JSA virgin - advice please.

Oldernotwiser

All unemployed adults over the age of 25 have to manage on £65 JSA and most of them don't have the luxury of having paid off their mortgage and having a lump sum of £6K.

I don't really see why you think your friend is an exception to this or why he shouldn't take a different job.There are many people who have had professional jobs in the past now working in B&Q , call centres and supermarkets, either until they get a more suitable job or until they can collect their pensions.

I really hope that your friend is more flexible than you're portraying him.

cassieB57

Vader123 wrote: »

The OP will consider this "beneath" their friend.

Vader

it wasn't beneath me-would being out on the street because theyv'e lost everything, because they weree too proud to take what they perceived to be 'menial' work, not be 'beneath' them?

Where would we be without these workers-nobody on the checkout or to serve your food and drink, dirty toilets, bins overflowing, streets full of rubbish...come to that, nobody at the jobcentre to work out your benefit and send your money...oh I could SO go on!!!

i get so sick of hearing "oh, I'll do anything, I'd rather be working..." till you say well there are 5 cleaning jobs here, or a bin man, or look B&Q want staff...suddenly it's a case of "well I won't sweep the streets..."

(sorry , bit off topic, but the question was, would the jobcentre expect them to change professions in their 50's so in a way that's answered it and that's my piece said)

You never know they might find a whole new lease of life.

MarieMc

Eh! At one point this is a single man, then it's her boyfriend?!?! Or have I read that wrong?

Also with £6k in the bank I think he has his priorities mixed up.

Oldernotwiser

MarieMc wrote: »

Eh! At one point this is a single man, then it's her boyfriend?!?! Or have I read that wrong?
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Lots of single men have girlfriends!:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Breast_Cancer_Survivor

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

Lots of single men have girlfriends!:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Why is it when a single woman on benefits, say a mum for example has a boyfriend the boyfriend is expected to move in immediately to & keep them to prevent the mother from falsely claiming benefits yet a single man on benefits isn't expected to have his girlfriend move in & keep him to prevent him falsely claiming benefts? :think:

Isn't that a tinsy bit sexist? :eek:

dmg24

Breast_Cancer_Survivor wrote: »

Why is it when a single woman on benefits, say a mum for example has a boyfriend the boyfriend is expected to move in immediately to & keep them to prevent the mother from falsely claiming benefits yet a single man on benefits isn't expected to have his girlfriend move in & keep him to prevent him falsely claiming benefts? :think:

Isn't that a tinsy bit sexist? :eek:

A couple in the early stages of their relationship are not expected to support each other in the eyes of the state, irrespective of sex. Equally, a couple who are blatantly scamming the state in order to maximise benefits (not unlike some we could mention close to here) should be expected to support each other, and god forbid, support themselves.

Breast_Cancer_Survivor

dmg24 wrote: »

A couple in the early stages of their relationship are not expected to support each other in the eyes of the state, irrespective of sex. Equally, a couple who are blatantly scamming the state in order to maximise benefits (not unlike some we could mention close to here) should be expected to support each other, and god forbid, support themselves.

How do you know that the op & her friend (bf) are in the early stages of their relationship?

When I first posted here well over a year ago when I was in the early stages of a relationship I was told that my bf should be supporting me & my 3 kids despite the fact i'd only known the guy for a few months.

It looks like another case of double standards to me.

Who was scamming btw?

How do you know that they were?

Probably because you didn't like the look of them no doubt.

dmg24

Breast_Cancer_Survivor wrote: »

How do you know that the op & her friend (bf) are in the early stages of their relationship?

When I first posted here well over a year ago when I was in the early stages of a relationship I was told that my bf should be supporting me & my 3 kids despite the fact i'd only known the guy for a few months.

It looks like another case of double standards to me.

Who was scamming btw?

How do you know that they were?

Probably because you didn't like the look of them no doubt.

Why are you talking about your own relationship? Did I refer to you? Nope ... Perhaps you need to realise that the world does not revolve around you?

Breast_Cancer_Survivor

dmg24 wrote: »

Why are you talking about your own relationship? Did I refer to you? Nope ... Perhaps you need to realise that the world does not revolve around you?

So you never even though of me when you wrote this?

Equally, a couple who are blatantly scamming the state in order to maximise benefits (not unlike some we could mention close to here) should be expected to support each other, and god forbid, support themselves.

Who is the liar now? :rotfl:

I wasn't talking to you anyway I asked ONW a question about why the op is allowed to have a relationship yet claim benefits for being single when if a single mother post's the same question she get's ripped to shreds.

I am not talking about me either i'm just generalising as it happens on here all the time.

seven-day-weekend

If there are no jobs in his profession then he won't be able to do it anyway, will he?

Surely it is better to work in B and Q than be unemployed for years? And what's wrong with B and Q anyway?

He surely will not expect the State to keep him if there is a perfectly respectable job he could be doing, even though it is not his profession.