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Pregnant and benefits

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  • scootw1
    scootw1 Posts: 2,165 Forumite
    suzybear wrote: »
    This is why i said at the beginning im not judging or wanting to upset but there's alot of people who live near me who have been given a nice house fully paid, bills all paid for, money they spend on alcohol etc and they have several children because they think the more kids they have the more money they are given (one of them actually said this!) As im only a few weeks pregnant im talking to the dad to sort things out because he's in a sticky situation at the moment too.
    You may not want to hear this but the father of the child, however sticky his situation, is responsible for the child as well. perhaps he should have thought of his situation before making you pregnant.
  • scootw1 wrote: »
    You may not want to hear this but the father of the child, however sticky his situation, is responsible for the child as well. perhaps he should have thought of his situation before making you pregnant.

    He turned out not to be a decent bloke, after 8 months of being the perfect guy he tturned....dont think i need to give details. I will make sure i go the right way about getting him to pay though.
  • suzybear wrote: »
    This is why i said at the beginning im not judging or wanting to upset but there's alot of people who live near me who have been given a nice house fully paid, bills all paid for, money they spend on alcohol etc and they have several children because they think the more kids they have the more money they are given (one of them actually said this!) As im only a few weeks pregnant im talking to the dad to sort things out because he's in a sticky situation at the moment too.

    Bills all paid for? No-one i know on benefits get bill paid for them!
  • Bills all paid for? No-one i know on benefits get bill paid for them!

    I meant council tax.
  • dealer_wins
    dealer_wins Posts: 7,334 Forumite
    This thread is like a Jeremy Kyle script. OP Get those freeloading mums to sign in and start rucking with everyone!!!
  • suzybear wrote: »
    How dare you say something like that to me! You want to know about me then.....
    I was engaged to my partner of 7 years and we had a 2 year old son when he died in a car accident, i struggled more than you'd ever know, i carried on working full time. I met someone new and he changed my life and i was happy again. We talked it through and decided to settle down and make a family together but then he turned nasty and beat me up! I left him straight away and he's being done for assault so he cant go anywhere near me (that is his sticky situation!) i've now found out im pregnant which now is not ideal but i will not take the blame out on this baby! so dont you dare tell me im a tart and i shouldn't have got pregnant.

    I thought this was a forum for help and advice not for petty, nasty people to get a buzz from treating people like this.

    thats a delightful little tale but I honestly do not care.
  • thats a delightful little tale but I honestly do not care.


    That goes to show what kind of person you are. I came on here for help and advice from decent people, id appreciate it if you kept your nasty, unhelpful comments to yourself.
  • scootw1
    scootw1 Posts: 2,165 Forumite
    suzybear wrote: »
    He turned out not to be a decent bloke, after 8 months of being the perfect guy he tturned....dont think i need to give details. I will make sure i go the right way about getting him to pay though.
    Thanks for explaining about that. Hope you manage to nail the ba**rd as he is still responsible and should still pay ( but don't approach him yourself)
  • suzybear
    suzybear Posts: 18 Forumite
    scootw1 wrote: »
    Thanks for explaining about that. Hope you manage to nail the ba**rd as he is still responsible and should still pay ( but don't approach him yourself)

    I will!

    I am sorry about the comment i made but i just meant it about the general, steriotype of the "chav".....i hope there are people on here who know what i meant and that i didn't mean to make any offense.
  • JimmyTheWig
    JimmyTheWig Posts: 12,199 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Not appropriate, deathvalleydemon. No place on this forum for that sort of abuse or sexism.

    [Though I agree with Tory70, suzybear, that you started the agressive posting on this thread!]
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