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Great 'Biggest financial fear' Hunt

Great 'Biggest financial fear' Hunt

Money is often at the top of people's worry lists, so we want to know what you fear the most when it comes to your finances?

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  • Shoe_Gal
    Shoe_Gal Posts: 7,235 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    edited 4 February 2011 at 1:21PM
    Unemployment - everything is very finely balanced with no 'wiggle' room :eek:
    Sometimes it's hard to walk in a single woman's shoes - that's why we need really special ones!
    Total debt @ Oct 2008: £29,226.42 Credit Card- £[STRIKE]7493.56[/STRIKE] - £7243.56
    Weightloss : 0/34lbs
  • sarah*a
    sarah*a Posts: 2,778 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Changing from IB to ESA - and the whole 'support group' 'non-support group' fiasco :mad:

    I should be OK but the whole thought of it is making me ill again :(
  • MSE_Lee wrote: »
    Great 'Biggest financial fear' Hunt

    Money is often at the top of people's worry lists, so we want to know what you fear the most when it comes to your finances?

    View past Great Hunts



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    Top of my list - losing my job (its not likely BUT it is still possible)

    Next to that is inflation.
    Not as green as I am cabbage looking
  • scotsbob
    scotsbob Posts: 4,632 Forumite
    Is that when I am no longer around my children will get conned by commission hungry salesmen calling themselves financial advisers.
  • Blobby8_2
    Blobby8_2 Posts: 2,009 Forumite
    Being offered a job.
  • mel12
    mel12 Posts: 298 Forumite
    My area becoming very unsafe to live in & not being able to afford to move (its a poor area but ok at the moment, I'm concerned all the cuts to people's benefits, support, employment etc cld cause the area to deteoriate. The cuts are going to hit ppl in my area very hard.).
    Only after the last tree has been cut down,
    Only after the last river has been poisoned,
    Only after the last fish has been caught,
    Only then will you find that money cannot be eaten
  • nearlyrich
    nearlyrich Posts: 13,698 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker Hung up my suit!
    edited 4 February 2011 at 1:19PM
    I am worried my savings will not be enough to keep me comfortable in my old age, best scenaro is spend your last fiver the day you die (of extreme old age)
    Free impartial debt advice from: National Debtline or Stepchange[/CENTER]
  • *jobags*
    *jobags* Posts: 167 Forumite
    I am more worried for my childrens financial future than my own - it's grim out there
    Debt @ 31.01.10 £324,422
    Debt @ 31.01.11 £311,289

    Get debts under £300k by 31.12.11 £561/£11,850 at 15/1/11
  • DebtfreeBY40_2
    DebtfreeBY40_2 Posts: 123 Forumite
    edited 4 February 2011 at 1:22PM
    I am worried about the mortgage interest rates increasing so much that I lose my house.
    If you knew it then you know it!

    £3160/£11,000
  • My biggest financial fear is what we're going to do when OH has served his 22yrs in the forces (not very far away now). I'm not sure we can afford for him to leave, but equally he has a dream job in mind and wants to feel settled once we have children.
    :D DEBT FREE 3rd Sept 2011 :D
    (Debts at highest £15.8k Nov '08)
    Student Loan paid off July 2014
    First Direct Regular Saver #2: £2700 ** Santander 123: £13,106
    Car Insurance/Tax Fund: £305 ** Present Savings: £525 ** Disneyworld Fund £100
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