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Sallyx's Sink or Swim, Swimerdy Swim Diary ;)

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  • beanielou
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    Glad Im not back at that time again.
    I moved out temporarilily & then moved back in when I took over the mortgage.
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  • sallyx
    sallyx Posts: 15,815 Forumite
    Yep I think I shall have to do the same Hypno...just wish he had a job and I would know that he could afford something nice. He will only qualify Housing benefit for a 1 bed place (as B won't be permanently there) so that really limits what he can get at the moment.
    I'll make a wish, take a chance, make a change And breakaway. I'll take a risk, take a chance, make a change and breakaway ....
    Finally Debt Free...
  • scaredy_cat
    scaredy_cat Posts: 7,758 Forumite
    Sally, perhaps the prospect of him being homeless is the kick up the !!!! he needs to get a job?
    Cats don't have owners - they have staff!! :D:p
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  • spud30
    spud30 Posts: 16,872 Forumite
    **bad friend alert **

    I just found your diary Sal. Sorry, I'm rubbish :o:(
    Is it better to aim for the stars and hit a tree or aim for a tree and land in its branches :think:
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  • hypno06
    hypno06 Posts: 32,296 Forumite
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    spud30 wrote: »
    **bad friend alert **

    I just found your diary Sal. Sorry, I'm rubbish :o:(

    yeah, rubbish friend you are :rotfl:
    Successful women can still have their feet on the ground. They just wear better shoes. (Maud Van de Venne)
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  • sallyx
    sallyx Posts: 15,815 Forumite
    ah spud thats ok hun...its generally only me blethering to myself lol
    I'll make a wish, take a chance, make a change And breakaway. I'll take a risk, take a chance, make a change and breakaway ....
    Finally Debt Free...
  • sallyx
    sallyx Posts: 15,815 Forumite
    scaredy_cat wrote: »
    Sally, perhaps the prospect of him being homeless is the kick up the !!!! he needs to get a job?


    Yeah maybe you are right..
    I'll make a wish, take a chance, make a change And breakaway. I'll take a risk, take a chance, make a change and breakaway ....
    Finally Debt Free...
  • Sparkle80
    Sparkle80 Posts: 1,113 Forumite
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    Hi Sally,

    I normally just lurk but wanted to say hope everything works out for you, you deserve it and from what I read it sounds like you're a fantastic Mum, whatever happens that will never change and you know you will always have a happy little girl. Best of luck.
  • Shoe_Gal
    Shoe_Gal Posts: 7,235 Forumite
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    Sally

    Sounds like good advice from Hypno - it must be awful living in the kind of limbo you are at the moment. You always sound so strong, don't let this drag you down. Take care of you :A
    Sometimes it's hard to walk in a single woman's shoes - that's why we need really special ones!
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  • Ames
    Ames Posts: 18,459 Forumite
    Sally, I've only just stumbled across your diary and I'm so sorry to heare what's been happening.

    I threw ex out last year even though he had no job, and at the time he didn't have any benefits, he had to put a claim in when he went as his carer's allowance stopped. He's living with a friend who had a spare room and gets housing benefit to pay for it. Does yours have anyone he could stay with as a lodger for a couple of months while he gets his benefits sorted and looks for a one bed place of his own? Of course, you still have the problem of getting him to physically go.

    I hope things work out for you, but I agree with the others that you can't carry on indefinitely, it just saps everything out of you.
    Unless I say otherwise 'you' means the general you not you specifically.
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