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benbenandme

Ds has been safely delivered to mums, I've had a nice warm bath and am looking forward to the biggest loser in an hour or so before then I need to whizz round and clear up the few bits that are cluttering the place, decide what I'm wearing tomorrow and um ... thats about it

pixiechick99

benbenandme wrote: »

Ds has been safely delivered to mums, I've had a nice warm bath and am looking forward to the biggest loser in an hour or so before then I need to whizz round and clear up the few bits that are cluttering the place, decide what I'm wearing tomorrow and um ... thats about it

That's more than enough for a school night:rotfl:Have a good trip:D

funnyflipp

Enjoy your trip

chevalier

your story forcefully makes me realise just how desparate some single parents must become, when their ex's don't cooperate with the CSA. talk about the CSA being toothless it is mad what is happening with them.

You can see why people go to pay day loans and things just to get by.

Have a good trip today
chev

benbenandme

Thankyou both, Chev I agree, I think I am more organised than most people with my money and I find it a struggle to not get into debt with him not contributing, so you can see how some people would easily find themselves in a huge mess :mad: and why should they get away without contributing??

When I was on the phone to the csa I actually laughed at guy ... he was telling me that even though the ex hasn't paid anything for months that the arrears would still be accruing ... I then asked once he's paying, how much of the arrears gets added on each month? ... He was very mumbly and vague and when I pressed him further he said "not to worry about it, the arrears don't go away, he will have to pay them back at some point in his lifetime!" :rotfl::rotfl:Well what a great help that will be, maybe when the ex is in his 80's I might get a cheque for a few hundred quid to help towards ds upbringing ... they are an absolute joke!!!

Anyway, back to other stuff The trip today went really well, the kids were great, it was a nice day out, learnt lots about WW1 & WW2, followed by a yummy roast dinner at mums

Not quite a nsd, spent £2.99 on a bus map for ds from the museum, and 70p on a drink for me.

dangers

Glad you had a good day - where did you go? Think you can justify the costs though - I bet ds loved the bus map!

benbenandme

We wwent to the Imperial War Museum Ds loved the map, it was a little popout one with the underground map, the bus map and a tourist site map of London on it

benbenandme

Afternoon all £4.50 profit from a games offer, very welcome as i don't seem to be making many pennies recently.

Today was a slow day at school, am off to WW tonight then out for a xurry and pub quiz with workmates. I'm really looking forward to it, I have saved enough points from my weekly allowance so should be good fun, as long as the scales are kind to me before hand, otherwise I will feel guilty for eating it if I haven't lost any weight

Spends today = £1.25 on lunch, I made mine this morning and promptly left it on the side in the kitchen :cool:

Kittikins

My exOH accrued £1,000 arrears for his other children when we were together, which he had to pay back at the vast sum of £10/month on top of the pittance he was charged......a total joke!! Flipping absent parents need to recognise that children can't clothe, feed, heat, wash etc etc themselves on nothing, and if the children would like to take part in any out of school activities (thinking of DD's dance lessons), that help with the cost of shoes/clothes would be very much appreciated, rather than just ignored Grrrrr.....

benbenandme

Evening all, I lost half a pound this week at WW, all helps, still going in the right direction

The curry afterwards was the smallest curry I've ever seen, in fact it may well have been a WW readymeal, so at least I know I haven't eaten a ridiculous number of points there I drank diet coke too, so have had a good night. We won the pub quiz (were only 4 teams) and won £16 in total, which we gave to one of the team members who is doing a half marathon soon to put towards her fundraising :T

Was a good night except mum was stressed beyond belief when I got back as dad has driven her up the wall all night