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The Cost of Being Single (not single mums, proper single)

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  • treliac
    treliac Posts: 4,524 Forumite
    lostinrates wrote: »
    Also amazed at how many of our friends its the guys who seem to want kids more than the gals...is this generational? Surely it wasn't always so?


    Probably thinking there are too many temptations for women these days. Get 'em tied down by the apronstrings and the kitchen sink.....

    You know, I've just had another thought - a woman always knows a child is hers, a man can't be so sure. Maybe best not to waste too much time / leave anything to chance. :p
  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    PasturesNew wrote: »
    Is that our Martin calling me thick??

    :)

    Nope, he's just doubting the accuracy of the £5,037.48 per year figure.
    ...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.
  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    treliac wrote: »
    You know, I've just had another thought - a woman always knows a child is hers, a man can't be so sure. Maybe best not to waste too much time / leave anything to chance. :p

    One reason why in Judaism, religion is matrilineal (-:

    "It's a wise man who knows his own father"
    ...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.
  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    I think there's an excess of cynicism on this thread, to a large extent.

    Of course there are bad relationships. !!!!!! happens. But a good relationship adds a lot, just as a bad one is far worse than being on your own.

    OH and I have lived together for nearly 13 years. The world's a brighter place for me because he's in it. When something good happens, he's the first I want to share it with. When something bad occurs, he's the first I want to tell. I'm a better person because of him.
    ...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.
  • Badger_Lady
    Badger_Lady Posts: 6,264 Forumite
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    NDG, thanks for saying that :) My life was certainly brighter when he was in it. In fact I'm a little tired of the clouds now... my campervan broke down 100 miles from home last week and the RAC man kept asking me who I was going to call (he could only tow me 10 miles). I had no-one! How sad is that?

    Most of my 27 years I've been proud of my fierce independence. Now I wonder if it'll ever end :(
    Mortgage | £145,000Unsecured Debt | [strike]£7,000[/strike] £0 Lodgers | |
  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    I'd far rather be on my own than in a bad relationship.

    I'd far rather be on my own that in an OK relationship, too.

    Nothing wrong with independence. I'm all in favour.
    ...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.
  • PasturesNew
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    It's cats for me .... after a lifetime of people saying there's somebody out there for everybody, that you'll meet somebody when you're not looking ... well, I've not been looking and nobody knocked on my door.

    So it's cats.... except maybe not, there's a thread I was reading yesterday about the cost of cats... one loony spends £125/month on hers!!!!

    So, it's a house where neighbours have cats... so I can 'borrow' them on demand.

    Thread starts in 2006: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/142925
    £125/month post: http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.html?p=17620953&postcount=160
  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    I like cats too - can't see how they can possibly cost £125 a month, though. They need a few tins of cat food and yearly jabs at the vets, that's your lot. Otherwise, they pretty much look after themselves. (that's for your standard moggy. Different if you have some daft pedigree that can't lift a finger for itself)
    ...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.
  • carolt
    carolt Posts: 8,531 Forumite
    PasturesNew wrote: »
    It's cats for me .... after a lifetime of people saying there's somebody out there for everybody, that you'll meet somebody when you're not looking ... well, I've not been looking and nobody knocked on my door.

    So it's cats.... except maybe not, there's a thread I was reading yesterday about the cost of cats... one loony spends £125/month on hers!!!!

    So, it's a house where neighbours have cats... so I can 'borrow' them on demand.

    Have you thought of knocking on someone's door, so to speak? Rather than just waiting?

    (But preferably after looking first...?)

    I actually think it's much easier for women to make the first move - men are far less likely to be cruel I think than women can be - they are more likely to take it as a compliment. I think it must be hard for men, being 'expected' to make the first move all the time.
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    carolt wrote: »
    Have you thought of knocking on someone's door, so to speak? Rather than just waiting?
    I'm banned from blokes' houses - their mums always seem to hate me.

    I was actually physically removed from one house once.... didn't do a thing wrong, mother just didn't like me :)
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