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Cohabiting couple now seperated
To cut a very long story short. . . . Oct 2005 house bought with my now late husband. Nov 2005 daughter born 2007 Husband passes away (no life insurance as couldn't get insured as lots of hospital appointments and unconfirmed diagnosis until it was too late - stage 4 Cancer) 2008 met my now ex. I was in receipt of windows…
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Ex partner problems with joint lease/non payment
I live in Scotland and I have a joint short assured tenancy with a now ex partner. The lease requires an initial 6 months with a 2 month notice period. I moved out of the property 1 May after breaking up 2 months in to the lease and finding out more information about his past including him being in remand for domestic…
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How much board for an 18 year old?
My son will turn 18 soon and start an apprenticeship which is more than min wage. He is already paying me back for car insurance and his car, he has a part time job at the moment. When he starts his job he will have to buy a train ticket £85 a month as his job is in a city and there is no car parking inc. How much would…
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Free Family Maths activities about money
Understanding money is an important life skill and you can help your children learn about money from a young age. To help get you started, we'll post a link with some ideas for 'maths & money' activities on this thread each month for the rest of the year. We'd love to hear how you get on with them! Always remember our top…
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Mixed messages from work colleague
Hello all, Think i'm writing this as a form of catharsis but any advice would be appreciated. A few months ago I became pretty close to a girl at work. We're very different personality wise and not really each other's types, but over a period of weeks we started speaking constantly both during and outside of work. I…
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How much should I deal with for friends issues?
Known a guy just over 12 years, hes always had issues joking here but he looks and acts like Neil from the Young Ones (in part as he grew up with hippie parents) Over past few years his mum died of cancer and it was 2 years from diagnosis to death, he went from being a guy with a reasonable income a car, owning a good pc…
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Have British people always kissed each other on the cheek?
I always thought it was something mainly done in the rest of Europe, particularly France, Italy, Portugal and Spain. If I don't know a woman, I would always greet with a handshake or a simple hi. Even if I know the woman I am speaking to quite well, I'll say hi and bye with a hug. Only quite recently I've noticed the cheek…
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12 week disregard
Hello I'm hoping someone can help me. Our 87 year mother who has the beginnings of vascular dementia, had a very bad fall at the beginning of December, she was in hospital for 3 months 2 of those months spent in a hospital 35 miles out of her area. She was assigned a social worker and as she can no longer walk far she was…
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Small claims court
Hi, Just after some advice. I borrowed my ex partner some money over the time we were together. This was acknowledged as a loan by him, although no timeframes were put on when he had to pay me back. When we split up he told me he would repay the money but couldn’t do so all in one go. This was over 2 months ago and I have…
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Children outside of marriage
Hello, I would like to ask your opinions. Supposing you are married and you are trying to separate and what have you. Supposing there is a lady eagerly waiting for your divorce arrangements to go through so maybe you can marry her. Now suppose this divorce is taking its time and there are obstacles and objections delaying…
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Where do I stand with my house if I split from partner
Hello, I am in an unhappy relationship and want to split from my partner but were have a house together and are tenants in common. I also have two children, not his. We seem to disagree about everything and I feel its the end of the road for us. The house we live in was mine with my children father, we bought him out and…
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Maintenance Changes - Opinions Please!
Hi Everyone I'm hoping some of you would be willing to help me out with some opinions on maintenance arrangements with my ex wife. I think what I am proposing is fair but she doesn't and I'm really keen to see what others feel about it. The scenario is: We split around two and a half years ago as she decided she didn't…
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Wedding order of service
Hi all, Getting married in August, does anybody have any links to download an order of service template as all the ones I have searched seemed to want payment but there must be free ones out there somewhere as we are on a tight budget :-/ Stuart. :beer:
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QUick divorce
Hello everyone, I am trying to fill in a divorce petition and it makes me blame my wife , I have no choice other than a multiple choice of "she is an adulterer" or "has behaved in such a way that I cannot live with her". Now we have sort-of agreed to do it amicably but if I use any of the two choices she has seen it and…
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Primary school homework
I'm at the end of my tether with the amount my boys are getting. Alongside the 15 minutes reading, spellings, mental maths and English comprehension, they also (because as a family we obviously have b ugger all else to do) are set really in depth projects that my boys have no interest or enthusiasm for. I can't MAKE them…
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Teens and holidays
As a single parent with a teen (who is almost 16) not had any family holidays for 3 years. Basically son is not interested and rather stay in and play with games (Xbox) 24/7 during school holidays (in fact does not go anywhere with family he even avoided a family funeral because of gaming). Last month he say's he would be…
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Can someone get their share of a will 30 years later?
A friend of mine was visiting her parents in Poland this week, and they got talking about the distant past. In a nutshell, it seems her father and his sister were supposed to take equal shares of their dad’s inheritance after he died in 1984, but in fact the sister (eventually) took all of it, and I’m wondering whether or…
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Father's Day
Hi, how would you feel if you got a card, and didn't even know your chick was pregnant?
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Parent doesnt want son to get a job
My brother who is 7 years younger than myself (31) has been claiming ESA since November 2012 after losing his job and being diagnosed with severe depression. The leader of the support group he attends has told him after four years on esa clients have to take steps to find suitable employment. He has always worked in office…
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Reconciling with estranged family
This week has hit me hard My sister who I have estranged from for 3 years has been caught up in Grenfell. She teaches in the local school, lives just four streets away, knows many of the residents At the same time my sister in law is taken into hospital having her breast removed due to breast cancer. She is estranged from…
