change…
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Ideas for a 10th anniversary?
Hi, I am hoping to surprise my hubby on our 10th anniversary this year. Has anybody done anything unusual that could inspire me? I have thought about the Northern Lights or perhaps a meal and show in London but I wanted something a bit more unusual. Budget about £1k but not strict and would rather stay on this continent as…
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divorce after 16 mths of marriage
My brother was very happliy married for 26yrs. They had two children now 19 and 16yrs. My sister-in-law died of cancer 4 yrs ago. This left the whole family shocked and devastated. My brother is a successful business man who is financially reasonably comfortable although his money has come from extremely hard graft. 3mths…
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He commits adultery yet everything seems to be against me!!
My husband was having an affair with someone at work and left me and our 2 daughters aged 25 and 15 in Jan 2010 after 25 years together and 23 of those married. He had 3 affairs that I knew of and had left me before for 2 years but I have always been soft and forgave him. I have never done anything to him no affairs…
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Noisy neighbours dont know what to do
Hello, I don't know where to turn. I live in a house split into two flats. My neighbours upstairs are crackers. More or less every weekend I suffer from their loud music, dreadful loud bassy dance music. Its been going on intermittently for around a year. It came to a head 2 weeks ago, arrived home from holiday in a cab at…
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I want to Make a Formal Complaint about the District Nurses? Help?
I need to make a formal complaint about the care my mum recieves from our area district nurses. She has an indwelling catheter, which keeps bypassing. On average she has to call the DN's once a fortnight to get it changed. She is still under the care of the Urologist at the hospital due to the on going problems. The issue…
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Can you recommend somewhere to buy ballet shoes?
My 5 year old daughter has just started ballet classes, I managed to get the rest of the uniform secondhand but I'm looking for a website to order the ballet shoes and socks as inexpensively as possible. Any ideas anyone?
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Just got married - who do Men need to tell?
Hi all, Got married last week, my new wife seems to have all her matters in order for changing her status, but I'm not sure which institutions I need to tell. I'm self employed Have the usual bank accounts and ISAs Have a pension Have a life assurance policy which will pay out to my other half Are any of those mandatory to…
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Prohibited Steps Order - Any experiences?
I do not want to go into details, as there are a few on here who like to be very negative in replies. Having just applied to the courts for a PSO as advised by CAFCASS, I wondered if anyone had experiences of this type of hearing, the reasons you applied for one and the outcome? Thanks.
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Please help MSE test new forum feature
All details in this thread - please reply over there: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/53211821#Comment_53211821
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need advice on money, I'm pregnant & bf cheated
Hello All, I've left my bf as he cheated while I'm pregnant. I now need to learn what financial plans or ideas, now I'm single. I need some advice on how to organise my money and any financial tips on dealing benefits etc.. concerning children or just living. I'm feeling like a lost lamb in the slaughter house ! Can anyone…
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Contacting birth mother
I have "always" known I was adopted from birth, or at least cannot remember any time that I didnt know. As a child I was never that interested until I was about 14 when my grandmother had had a little too much christmas sherry and whilst in her flat she said something like "I remember when your birth mother sat just where…
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Help! Partner left and now I have school fee's to pay.
Hi I wonder if anyone can help? My husband left without warning and my son (age 16). We are left with school fee's to pay. I am paying my share and not my ex parners. We together did take our son out of the school and made this joint decision. Our decision was based on purely that we did not feel this school performed…
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Loan payback when person has died
Can anyone advise - my father loaned a sum of money from his brother. Before it was paid back my father died (12 years ago), my grandmother has recently died with no will in place so as her son's dependant his share is split between me and my sister. There was an original will which stated the sum would be taken from our…
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I'm sulking today.
Yes indeedy. And so is OH. It's going to be an interesting day methinks. I'm sulking because OH said something to me which I thought was rather offensive and I reacted by telling him so and removing myself off to bed last night. OH is sulking because 'it was a joke' and he's annoyed with me for taking it to heart. And for…
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Seperation advice with no money help !!!
hI , IM DESPERATELY LOOKING FOR ADVICE AND GUIDIANCE ,ON LIVING MY HUSBAND |?, I HAVE 3 CHILDREN AND I THE CHILDREN I AM CURRENTLY ON A TEACHER TRAINING COURSE AFTER COMPLETING A DEGREE AND I AM LOOKING FOR PART TIME WORK . I AM WANTING TO LEAVE MY HUSBAND DUE TO EMOTIONAL AND FINANCIAL TRAUMA , HE HAS BEEN SELF EMPLOYED…
