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Aligning the Stars
Hi All, I've been lurking on the forum for a couple of years and this year I am finally ready to fully address my problems. A little background... I became a parent at 21 and became a single parent at 22 with no support from my DD father. Not exactly how I expected things to turn out! Thankfully I have an amazing family…
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£22248
I’m new around here and just wanted to say hi as I’m hoping to stick around for a while! I have £22248 of debt, mostly from taking on my husbands debt with a little bit of my own added in. I think I’ve finally got my husband to see sense and he is on board for dealing with this seriously now. He does have a smaller amount…
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Time to sort this mess out
Well, hello. Things have gone tits up (excuse the language) in the finance department over the last year or two and I have, helpfully, buried my head in the sand about it all. I've been in debt most of my adult life, but a few years ago managed to clear 6k (accrued while at uni and working in a call centre) and finally…
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Isca's ramblings on the path to being debt free
Hello money savers. I want a place to record all my thinking, ideas, actions and progress as I meander along this path to paying off my debts. They are much smaller than they used to be and the end could be in sight, but for some reason that makes it harder to focus! Current CC debt: £2915.71 Other debts: Car payment due…
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The Bones - Take 2
Morning, I hope this posts ok. I had trouble logging on once the upgrade happened as it kept freezing and throwing me out :( I have a work laptop now, so I'm hoping it's sorted itself out. So I'm back with a new diary, or I will be until I get thrown out again :D Here is how things are debt wise in the Pmo2 household -…
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Starting out again
Hey folks, Have had a rough 18 months featuring a marriage break up, moving out to a death trap of a building, to move on again (breaking a tenancy to do so, so sadly on the hook for two lots of rent for now... hopefully sorted on 01 Jul), a hospital visit at the start of the year, and signed off with stress due to the…
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Starting again ... again
Hi all, Welcome to my brand new DFD! I used to frequent this forum under another name but decided to delete that account and all its threads because I realised I had posted some information that would make it easy for people who know me to identify me. So I planned on starting again, but left it for months and months, and…
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Debt consolidation
Hi everyone I am on the final stretch of paying off all my debt. Myself and my wife have 3 credit cards between us that total £15'000. All have cards have recently been transferred to 0% interest. Payments total £250 per month across the 3 cards. My question is would I be better off getting a loan to clear all 3 balances…
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Seen The Light
Having always been 'bad' with money, I've finally seen the light and it's time to get things sorted. Realisation hit in January so I'm already making progress, but thought a diary would be useful to keep me motivated and track progress. I don't really want to go over the full background as I've already done it with the…
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100 eyes on Me
My wife and I are bad at not spending money. We do save but fairly unintentionally and as a bi-product of my income. We both want to live a more "fulfilling" life. I want this diary to keep track of our spending and hopefully keep me in check on achieving some kind of early retirement goal. I hope some people can help us…
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Keeping on the straight and narrow
Hello, Long time lurker. I don't have much debt but I wanted to keep "on track" and everyone here seems to make awesome progress so figured I may as well join in! I will post my income statements and progress. I do want to cut down unnecessary expenditure. Hopefully having a sane pair of eyes will encourage me to be more…
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Help please
Any idea why I can see any replies?
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Stepchange
Afternoon All, I'm back! Still in debt but have got it down to 4 (all biggies) from 12 so I think I'm not doing too bad, I just keep plodding. Hope all are ok and have managed to keep well in mind and body. This is a quicky, I don't like talking to Stepchange they make me feel uneasy, has anyone completed their budget…
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Becoming obsessed....
Hi, I'm another long term lurker who, thanks to the ongoing lockdown and weird period of enforced self-reflection, has finally decided to do something about my mahoosive debts. I've had credit cards for as long as I can remember (I'm 44), I've never missed a payment and I am affording the payments, (which almost feels…
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Getting money back from cowboy builders
This is a new thread which continues the discussion started in the thread 'Please advise - it's all gone SO wrong' which went above the permitted number of posts on June 28, 2010. It's still about getting justice against builders and other suppliers who think it's OK to leg it with people's money for work not done, and the…
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Time for a new beginning with less talk, more action!
Hi everyone I'm new here and decided now is the time to start taking control of my finances and put a plan into action to get my debts paid off. I have already paid just over £2,500 off my debts but as off today my debt balances stand at:- Barclaycard £2,533.00 Pay £50.00/month Lloyds £2,740.00 Pay £82.00/month Halifax…
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Debt-Free Wannabe Newbie
Hi All, I have been wanting to get debt free for a long time now and thought i would try to make a real go of it this year. Debt currently stands at Approx. £35k. got 5 CC's totalling £15.7k (only 1 for £4k is on 0%) . 1 of these cards is with Barclaycard and we know they plan on increasing minimum payments from my Feb…
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LBM no 1 million and 1
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4791124/here-we-go-again-lbm-number-a-million&page=117 old diaries So I'm back once again. Need to knock this debt on the head once and for all. This time I mean it though :rotfl: Hope folks are well. Well my debt is still way too much. I've worked like a dog last couple of…
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Maternity and Mortgage
Hi everyone, I've been reading some debt free diaries and it's inspired me to have a go at my own! Abit about me... I'm married with 2 daughters and I'm currently pregnant with our third! We are trying to save as much as we can for the dreaded maternity pay which sees me going from £2000 per month to £580 per month next…
