I've really had enough!- sorry its a long pathetic one.

klare_2

lynzpower ... that made me laugh ..... i will consider that, although that action may enough to send hubby over the edge . Ive been using the 'blow up the balloon' technique recently but some how I still think that the 'blow up the bank' technique would give me more release from my pent up aggression ..... note to anyone involved in anti terrorist work, that was not a real threat, i have no knowledge about devices that would do that unless you count the last time i tried to cook an egg in the microwave! Nor do I have any desire to learn about them. I cant wire a plug and am very happy with my knowledge of technical devices! So dont arrest me!:D

Grade_A_Reject

klare wrote:

I look at the cars driving to work on the same route of me, and some of them, I would only need the amount it cost to pay for a quater of their vehicle and I would be able to have my family back living a life again. It just doesnt seem fair.

I used to think the same and wondered what perfect lives they must have to afford nice cars like that. Now I have come to realise you are looking at the DFW's of tomorrow, they just don't know it yet!

D&DD

Hi Klare sorry to see you are so hacked off with it all at the moment,believe me we all do get days like this.Good thing is this is the place to be when you are feeling like it as there's always someone around to pick you up and dust you off and hopefully make you smile again.:D
I do admire your sense of humour which still manages to shine through in your posts so do keep at it hun you will get there and we'll all be there at the finish line cheering XX

Dolly_Smith

Grade_A_Reject wrote:

I used to think the same and wondered what perfect lives they must have to afford nice cars like that. Now I have come to realise you are looking at the DFW's of tomorrow, they just don't know it yet!

Quite - I live in an area where everyone's got a nice big merc or beamer and I think '£700 a month - you fools!!!'

klare_2

yeah, the thing is they arent all tomorows DFW and I know plenty who are rolling in it for real... including my step grandad which makes it even worse.
I wish my parents hadnt brought me up to believe that you have to work for everything you get in this life.... maybe i could retrain as a system scammer! grrrrrrrr ( must stop doing that am getting a sore throat now!

miss_angie1

Hi klare I just had to come and read your post after you posted on mine saying that I brightened your day a little. Lots of people have given some great advice and I'm sure being an avid MSE'er you probably already make loads of savings etc, but I was just wondering if you make any additional income from Ebay or Amazon? My debt total has been reduced loads by the overpayments I make from money I generate selling on Ebay and Amazon and slowly slowly I have been chipping away at the debt. I can see that you work full time and with two toddlers there are not enough hours in the day as it is but if you could sell some additional stuff it may help some. I do finish work early from Tue-Fri so it allows me time to do the post office run to send stuff out, but you could even state in your listings that you post on Saturdays only if it makes if easier. I started off selling the clothes and shoes that the kids had outgrown and general nic naks and now sell quite a bit for my friends etc for commission. Stay positive and determined as you are. God never gives us more than we can handle (although sometimes it may feel that way)

klare_2

i just wanted to say thanks to everyone who posted on my thread today...its been ahorrible day but you lot have made me smile again.
I know things will get better and most days I can cope with it, today just wasnt one of those.
I know that as the children get a bit older and before they grow into the ' i want nike trainers' stage we will have a chance to hit the debt, i just find it so frustrating not being a position now to do anything other than what we are.
it doesnt help me as hubby as a bit of a f##k 'em attitude whereas I want to crack on and get rid of it attiutde. Cant bring him round to realise that we should be throwing even pennies at the debt. I know it will make a difference. I guess because it made him so ill, he isnt going to let them get to him like that again and believe me I have tried every tactic in the book to change his opinion!!
anyway, tomorow is another day and you never know what it is going to bring.
anyway, thankyou once again.

vivaladiva

klare wrote:

lynzpower ... that made me laugh ..... i will consider that, although that action may enough to send hubby over the edge . Ive been using the 'blow up the balloon' technique recently but some how I still think that the 'blow up the bank' technique would give me more release from my pent up aggression ..... note to anyone involved in anti terrorist work, that was not a real threat, i have no knowledge about devices that would do that unless you count the last time i tried to cook an egg in the microwave! Nor do I have any desire to learn about them. I cant wire a plug and am very happy with my knowledge of technical devices! So dont arrest me!:D

Sounds like you're on the way up again emotionally at least. This post really made me chuckle. :rotfl:

Travel seems to be a major factor in your life at the moment - both cost and time. Even if your house needs some repairs is it not worth considering selling to move closer to your places of work?

mountainofdebt

What about getting your employer to pay for an OU course?

You don't have to tell them that the course would form part of your degree profile and you could argue the benefits of a course to them .

klare_2

to the last two posters, unfortunately me and hubby both work 30 miles away..... but in opposite directions so moving at this point in time wouldnt help us...thats not to say work opportunites wont come up in the future to resolve this. but for the time being we have both only been in our current posts for a few months so need to have at least a year under our belts to make it work well for us CV wise.
As for the degree / employer thing.... I have put in a bid for next years budgets to get some help but they dont kick in until april and the next intake for the course that I need to do with my job role is october, which then starts in the following MArch, so realistically its not going to be something that I can start until a year in march ... god thats a long time when i look at it like that!!
but I do see that things will get better, i just have to hang on in there.

all i can say is thank god for this site and Cadburys!!