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single parent bf stays up to 3 days a week

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  • cord123
    cord123 Posts: 644 Forumite
    I dont understand why people on benefits are all branded with a certain tag.... not everyone on benefits want to be there. My mum and dad had 6 children together, my dad was an MD of a company on 100k +, one day he left, house got repossesed and we ended up in a three bed council house on benefits (all 7 of us) My mum had no choice but to claim benefits as she hadnt worked for 12 years due to being a SAHM so any job she could get wouldnt have covered the childcare costs of 6 children. She worked very hard, brought us all up to be good students (all A grade children), run the house and studied a managerial course. She is now a manager at a supermarket.
    Please dont judge before you know the full truth.
  • NickyBat
    NickyBat Posts: 857 Forumite
    cord123 wrote: »
    I dont understand why people on benefits are all branded with a certain tag.... not everyone on benefits want to be there. My mum and dad had 6 children together, my dad was an MD of a company on 100k +, one day he left, house got repossesed and we ended up in a three bed council house on benefits (all 7 of us) My mum had no choice but to claim benefits as she hadnt worked for 12 years due to being a SAHM so any job she could get wouldnt have covered the childcare costs of 6 children. She worked very hard, brought us all up to be good students (all A grade children), run the house and studied a managerial course. She is now a manager at a supermarket.
    Please dont judge before you know the full truth.

    wow i take my hat off to your mum, looking after 7 kids is more than a full time job in itself.
  • mustBdebt3
    mustBdebt3 Posts: 27 Forumite
    Do you count the seventeen year old as one of your three children my sweet?

    LMAO. You slay me.
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  • Oldernotwiser
    Oldernotwiser Posts: 37,425 Forumite
    cord123 wrote: »
    I dont understand why people on benefits are all branded with a certain tag.... not everyone on benefits want to be there. My mum and dad had 6 children together, my dad was an MD of a company on 100k +, one day he left, house got repossesed and we ended up in a three bed council house on benefits (all 7 of us) My mum had no choice but to claim benefits as she hadnt worked for 12 years due to being a SAHM so any job she could get wouldnt have covered the childcare costs of 6 children. She worked very hard, brought us all up to be good students (all A grade children), run the house and studied a managerial course. She is now a manager at a supermarket.
    Please dont judge before you know the full truth.

    Your mother sounds the sort of person that benefits are designed to help. Unfortunately there are many people these days for whom benefits are a lifestyle choice.
  • Kimitatsu
    Kimitatsu Posts: 3,886 Forumite
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    Closed!!

    Is there something in the water or is the tv just that rubbish?

    OP - no set number of nights, its about whether he contributes to the household and where his main accomodation is. There are lots and lots of threads on the forum which cover this, I will pm you a link,
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