I think I am A Failure: re £2 coin challenge.

Queenie

kathfisch wrote:

... £2 coins are sacred now ...

and getting scarcer by the minute!!! :rotfl: Which is why I haven't been able to join the club :laugh:

It does make me wonder how much an x colleague of mine must have saved by now ... she saved every one she touched since they were first invented!! Canny woman!

Lucifer

Well I am sorry to say that if putting any £2 coin I can get my hands on goes into a pot - makes me anal, then thats fine with me! Its a harmless bit of fun that alot of people on this forum enjoy, just because certain people don't agree - don't try and ruin everyone else's pleasure

If by having put aside £42 (with no desire to spend it), has stopped me spending it, then surely it is a positive thing. As quoted in Bambi (my daughter's favourite film). "If you can't say nothing nice, then don't say nothing at all".

fairylights_2

MikeAndHisLovelyPlant wrote:

Is it just me or are people here for help and support or delusory pats on the back?
Mike

I apologise Mike if you feel we all ought to be in purgatory. Yes we are in debt, but there's nothing wrong with trying to be happy with your lot. And if something little makes people smile when they have debt collectors/bailiffs hammering on the door and they haven't slept properly in ten years because of their money worries, why should you want them to be miserable? We support in all kinds of ways - not just with criticism with they're doing something fiscally unsound - or when they spell words wrong.

MikeAndHisLovelyPlant wrote:

So, this is a party is it?

no, it's a metaphor :shhh:

tinkerbelluk

MikeAndHisLovelyPlant wrote:

Is it just me or are people here for help and support or delusory pats on the back?

Mike

Yes Mike - People are here for help and support but it's also nice to get a pat on the back every now and then - something I also think you are keen to get as you moaned that no one had thanked you for your post in the £2 thread!!!

You appear just to want to slam other people and their efforts to make whatever changes in their lives that THEY - NOT YOU see financially fit.

Given the level of debt in this country and with more and more young people saying “but I was never told to save” I think the people who partake in this club are educating family and friends around them.

So do us all a favour – accept that everyone has a different way of making a difference to their budgets and your comments are completely irrelevant in peoples lives!

:mad: :mad: :mad:

jellycat40

Here is my two pennarth! Or maybe £2 worth. I do save my £2 coins and last month made a decent contribution to the rent. This means that next month we won't be so short of cash and we will be able to pay the rent without leaving the account in the red.

I am sure we should be able to sort out ourselves in a more mature way but if it works don't try and fix it. Some of us find it hard to have money in the bank and leave it there, cold hard cash is somehow harder to spend than handing over a plastic card.

My gran and my mum used to have little money boxes on the dresser which were divided up into various bill labelled sections and the cash went in there each pay day. Surely this is similar.

I am back up to £10 in my £2 saving (for some reason I get loads of them). I will continue to save them and the next decent amount is for a facial and massage for me!!!

For Mike "Who led the pedant's revolt"?

Answer Which Tyler.

Don't out pedant a pedant!

Louise

sunshinesadly

I still have no £2 coins, but do not consider this a failure. Merely some kind of istribution problem!

Were I able to put some £2 coins in a jam jar (to save for something nice) then I would consider this to be an act of nonsense to be celebrated - it would cause no harm to others (other than contributing to the aforementioned distribution problem) and might prove to be a useful motivational tool for me!

sunshinesadly

sunshinesadly wrote:

I still have no £2 coins, but do not consider this a failure. Merely some kind of istribution problem!

Apologies MSEs - that should read 'distribution problem'.....blessed stuck keys on keyboard!

paintygirl

Mike[/QUOTE]whats a 'barrell'- is it anything like a 'barrel'?


That statement sums up the personality of the person pretty much. A self rightous arrogant individual who people should ignore. I am brand new to this site, and after reading pages and pages of posts it would seem that this man is on his own...everyone else seems upbeat and supportive, so I am looking forward to becoming part of this gang. I am going to bite the bullet and work out all my debts to put down in b&w (for the first time ever!) and post them on here. This will be a cathartic moment.

MikeAndHisLovelyPlant

paintygirl,

Welcome to the forum and I hope you get what you want from it.

paintygirl wrote:

I am going to bite the bullet and work out all my debts to put down in b&w (for the first time ever!) and post them on here. This will be a cathartic moment.

Bite your bullet hard but don't set unrealistic targets. I'd suggest setting goals and then celebrating their achievement.

I'm not arrogant - thought provoking is nearer the mark.

paintygirl wrote:

after reading pages and pages of posts

yup, pages and pages of worthless drivel, I haven't got time to wade through it all to find the decent posts

Mike

p.s. almost managed to not point out the inability to use the quote facility.... :rolleyes:

loopylass

People who have joined this forum have had or has money worries and come on here for support
They know that MOST people on here will not judge them and will help in any way they can
If saving a few £2 coins each week helps them then im pleased for them

because all these people are trying to do is to make life better for themselves and their families
i have only been a member a couple of months and found people on here very friendly and supportive and some are in serious debt so a few pounds mean everything to them and its a step in the right direction
So if you cant be friendly and support them please
keep your opinions to yourself