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  • slscarborough
    slscarborough Posts: 851 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    We could manage without a car possibly however if DS2 gets his chosen school this would be difficult without a car. I cannot persuade OH to get rid a car all together so downgrading is a compromise.
  • slscarborough
    slscarborough Posts: 851 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    I feel like such a failure!! All this is really getting me down. DS1 went to live with his dad in August and I have been a mess since.
  • jinky67
    jinky67 Posts: 47,812 Forumite
    slscarborough wrote: »
    I feel like such a failure!! All this is really getting me down. DS1 went to live with his dad in August and I have been a mess since.
    You are NOT a failure!
    Do not ever think that, its a blip and you will get through it;)

    What age is DS, if you dont mind me asking?
    :heartpulsOnce a Flylady, always a Flylady:heartpuls
  • joolsybools
    joolsybools Posts: 1,595 Forumite
    You are only £300 short so if you OH can get even a 10 hour a week job this will help. Does s/he have any skills they can use to go self-employed/working from home? Get a piece of paper and brainstorm all ideas, no matter how rediculous they might sound at first, hopefully you can come up with something. Good luck x
  • CH27
    CH27 Posts: 5,531 Forumite
    slscarborough wrote: »
    I feel like such a failure!! All this is really getting me down. DS1 went to live with his dad in August and I have been a mess since.


    You ARE NOT a failure!!!

    Do not think that way.
    Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.
  • slscarborough
    slscarborough Posts: 851 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    DS1 was 16 last month.
  • slscarborough
    slscarborough Posts: 851 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    We have been job hunting last mad over the last week. Most jobs we have applied for were already gone!! He applied at Lidls yesterday and is in the process of the Aldi's online applciation as we speak. I know he feels like such a failure too.
  • jinky67
    jinky67 Posts: 47,812 Forumite
    slscarborough wrote: »
    DS1 was 16 last month.
    May I take it there was trouble before he left then?
    I know how hard it is when kids go to live elsewhere, I didnt handle it well either.:o
    :heartpulsOnce a Flylady, always a Flylady:heartpuls
  • slscarborough
    slscarborough Posts: 851 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    DS2 is 4 - not sure which you were referring to.
  • slscarborough
    slscarborough Posts: 851 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    jinky67 wrote: »
    May I take it there was trouble before he left then?
    I know how hard it is when kids go to live elsewhere, I didnt handle it well either.:o

    No it was completely out of the blue!! It was his 16th birthday last month and I couldnt even afford a decent present.
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