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"Pay Off Your Mortgage in Two Years"

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  • Bullygig
    Bullygig Posts: 60 Forumite
    Hi,

    I enjoyed the show, but I couldn't help thinking. Sean, when you were helping people to quit smoking, why didn't you try on your wife?
    Her habit was costing you about £17 a week!
  • caseya
    caseya Posts: 86 Forumite
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    Good question there, and i'm suprised you are the first to ask.
    Unfortunately my darling wife is not very susceptible to my suggestions as you probably noticed!!!!


    WIFE HERE:

    Can I just say firstly it was not £17 a week I spent on fags, it was closer to £12 and to be hypnotised to stop you have to want to give up - I didn't. We all have our vices after all
  • Bullygig
    Bullygig Posts: 60 Forumite
    Probably a good thing or you could get away with murder!
  • Ken68
    Ken68 Posts: 6,825 Forumite
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    Hi Dan....nice thread...thought you and wife did well, Sean...er....can you do your trick on the internet, I need to lose 20.....zzzz.....zzzz.
  • Februarycat
    Februarycat Posts: 1,390 Forumite
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    I enjoyed the programme and will be watching the rest of the series,it will be interesting to see the other couples and how they are doing. Well done to Anne Marie and Sean, I thought you did well, hope you manage to keep saving the pennies.
  • Slinky
    Slinky Posts: 11,157 Forumite
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    Sean

    When the presenter was suggesting that you attack the corporate market with your NLP skills we were asking ourselves why you didn't appear to start with your own bank employer as the most obvious route in? Did you try this, if not why not even if it means doing some of it for free to get some testimonials to get you started elsewhere.

    Maria
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  • caseya
    caseya Posts: 86 Forumite
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    Household Bank did not return any calls from the BBC, and I had an internal email asking me not to mention who I worked for.
    They do not like you having two jobs like most banks.
    Good question once again though.
    Regards
    Sean
  • Slinky
    Slinky Posts: 11,157 Forumite
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    caseya wrote:
    Household Bank did not return any calls from the BBC, and I had an internal email asking me not to mention who I worked for.
    They do not like you having two jobs like most banks.
    Good question once again though.
    Regards
    Sean

    The shots of you standing outside your bank were a bit of a giveaway though! We'd never even heard of Household Bank, so they should be grateful for a load of free publicity!
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  • Nikki
    Nikki Posts: 775 Forumite
    lapat wrote:
    what a load of bull.my morgate is £132k and mine and the misses joint income is £55-60k witha £5k bonus.and we spend every penny virtually on childcare,bills,food,clothing all the other things you need to live on.we budget like hell just to get by.my £5k bonus a year goes on a holiday every year including spends. and the only time weve been out for 6 months was on new years eve for 2 1/2 hrs with a £40 relatives give us for xmas presents....how the hell do they expect you to pay of your morgate in 2 years.even with the £45 i overpay a month on my mortgage it brings it down by just over 4 years

    Blimey, our mortgage is also £132k but our income is only £22-25k a year!! We have 3 kids and manage really well, mainly down to all the info and help I get off this site. Must agree though don't have a hope in hell of paying it off in 2 years!!
  • Dan29
    Dan29 Posts: 4,768 Forumite
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    Hi Sean

    It's being discussed here and here. Some of the people on there are a bit extreme so don't take their comments too seriously :)

    As you'll see I've already said that I was sure no money changed hands, but I shall reiterate the point.

    Dan

    PS Forgot to say the repeat is with sign language.
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