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How much does it cost to live on your own?

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  • Loop
    Loop Posts: 2,717 Forumite
    well surely you will always have that as a reason to stay at home?

    what is the point of discussing it when I have just shown you have no intention of making your life happier.
    :wall:Crazy Nutters Club Member 003 :wall:
  • studentphil
    studentphil Posts: 37,640 Forumite
    Loop wrote:
    well surely you will always have that as a reason to stay at home?

    what is the point of discussing it when I have just shown you have no intention of making your life happier.

    When I live off money I earn compared to living on student loans that makes all the difference in having my own place.

    I am making my life better.
    :beer:
  • cupid_s
    cupid_s Posts: 2,008 Forumite
    I knew very few people at uni who lived at home. All the people in halls or shared houses managed ok

    I think uni itself is a great excuse to get your own place
  • studentphil
    studentphil Posts: 37,640 Forumite
    It is a bit late for me now to go live in halls, but I think moving away to uni might have been better.
    :beer:
  • Quasar
    Quasar Posts: 121,720 Forumite
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    studentphil wrote:
    She likes me, I dont know why as I am not that special or anything really!
    She brings out my manly and confident elements though.

    No, I wouldnt marry her until she had graduated.

    Blimey! I'd hate to see your less confident elements....
    Be careful who you open up to. Today it's ears, tomorrow it's mouth.
  • studentphil
    studentphil Posts: 37,640 Forumite
    Quasar wrote:
    Blimey! I'd hate to see your less confident elements....
    She brings out my fun loving, out going sides as I want to impress her I suppose. I dont really have time to feel down when I am with her.
    :beer:
  • Quasar
    Quasar Posts: 121,720 Forumite
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    studentphil wrote:
    She brings out my fun loving, out going sides as I want to impress her I suppose. I dont really have time to feel down when I am with her.

    Well, I'm glad she is such a positive influence on you. The more time you spend with her, the better then. :)
    Be careful who you open up to. Today it's ears, tomorrow it's mouth.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 17,413 Forumite
    10,000 Posts I've been Money Tipped!
    studentphil wrote:
    I know how much it costs to live as a student, but that is vastly different to living in the real world.

    That is true in the 'real' world you have to pay for things like council tax ,water rates insurance car tax phone,electric and gas bills. If you are as I am a retired widow living on a fixed income, but who is lucky enough to not have a mortgage then that is totally different from someone say like my youngest daughter who has one income and five growing children. Everyone is different and if you are being subsidised by your parents then you will have a different value of money to the rest of us who don't have parents to pay the bills
    When I first left home aged 16 and went out into the 'real' world it was quite a shock that if I didn't put a shilling in the meter then there were no electric light, or warm gas fire .I remember living on custard for a week as that was all I had in the cupboard to eat. :rotfl: :rotfl:
  • mrcow
    mrcow Posts: 15,170 Forumite
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    JackieO wrote:
    I remember living on custard for a week as that was all I had in the cupboard to eat. :rotfl: :rotfl:

    At least it wasn't gravy ;)
    "One day I realised that when you are lying in your grave, it's no good saying, "I was too shy, too frightened."
    Because by then you've blown your chances. That's it."
  • studentphil
    studentphil Posts: 37,640 Forumite
    I am lucky at the moment because my parents do almost everything for me. I live rent free here and all pay is for my own travel.
    :beer:
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