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Which One Are You?
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I think I class as S.A.D. - Still Accruing debt !
Or even worse, S.C.A.M. - Still Crap About Money !!
Trying though.......
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Surely theres got to be one for us Ex students weighed down with student and graduate loans trying to live and pay off the debts of those heady years?
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Nope 40 is definitely not middle aged.Ali-OK wrote:What about MAD - Middle Aged Debtors...'cause that's what I'll be when mine bites the dust (If 40 is middle aged
)CCs @0% £24k Dec 05 £19,621.41 Au £13400 S 12600 Oct £11,981 £9481 £7500 Nov £7250 D £7100 Jan 6950 F £5800 Mar£5400 May £4830 June £4660 July £4460 Aug £3200, S £900, £0 18/9/07 DFW Nerd 0420 -
How about those who were debt and mortgage free but took out loads on mortgages and 0% cards to do up house.
Sorry can't think of an acronym (?). Will have to ask OH, he's good at crosswords.CCs @0% £24k Dec 05 £19,621.41 Au £13400 S 12600 Oct £11,981 £9481 £7500 Nov £7250 D £7100 Jan 6950 F £5800 Mar£5400 May £4830 June £4660 July £4460 Aug £3200, S £900, £0 18/9/07 DFW Nerd 0420 -
Verbatim wrote:How about those who were debt and mortgage free but took out loads on mortgages and 0% cards to do up house.
Sorry can't think of an acronym (?). Will have to ask OH, he's good at crosswords.
That could be TOTHOs (pronounced TOFFOs) for Tarts of The Highest Order!
Mmm..anyone remember Toffo sweets?Back on the DFW Wagon:
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Verbatim wrote:Nope 40 is definitely not middle aged.
It is if you pop your clogs at 80! :rotfl:
Anyhoo, how about LADs then (not sexist though), but short for Life After Debt, 'cause I'll have a good chunk of that when I'm debt free!Back on the DFW Wagon:
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dinkylou wrote:Surely theres got to be one for us Ex students weighed down with student and graduate loans trying to live and pay off the debts of those heady years?
Cant think of an acronim at moment.
I'll have a go at this one then!
How about STUDs - Students Tormented Under Debt (or Ex-STUDS if you prefer!)Back on the DFW Wagon:
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CC - £4,500 on 0% til 02/2019
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Now hang on a minute - Technically Debt Free means that stoozing is counted as actual debt! That can't be right...
Rzl (slowly giving up stoozing so credit report is clean for mortgage application)
Operation Get in Shape
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I fit into the MAD category, for many reasons:rolleyes:
If we sold everything we own we still could not pay of our debts, now that is a really depressing thought:o
But hard work and tight belts mean by the time i am a few years into my thirties we should be ok.Success means having to worry about every thing in the world......EXCEPT MONEY. Johnny Cash
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We're VDF ( sounds like a std though) :rotfl:May 2015 £10 a day currently £2080
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