what lengths would you go to to give your child a SAHM/D?

galvanizersbaby

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Pee wrote: »

Having had lots of lodgers and being really pro lodgers, I have to say that this is almost def not a go-er in a family home.

Is that £350 each month, cumalating?

I did wonder how many lodgers would be that keen to lodge in a family home? (especially with babies and children)

Perhaps there would be many peple that would consider it but personally if I didn't have children I'm not sure it's something I would do

SusanC_2

barnaby-bear wrote: »

I think the problem with dried kidney beans instead of tinned is that they are poisonous until you cook them properly so every so often some muppet doesn't soak and cook them properly and poisons themselves/their family or their little darlings find them in the cupboard/get given them to make pasta pictures with and shove them into their little mouths poisoning themselves..... definitely one for the higher shelves and those who know how to cook them.....
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/food-for-thought-are-uncooked-red-kidney-beans-poisonous-1069434.html

Don't worry - I'm not a muppet.

barnaby-bear

galvanizersbaby wrote: »

I did wonder how many lodgers would be that keen to lodge in a family home? (especially with babies and children)

Perhaps there would be many peple that would consider it but personally if I didn't have children I'm not sure it's something I would do

Foreign language school kids or female university students from certain cultures..... their parents explicitly like them in a home/family environment..... for families this is probably a good lodger, they pay extremely well and are usually fairly short term, you can claim to be exposing the kiddies to other cultures and helping their language education..... and a 14 year old japanese girl unlikely to be bringing 5 mates home from a night club....

barnaby-bear

SusanC wrote: »

Don't worry - I'm not a muppet.

but are your readers......

galvanizersbaby

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barnaby-bear wrote: »

and if you miss out on the poisoning opportunites associated with various beans and pulses.... make sure you don't miss out on the great opportunities to visit A&E to extract them from the tiny darlings ears/nose/other orifices....

Hopefully my two are past that stage now :rotfl:
DS did put a tic-tac up his nose when he was about 4 years (he had obtained said tic tac from my nephew and didn't like taste much so saw fit to pop it up his left nostril)

Fortunately I was able to extract it myself without a visit to A&E

He has never eaten a tic tac since

barnaby-bear

galvanizersbaby wrote: »

Hopefully my two are past that stage now :rotfl:
DS did put a tic-tac up his nose when he was about 4 years (he had obtained said tic tac from my nephew and didn't like taste much so saw fit to pop it up his left nostril)

Fortunately I was able to extract it myself without a visit to A&E

He has never eaten a tic tac since

Lego works too.

barnaby-bear

galvanizersbaby wrote: »

Hopefully my two are past that stage now :rotfl:

Past that stage? Ask any A&E worker about the variety of places middle-aged men have got things stuck or places things have been stuck......:rotfl:

ForeverHopeful_3

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Realistic cut backs are food bills and luxuries. Not a chance to a lodger or extending debts. I thought we were all here to cut our debts

I have two children (4 & 2) and work part-time (21 hours per week) Even if I could afford to stop working, I wouldn't. I would most probably go insane. I honestly think my kids benefit from their activities away from me and we appreciate each other more when we are together.

Our sacrifice for me to work part-time was for my husband to work away one month at a time. But when he is home, he spends all his time with the boys. In his normal 9 to 5, also working half the weekend, we only had one family day per week. Weighing up all the pros and cons, we figured this was the best way.

We could have sold the house that we worked so hard to achieve. Could have sold a car. But, call me a snob or whatever, but I wanted my kids to be brought up with nice things and to realise we've had to work hard for them.

There's nothing wrong with some old style money saving, I do the slow cooking and growing veg etc, but we need to be comfortable and able to see that we are working towards making our lives better. Cutting back to become a SAHM is unrealistic for many and unwanted for others.

It's a personal thing and everyone is different. Perhaps it depends on how you were brought up

galvanizersbaby

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barnaby-bear wrote: »

Foreign language school kids or female university students from certain cultures..... their parents explicitly like them in a home/family environment..... for families this is probably a good lodger, they pay extremely well and are usually fairly short term, you can claim to be exposing the kiddies to other cultures and helping their language education..... and a 14 year old japanese girl unlikely to be bringing 5 mates home from a night club....

My mum and one of my sister's takes in 'students' around this time of year.
They are usually pretty short stay and usually well behaved (though mum in particular does appear to be a little unlucky of late :eek:)

I guess the foreign language school children probably don't get much choice in where/who they stay with anyway

SusanC_2

barnaby-bear wrote: »

but are your readers......

:rotfl: I hope anyone who hasn't used them before is intelligent enough to read the packet.