The worst/naughtiest thing you've done to survive whilst at rock bottom

Luckystepho

I remember the good old days of cheques and being able to use them to tide me over when I was a few days from pay day- I used to write a cheque for groceries or petrol, knowing I had no money in my account and praying my wages would make it into the bank before the cheque was cashed!

miggy

carlingman wrote: »

not paid any debts and just ignored them lol

The_Ubiquitous_Mrs_Smith wrote: »

We've had a 'tight' few months but this post has hit home how easy it is to get into trouble. I keep saying I need to get my spending in order whilst at the same time clicking the 'confirm payment' button. This stops now.

Carlingman, where is that going to get you?

Mrs. Smith... just wanted to wish you all the best in making a stable economic base for your little girl's future.

MrsB2100

My word, readin the rest of this thread, I feel thoroughly ashamed now! I dont have kids or pets to feed, so no excuses ... I have tears in my eyes reading some of these posts. Same as a previous poster, I can now appreciate what my Mum had to do to keep us fed and warm when we were kids. (Single mum, 2 jobs, home working and 3 kids to raise ...)

I hope that those of you who have had the most awful, awful experiences never have to live through it again.

As for the rioters ... I'm pretty sure that I'd survive without the latest TV, Iphones & sportswear ... no excuses!

FireWyrm

Gross but true....

Cat food mixed with onion and paprika and fried like fritters is entirely edible, especially when you smother it with brown sauce.

With regard to the rioters...they have never known a days poverty in their lives and as far as I am concerned, looters should be shot. Enough said.

no_choice_now

miggy wrote: »

I'd like to nominate this as post of the month

Thank you that's very kind. I have to say how shocked I am by how blunt and moving the confessions all are - and how many there are! I never expected this to kick off like it did and end up with so many people sharing stories and with so many tears reading them.

I thought I was going to be left hanging with my loo roll confession hahaha

The_Ubiquitous_Mrs_Smith

no_choice_now wrote: »

Thank you that's very kind. I have to say how shocked I am by how blunt and moving the confessions all are - and how many there are! I never expected this to kick off like it did and end up with so many people sharing stories and with so many tears reading them.

I thought I was going to be left hanging with my loo confession hahaha

Nah, the drunk 8 year olds would have kept you company. :D

carrielovesfanta

When I was three months without job seeker's and too proud to ask for help from my parents, I had very little food and one survived a week by eating nothing but a tube chocolate body paint :eek:

no_choice_now

carlingman wrote: »

not paid any debts and just ignored them lol

Hi carlingman, thanks for making your first post here. There are lovely people on the Debt Free Wannabe forum. If you open a new thread with a bit of background info on your situation and (if you have one) a rough outline of your debts, they will be delighted to help you get started. They will give you all sorts of information and help on how you can reclaim any money owed to you and how to start tackling what you owe others.

I'm happy this thread motivated you to join and confess to your debt problem, you're amongst friends, so welcome :beer:

timbstoke

+1 for the loo roll theives - mine always came from either work or McDonalds.

I'm fortunate enough to have never been unemployed, but my most broke time was after I broke up with an ex at the age of 19 - we'd bought a house together and were both working at McDonalds - minimum wage is very difficult to sustain a mortgage on when there's two of you, never mind doing it alone! I ended up working every shift I could get, both to pay the bills and because it meant free food. I was always scheduled for evening shifts, but that year, all through summer I'd turn up every day at 8am because I knew the morning manager would offer me a shift at Alton Towers because he was too busy to send the staff he'd promised them. I'd arrive back at about 6pm and would immediately be offered my usual evening shift until 2am. Repeat the next day, 7 days a week for about a month. As well as taking 'waste' food at the end of the night, I'm ashamed to say I also took some food from the chiller and stores when I was really broke. Eggs, bacon, milk, tea bags, pots of sauce - all fair game.

How I came out of that with a size 32 waist is one of the great mysteries of the universe.

As long as we're throwing rioter comments in...I heard one guy saying "I'm not saying I condone the riots, but people here have nothing - I'm being fined at the moment because I can't afford to insure my car". My first thought was "Wait...you can afford a car?!? You've got more money than me mate!"

Owain_Moneysaver

FireWyrm wrote: »

Gross but true....

Cat food mixed with onion and paprika and fried like fritters is entirely edible, especially when you smother it with brown sauce.

I was briefly tempted by the juicy meaty chunks in real gravy, but then worked out that actual tinned tuna was about a third of the price of catfood that was usually only about 5% real ingredient.