Burlesque Babe's Re-building life but back in debt diary

LouiseJ

jinky67 wrote: »

BB seeing as he stays most nights at yours, you should sit him on his arse and force him to go through all your bills, to show him that he is not contributing enough. Its pathetic that you are working all these hours and still struggling, and he is off pissing his money up a wall:mad:

:T I agree with Jinks 100%

I wonder if his utility bills in the house he doesnt live in are as high as yours BB?

Burlesque_Babe

no, I doubt they are Lou - I don't know what they are - I've asked in the past and he always says 'don't know' - that's the answer to anything - his mortgage payment, interest rate, CC APR, council tax bill, water rates :rolleyes: He's with my virtually every night - perhaps once every 6-8 weeks he will go out and stay out as he gets hammered with his mates.

He knows my outgoings and when I say things are tight, he says 'well, we'll have to cut back then'. Not sure what area of cutting back he has in mind - probably food, he has no concept though of cost. He buys himself (at home) stuff like crackers, dairylea triangles, occasionally Value pasties, perhaps a bag of oven chips. He keeps saying he wants a smaller plate of food (I confess my portions are big) so I give him less. He then helps himself to a second plate and if I say I want to keep the other half for another day (ie freeze it and then defrost and bulk back up in some way for dinner) he always says 'well, we wouldn't want to deprive you of your lunch, now would we'.....If I give him a smaller (ie normal!) portion, an hour later he is going on about 'what else is there to eat'......so I can't win!!

Burlesque_Babe

I've also tried to gently broach the subject of a contribution to the utilities and he gets defensive with something like 'so, I'm supposed to pay half here now am I as well as my own?' followed by 'fine I'll stay at my house then' so I give up.

jinky67

Burlesque_Babe wrote: »

I've also tried to gently broach the subject of a contribution to the utilities and he gets defensive with something like 'so, I'm supposed to pay half here now am I as well as my own?' followed by 'fine I'll stay at my house then' so I give up.

I would call his bluff then;)

tell him to stay at his house, and cook his own dinner, and see how he manages that:D

Burlesque_Babe

oh, I've done that, more than once. I just shrug and say 'ok'. He sits there like a slightly wounded animal with a mildly contrite and worried look on his face....

Jinky...........Big Bum Clique?? :rotfl: I think I'd have to nominate myself as President as that organisation with the size of my arris :rotfl:

jinky67

Burlesque_Babe wrote: »

oh, I've done that, more than once. I just shrug and say 'ok'. He sits there like a slightly wounded animal with a mildly contrite and worried look on his face....

Jinky...........Big Bum Clique?? :rotfl: I think I'd have to nominate myself as President as that organisation with the size of my arris :rotfl:

maybe you should be more forceful about him going then:p:p:p



yeah, you got a problem with that?:mad::p:rotfl:

Any nominations are welcome:T

Burlesque_Babe

jinky67 wrote: »

yeah, you got a problem with that?:mad::p:rotfl:

Any nominations are welcome:T

well, as the owner of probably the largest bum on DFW, I have no problem with a clique I could teach a thing or 2 about the subject :rotfl:

redsquirrel80

Great to see you back BB

Burlesque_Babe

cheers Squizz xx

Well, the working day hell has begun. 8.30-4.30 in the office and 3 hours of that in my teacher training class. Whizzed home and am getting ready to go back out to teach cookery class tonight. Should be in for 9.15-9.30pm.

Dinner is in the slow cooker, although I've just shovelled a bit of tuna/may inside me as I was hungry and I now have indigestion - probably something to do with trying to eat, get ready, sort paperwork all at the same time :rolleyes:

I was sat in the class this afternoon thinking - is this really what I want to be doing? Teaching at night after a full day? How is going to be after half term when I do 2 nights a week for 5 weeks!! I know it won't kill me but I am not looking forward to it. Teaching cookery is so tiring - more so than the IT or office type stuff I've taught. I am determined to stick a pedometer on my trousers to see how far I walk !!

ZTD

Burlesque_Babe wrote: »

I was sat in the class this afternoon thinking - is this really what I want to be doing? Teaching at night after a full day?

That won't be forever. When you're ready, your teaching will be the main act and not the sideline.