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2.5 Million Families on £100k/year Don't Feel Rich
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I was an independent little mare and insisted I paid for all my transport, clothes and food costs from my part time earnings whilst still in compulsory school!
I didn't like the uniform my mum chose for me......We made it! All three boys have graduated, it's been hard work but it shows there is a possibility of a chance of normal (ish) life after a diagnosis (or two) of ASD. It's not been the easiest route but I am so glad I ignored everything and everyone and did my own therapies with them.
Eldests' EDS diagnosis 4.5.10, mine 13.1.11 eekk - now having fun and games as a wheelchair user.0 -
ringo_24601 wrote: »You work part-time to pay their bus fare? I hope you've made sure they all get weekend jobs! My parents were in a near exact financial situation (2 kids, not 3) and my allowance/pocket money at college was dependant on a saturday job. Their financial support during uni was conditional on me working during the summer.
One son has tried for several jobs, my other one is ill and he has to push himself to go to college full-time as it is - so i'm not pressuring him at the moment, i'm just glad he's able to attend college just now. I don't have to work. I choose to, and this is what I choose my money to go towards - because of my husband's salary they don't get any financial help (not that i'm moaning about it) and that's why I work. They travel 400 miles a week to college so that's tiring too.
My eldest son now has a good job. His apprenticeship has finished and he's been taken on permanantly - he's still a trainee but he's already on £42k. He's worked in a fish factory and as a gravedigger in the past, so don't think i'm giving my children an easy ride. You're damned if you do and damned if you don't on this site. If I wouldn't support my own family would you rather I threw them out and let them claim benefits? We're trying to do our best for them. My eldest is still living at home, because he's saving for a deposit for a house (and he does save hard - I wouldn't put up with it if he was squandering his money). We can't help him financially, but we can help him by giving him somewhere to stay while he builds up his savings. Wouldn't all parents do the same if they were in the position to?
Btw, we have 4 children. The youngest is still at school.0 -
My eldest son now has a good job. His apprenticeship has finished and he's been taken on permanantly - he's still a trainee but he's already on £42k. He's worked in a fish factory and as a gravedigger in the past, so don't think i'm giving my children an easy ride.
Aberdeen oil and gas by any chance? Just a bugg*r being away in the middle of nowhere for 2-3wks at a time and of course the bumpy journey there and back;)0 -
Aberdeen oil and gas by any chance? Just a bugg*r being away in the middle of nowhere for 2-3wks at a time and of course the bumpy journey there and back;)
How did you guess.
Some people think it's easy money. It's dangerous and in your fortnight away you work more hours than what folk on a 9-5 job work in a month. 0 -
One son has tried for several jobs, my other one is ill and he has to push himself to go to college full-time as it is - so i'm not pressuring him at the moment, i'm just glad he's able to attend college just now. I don't have to work. I choose to, and this is what I choose my money to go towards - because of my husband's salary they don't get any financial help (not that i'm moaning about it) and that's why I work. They travel 400 miles a week to college so that's tiring too.
Btw, we have 4 children. The youngest is still at school.
It sounds to me like you need to work, and your personal situation indicates that £100K wouldn't make you feel rich at all.
When all the kids have left home, you may get to enjoy more of your incomes.
In my case I would disagree with your statement that "the more you earn the farther away the 'i'm rich' salary is."
As our pay has increased over the last 3 years we've still kept our spending as close to the 2006 level (£15K less).
Using MSE/Cashback sites etc. has helped us to make the same money go further without a considerable drop in lifestyle. The extra has gone into paying off the mortgage and savings.
If we didn't have a mortgage (our only debt), we'd be extremely happy with our lot, especially if we could combine it with good health.0 -
How did you guess. Some people think it's easy money. It's dangerous and in your fortnight away you work more hours than what folk on a 9-5 job work in a month.
Not many sectors pay £42k as trainee salaries outside London, and i remember you being from Aberdeen so 2+2 =4
Typical 2 on 2 off is 168hrs, whereas an onshore role 4 weekly is 150hrs so you are right, they do work for their money in awful conditions. A lot are going to 2 on 3 off nowadays which evens it out to around the basic 1750hrs per annum that a normal 37.5hr week job would have so the industry is getting a little better.
Still, you wouldn't find me onboard 1 of those loud vibrating taxis for love nor money (Insider knowledge
)The aim is to get back onshore;) Is your hubby offshore aswell or has managed to wangle a position back on dry land yet? 0 -
Not many sectors pay £42k as trainee salaries outside London, and i remember you being from Aberdeen so 2+2 =4
Typical 2 on 2 off is 168hrs, whereas an onshore role 4 weekly is 150hrs so you are right, they do work for their money in awful conditions. A lot are going to 2 on 3 off nowadays which evens it out to around the basic 1750hrs per annum that a normal 37.5hr week job would have so the industry is getting a little better.
Still, you wouldn't find me onboard 1 of those loud vibrating taxis for love nor money (Insider knowledge)The aim is to get back onshore;) Is your hubby offshore aswell or has managed to wangle a position back on dry land yet?
Hubby's still offshore. My son could've got a place at St Fergus but he wanted offshore.
More money and more time off. He works for 2 weeks and gets 3 off. I try to block out their travelling (son's in a chopper as we speak - so don't remind me!) He's about to be finished as trainee, and his pay will be going up to £51k - and that's just grade 1. 0 -
Hubby's still offshore. My son could've got a place at St Fergus but he wanted offshore. More money and more time off. He works for 2 weeks and gets 3 off. I try to block out their travelling (son's in a chopper as we speak - so don't remind me!) He's about to be finished as trainee, and his pay will be going up to £51k - and that's just grade 1.
How old is your eldest, and what is he doing offshore?
Dont worry, Mitchaa's on shift, well erm having a skive upstairs anyway 0 -
No, somehow they'll find a way to lease one as a tax offset.Harry_Powell wrote: »I doubt that truly rich people buys their cars on finance.0
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