Second baby on way, what will benefits be?

lottee

Just call me 007 ! lol

Over & out... (this can't carry on now, surely!)

Graham_Devon

lottee wrote:

Just call me 007 ! lol

Over & out... (this can't carry on now, surely!)

It's a bit of a mouthful. How about Inspecta'lot. I quite like that. Infact, I'm quite proud of myself.

So, did anyone watch Lee Evans or am I own my own!?

kelloggs36

skintio wrote:

Youre all a bunch of blinkered ******* in my opinion, i dont want to be stuck on benefits, accidents do happen and im fed up of you lot preaching at me. Im glad youre lifes are all so perfect so you can sit in judgement on me. At least im a nice person and have better things to do than sit and slate some one with out even trying to understand there situation! and for the last time i am not in a council house! Even if i was what is your prob with ppl that live in them!!! Shall we put them out on the street? So i am not taking up extra housing for ppl that really need it. end off. :mad: And im not comin gon here any more so write what you want, youre arguing with a 'nick name on a screen' now !

My life is far from perfect believe me. I have lived on benefits and managed to get off them. Nobody is saying you are a horrible person, but from the information you have given, you are not entitled to claim benefits - I don't make the rules, but I do believe that the welfare state is there to help people who NEED it. You seem to want the welfare state to let you claim benefits when there is a simple solution to your 'predicament' only you don't WANT to go that route. Fine, don't but don't expect everybody else to pay for you. That's all we are saying. Who said anything about living in a council house? That is irrelevant. Are you living rent free then? Lucky you if you are, or if you have a mortgage, Income Support are paying the interest are they not? If you are renting privately, housing benefit is paying for it, is it not? Council house is a red herring, as you still get your housing costs paid for you either way, unless you own your own home in which case you are extremely lucky.

lottee

Nah, I watched Terminator 3 or 4 - or whatever it was. Love it when the baddies get shot down. Lee Evans is hilarious, but not as hilarious as Little Britain! Don't ya just love Matt Lucas as Vikki Pollard?

Graham_Devon

Ooooo! Like your style Bad girl!

Yer but no but yer but no but yer but no, are you listening....Lee Evans rocks right innit.

And thats me done on this thread unless something exciting happens where I can't control myself

pipkin71

As a single parent living in a council house and claiming benefits [due to ill health], I would never dream of criticising anyone who needed to claim benefits. The system is there to help people in need, and I am thankful for it.

However:

skintio wrote:

I am not single, just because my partner lives over the road does not make me single, we have been together 2years so id hardly class that as on my own, and the reason we dont live together is because we choose not to

Just wonder what happens to people who really need help once the pot's run dry :eek:

Black Saturn - having read through this thread, the posters disagreeing with the OP have not done so because she had sex outside of marriage - it is because they do not see the need for the OP to claim benefits when she is not single, and as you have said yourself on another thread "I've got nothing against people receiving benefit for as long as they want if they want to but not if they are doing it fraudulently."


regards
Pipkin xxx

Graham_Devon

Pot won't run dry. We'll just have to pay more of our hard earned over.

Fran

skintio wrote:

I'd just like to say that some of the posts/comments on here have made me feel really bad.. I only wanted a bit of advice and basically youve made me feel really ashamed, and basically like a piece of cr*p..

I havent said me and my partner arent going to live together, ive only known im pregnant for a week and one day.. how much could i off changed in that time, im still getting used to the idea that im having another baby.. It is not as simple as me and him just moving in together today, he cant just leave his mum, he has a mortgage too, is he meant to move into mine and then start paying my rent etc bills on top of his? We have to sort alot of things out and this will take a bit of time, does nobody understand that?
I dont simply want the state to just keep on paying for me, why do you think ive been at college for the last nrly 2 years slogging my guts out, just so i can sit on my !!!, i dont think so.. I am gutted that it has messed up my prospects but im not prepared to get rid of a baby because of this, its not the babies fault and we will have to work it out with the new baby, im so sorry everyones elses lives are perfect.
I have posted about my private life on here when all i wanted was an answer to a question, i didnt want everyone to know my personal business and i am quite embarassed that ive had to do it (and dont say i didnt have to, else i wouldve of just been slated even more if ppl didnt know id been on the pill etc), I just feel really disheartend now and im not going to post again on this thread as you have all aready made your minds up.
Me and my partner will work things out and im sure we will be really happy, thanks to everyone who said congrats or wished us luck. x

edit : so if he lived 5 streets away or other side of town would it be different, i cant help that he lives 7 houses down, i didnt know him when he bought the house!

skintio,

The thing with your situation is that if you are on Income Support the CSA will automatically get involved and he will have to pay up what they say. You as the "single parent" will only receive £10 extra on IS of this. You might well decide at this point to live together. Good luck with sorting this out.



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There are forum rules about being nice to each other and keeping threads on topic.

welshcakes

I think this thread has diversified greatly into a general overlook/debate on the merits and drawbacks of a benefits system that relies in part on full and frank disclosure of applicants; in that respect, I appreciate the thread has escalated into a more abstract reflection of a scenario as first presented by skintio. I don't think that this is necessarily a bad thing as it performs an important task in dissecting and establishing current attitude toward the system.

Hopefully, everyone who participates and just reads the posts consequently has the opportunity to understand and consider further the spectrum of knowledge, personal experiences and opinions of the benefits system.

Broken_hearted

Graham_Devon wrote:

Pot won't run dry. We'll just have to pay more of our hard earned over.

Thats not true it can easily run dry. I find they cut the benefits to those who need it most first, those who can't fight back. Mainly the old and disabled.