Paying 'keep' HELP!!!

anxious_mum

I have to say quid because I cannot find my 'pound' sign!

Skint_Catt

I'm sad to say that although I got angry in the early pages of this thread, I'm now sitting here in floods of tears.

How anyone could treat their own mother so appalingly is beyond me. When I was young my mother would give me the last penny in her purse (even though I didn't know/appreciate it at the time) and I, now, would do the same for her.

At 34 I finally earn the same as the OP and can't believe that she can't spare only £400 a month!

Googlewhacker

I have to say I like how this thread has got everyone together and people are telling their stories about money in the past.

Very inspriring, especially the poster who said their daughter put 1k in her account to help her out.

Well done everyone including the OP for her unintended thread.

skintchick

I also think OP is a troll, but I do remember moving out of home at 19 and being utterly horrified that I had to pay for water! :rotfl: I also remember at age I think 18 when I worked FT as a barmaid refusing to pay keep because 'this is my home!'so the OP;s attitude does exist but at least I was younger! I did learn, quickly.

hayleymoo

This has to be a troll. Surely there's no one that callous. If this isn't a troll - you must really hate your mother.

I don't usually feed trolls, but...

Your attitude would soon change if you had to move out - you have no idea how much things cost in the real world. Our council tax alone is £150pm in North Wales (aka middle of nowhere), so £160 in London is insanely cheap. I had no idea how much things cost when I lived at home, and the things you don't even think of that you need to pay for. It's only now I run my own house that I truly appreciate my parents putting a roof over my head.

I really don't think you should go back to University - if you are so thickheaded as to think your own mother is scamming you with the bills, then postgraduate education is not for you. This coming from someone with a Doctorate. Pity they don't do a Masters in common sense.

I would do anything at all to help my parents if they needed it, especially if they were at risk of losing their house, even though I don't live there anymore. I saved like mad after my degree and paid for them to go for 2 weeks all inclusive to Mexico - they hadn't had a holiday in around 10 years.

Why wouldn't you want to help your Mum? Really, that just boggles the mind.

And just an FYI, that £500 your friend wants would probably go up after a couple of months. If this is the same "friend" that gave you awesome financial advice/told you your mum was scamming you, then she has probably no clue herself. With two of you living there, council tax would go up, gas, electric, water would go up in use - my friend living alone was shocked how much we pay compared to her. You might need a dearer telephone/broadband if there's more usage. You'd need to buy your own food, etc. etc.

originalmiscellany

Great thread! Sad to see some people are so ignorant as to the real costs of living - some thread replies have really made me laugh - mainly "you're a twit" etc.

Nothing to say to the OP that's not been said - I hope the 16 pages of response indicate that they are possibly a little out of order!

Enterprise_1701C

anxious_mum wrote: »

I have to say quid because I cannot find my 'pound' sign!

Should be the upper case of your 3 on the top row - unless it's done a runner having seen this thread !

balletshoes

Sweetheart wrote: »

Well the gas bill was for £172 but she only paid £20 so somehow she is manipulating the bills. My friend said £20 is more like what it should be for a 3 bed house. my mum said it was because she had overpaid in summer by direct debit so it reduced the amount due - but she said the actual cost is about £72 a month.

No I'm not a troll! I just expected you to be more fair. I'm her child, not her husband. I live here, Its my home. Sorry if she has kids then expects to make a profit.

you are an adult, not a child, for goodness sake she's not making a profit at all, with 3 adults in a 3 bed house £1200 might just cover the bills - might.

you need to stop listening to friends who clearly don't live in the real world either if they think £20 a month will cover the gas bill - there are only 2 adults in my 3-bed house, we are out all day most days, and my gas bill is nearly £50 a month by direct debit (and electric is £30 a month on top of that if you're interested in real life and what it costs).

Shape up or ship out - your £50 doesn't come anywhere near covering the bills in the house you call home. If you begrudge paying £50 pwk because your friends don't pay that much, go live with one of their parents, and let your mum rent out your room. Then you'd all be happy, wouldn't you???

LittleMissAspie

Why do people bother responding to such an obvious troll? I honestly don't understand why people take this sort of thing seriously, I find it almost amazing. A 16 page thread, it's the height of trolling success. You've all made the OP very happy.

balletshoes

Sweetheart wrote: »

Not quite. The bills are £1200 per month. Basic utilities only. (c tax/ part of mortgae/ gas /elect etc). she wants those bills paid equally between us all - that £400 each.

she has no income at all. (the £200 is frm me)
I pay £200 month
Brother pays currently £120 month
Bills are £1200
so she pays rest out of her savings. thats why she wants me to pay £400.

That means I'm paying more than him but he only earns £65 pw so cant pay £400, but he should get a proper job.

Mother pays about £850 a month but she says its depleting her savings. BUT if we werent living there - shes have to pay the bills anyway! So she should just be glad we're there to help or she'd starve!

no, she should do the sensible thing, make you leave, and get a lodger who would happily pay £400 per month to rent a room. She wouldn't have the stress of you whinging about how unfair it is that you should pay more than £50pwk, and I think she'd be a lot happier, knowing there was steady income from the lodger so she could keep the roof over her head and not starve.

Seriously, you need a reality check Sweetheart.