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Organic baby food suggestions
First, I should confess that I don't have a baby and I'm not pregnant. What I have, is a yogurt-loving husband, who is ingesting too much sugar and putting on weight. In an effort to lose it off his middle, he is going low carb. We figured out that we can sneak in extra fat and veg in our food, by mixing a jar of organic…
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Help
Hi guys, looking for some advice please. My husband has decided to leave the family home We have 2 children, together aged 3 and 4. He has said that he's going to go to see a solicitor next week. I'm afraid that he's going to try make me sell the house so he can take his half. I can pay the mortgage and the bills on my own…
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Sending Money Abroad from UK: charges
This is about sending money to family abroad, from the UK. 1) For amounts over £5000 what is the cheapest way to transfer money to an Australian account of an adult child? 2) What is the situation for UK gift tax ? Do declaration forms have to be submitted to gov.uk? 3) I read a note that amounts over £3000 will incur gift…
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Earn over 50k never seem to have any money
My partner and I have been together 14 years and have 3 son's together I don't work as my partner works away Monday to Friday and earns a good wage so I have to be a single mom through the week looking after the boy's and playing taxi we have a council house and are wanting to buy our own home but my partner is self…
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Leisure centre charging more for direct debit than upfront but won't say how much more. Allowed?
Hi My leisure centre has just offered swimming lessons via direct debit rather than one upfront payment per term. It looks to me as us direct debit is more expensive as it's for 12 months. I emailed to confirm this but just received a 'its a little bit more expensive' as a reply. I think it works out to about £25 more,…
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How much money for food?
Hi I want my 15 year old daughter to respect money more! She wants an array of different foods for breakfasts, lunches and dinners, and always moans! :mad: I was thinking about giving her a budget so she could learn about money! and budget her own shopping! I have M.E and a son with special needs, and am exhausted! so this…
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Looking for some legal advice
13th Nov 18, 4:41 PM Hi all! I am looking for some advice.! So I have a mum and dad.! Me and my mum are based in Scotland My mum is a social tenant who has low amount of wealth and only has a car and furniture to her name.! My father lives in England and is actively searches for unclaimed estates on my fathers side of the…
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Children with a Birthday around Christmas....
I've been looking through the forum boards for something similar but couldn't find anything. My son will be turning four on Christmas Eve. This is the first year that he remembers anything from the year before and is actually excited about his birthday and Christmas so I can't wait! My question to parents with children…
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Ex withholding Daughters Child Bonds
Hi All When my daughter was born, she was given money for Birth, Christening, Birthdays, Christmas etc and we invested in 2 fixed rate bonds for her, contributing a little ourselves. My then husband was signatory. We did the same for our son and I was signatory. We split up, I reinvested my sons money on maturity and then…
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Mum trying to budget - money left after biils
Hello All, I could see old threads on this subject, but nothing new... I am keen to know what people / families manage on after bills, mortgage and essential items. We have a fairly good income / bills ratio. Just bought a new house - on paper we will be £200 a month better off...as we cleared unsecured credit cards and…
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Cheap childcare offered...advice needed.
I'm looking to offer very cheap childcare but wondered the best way to go about this as it's a bit of an unusual situation. My partner and I are considering trying for a baby but we know they are a lot harder work than anticipated, everyone we know has said this, even the most organised mums we know. We have a good number…
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Should I overpay for being calm?
Hey there. I'm going to have fertility treatment (IVF) and need to get a second opinion re its cost. I have a choice between 3 fixed-priced packages and I can't decide which one to choose. The difference is in number of IVF attempts included and the cost, obviously. the cheapest one is around $6,000 and includes one…
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Do you gift your grandchildren when one daughter has no children?
Hi All, until now we have only given cash gifts to our children but now that all our cherished grandchildren are nearly teenagers, we are wondering if we should include them. Problem is, one daughter and her husband have no children. She said she is quite happy for us to give gifts to our grandchildren but we still feel a…
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Childcare Vouchers - can you get a refund?
I have been a member of a childcare vouchers scheme since the beginning with my employer IBM UK using the company Edenred. This was all working fine up until 2012 when we moved to a rural town in Scotland. There were no registered childminding facilities in the area that took childcare vouchers - in fact, there were no…
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Go Henry
Has anyone used Go Henry for kids? It’s a Visa card that you can top up for kids, I have looked at it and it looks a little too good to be true and worried if there are any hidden costs 🤔
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New Pampers Nappies Horrible
Anyone else noticed a problem with your babies bottom? I’ve always used Pampers since I had my son 10 years ago, I’ve noticed they’ve changed their nappies to these “DermaTest” ones and my little girl (13 months old) the past 2 wks has gradually got a sore and more sore red bottom and front of her lady area. I honestly…
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Newly single :-(
I haven't been around here for a while, i've been happily married or so i thought and busy paying off my debts! We have no significant debt and our house is up for sale all ready to move to a big 5 bed family home. However, we have found a buyer and he has suddenly told me that he doesn't want to come with us, he hasn't…
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Maternity - Husband adding me on to his business to do his Accounts
Hello, I am going on Maternity in a month. I will be getting 6 weeks full pay and then 33 weeks SMP pay. So roughly about £7K that year. My husband thought that I could do his accounts for the year as he is self-employed and he would pay me £200 a month and this would also reduce his tax for the year. Is he able to do this…
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Do You Have a Sunsaver Code/Sun Newspaper From Yesterday? (Tues 21/08/18) Really Need One!
Hi there, We are in desperate need of a sun saver code from The Sun News paper yesterday (Tuesday 21/08/18) as trying to book a £9.50 holiday for the family tomorrow but couldn’t get a paper yesterday… If you have an old sun newspaper from yesterday lying around the house or work, we would really appreciate if you could…
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Lunch ideas for work
Hi all, does anybody have any good websites for work lunch/packed lunch ideas? I try to mix them up as best as possible but need some new ideas...
