Can Edinburgher be debt free and a mortgage holder by 30?

doodledo_2

Morning hun sorry you are feeling a bit down in the dumps sending you some big ((hugs)).

Well done on the security clearance and the new job :T

Feel free to bore us hun with your money chatter you know we all love it too lol.

The savings you two are putting away a month is impressive so don't just look at your debts not going down look at those going up :T

edinburgher

I do doodledo, just worry that a couple months spent unemployed by the GF could wipe them out! Whose bright idea was it to make London so expensive to live in/near?

doodledo_2

Is there a high chance of her being unemployed in her line of work then when this contract ends? No chance of an extension or anything?

God its scary enough where I live 50 miles from London so dread to think whats it's like where you are.

Need to find myself a sugar daddy lol

edinburgher

I'm thinking unless another post comes up she will definitely be without a job, as it was a maternity cover post. She does work in a ridiculously large law firm, but as with everywhere else, 'non-essential' posts aren't being filled.

Ah well, I will just console myself that she has a very impressive CV when it comes to finding something else (she's worked for two highly regarded newspapers and the BBC, amongst others).

doodledo_2

Sounds like she is the sort that won't be out of work for long hun.

Maybe over the next few months an opportunity will come up for her elsewhere in the company, will have my fingers crossed for her.

edinburgher

Thanks for that - I will cross everything that isn't nailed down (as will she) and between us I'm sure we'll magic something up :rotfl:

doodledo_2

Yep I am sure thats how it works hun lol.

God if only hey we wouldn't be sat on here discussing money on a saturday morning :rotfl:

edinburgher

Actually I'm only on this early because I wake up ridiculously promptly each and every Weekend It's typical - the moment you need a lie in you don't get one.

Snow_White_5

Hey Edinburgher, I've just read your diary and really enjoyed it. You sound really organised and like a thoroughly nice bloke! As doodledo said, your girlfriend sounds like the kind who will find another job pretty quickly. Have you thought about sitting down and making a plan of action to put into place BEFORE her contract runs out? e.g. a CV update, check that her references are in order, register her CV with agencies, apply for jobs on spec with firms she's interested in, explore other ways of her making money (whether freelancing, making money online, temping etc.). I know it's not the best economy in which to be doing all this, but there are still some job openings and somebody has to fill them - that's my philosophy!

Well done on your new job by the way. How fantastic that you'll have some time off before you start, and how lucky that you get a civil service pension. :j

lilian1977

Hi - didn't realise you had a diary so will subscribe now! Haven't read through the whole thing yet but am sure I'll be back with some tips