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  • emsywoo123
    emsywoo123 Posts: 5,440 Forumite
    thequant wrote: »
    So it's when we had sex and not started a relationship that counts ? Will we be able to claim his benefit for the days we don't have sex ?

    Literally the best thing I have ever read on the benefits board :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

    Thanks OP :beer:
  • rubytuesday
    rubytuesday Posts: 22,383 Forumite
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    Whoops sorry I didn't know we weren't allowed to laugh.

    I was just laughing at some of the replies not the situation.

    Have fun!
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  • raven83
    raven83 Posts: 3,021 Forumite
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    the DWP wil want to get to the bottom of it......!!!
    Raven. :grinheart:grinheart:grinheart


  • ses6jwg
    ses6jwg Posts: 5,381 Forumite
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    Well that's certainly one way of getting tax "relief"....
  • FOX_HOUND
    FOX_HOUND Posts: 2,480 Forumite
    ab.da54 wrote: »
    Your new partner simply signs off the benefits he is no longer entitled to. He doesn't have to go into details about your relationship so I'm not sure why you are worried?

    That's a good point. Questions are only asked when you sign on, not when you sign off.

    Their only too glad to get you off the register.
    As surely as night follows day capitalism will come crumbling down. On a mission to secure a just and ethical society.
  • raven83
    raven83 Posts: 3,021 Forumite
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    or the op could just put it down as service charges...........
    Raven. :grinheart:grinheart:grinheart


  • meg72
    meg72 Posts: 5,164 Forumite
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    Errata wrote: »
    Eh ?............

    Eh? indeed. OMG. i think I must really be a dumb old lady cos I really am condused with this.
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  • Badger_Lady
    Badger_Lady Posts: 6,264 Forumite
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    edited 25 October 2011 at 11:09PM
    FOX_HOUND wrote: »
    You cannot prove that you weren't and they cannot prove that you were.

    Getting back to the serious point...

    Yes this is true. I have actually had to go through the "Miss Badger, please demonstrate that you are not in a relationship with your benefit-claiming lodger" before (and note to OP: your LA isn't very enlightened - I had to prove this about a girl :wink:).

    I simply had to describe how we had met and decided to live together. In our case, the young lady had applied for the room via Gumtree and been through an application process along with several others... she had a room inventory and houseshare agreement in place and she had been claiming benefits prior to moving in with me.

    The LA were happy with that.

    It's perfectly legitimate to then say that, after meeting in this fashion, you discovered an attraction and formed a relationship, and I would expect the council to accept your honest change of circumstances.

    It's the right thing to do :p

    But next time you rent a room, throw out the beanbag...
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  • newcook
    newcook Posts: 5,001 Forumite
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    bobajob_1966 wrote: »
    How do you accidentally shag someone? I'm picturing allsorts ... :eek:
    ;)


    Ive got the Eminem song in my head now! you know the one... 'what, she tripped? slipped? and landed on his d!ck!!'
  • RichGold
    RichGold Posts: 1,244 Forumite
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    In this thread you start by worrying that your new landlord might take advantage of you...
    #https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/1924715

    It sounds to me like the tables may have turned.
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