How on hells earth are we supposed to manage!

The_Write_Girl

It's called an auto-antonym.

The_Write_Girl

Older not wiser - researching an article and answering a post on a forum are poles apart surely? By the way I'm working on an article on Internet forums and guess which one will be earmarked as the most hostile and occasionally unhelpful.....Bob The Job will be getting a special mention.

nannymiaow

Really? Despise is an autoantonym? Can you please explain that to me? I get that left, for example, is an autoantonym (a word that can mean "to have departed from" or "to have remained") but not despise.

pelirocco

The_Write_Girl wrote: »

Older not wiser - researching an article and answering a post on a forum are poles apart surely? By the way I'm working on an article on Internet forums and guess which one will be earmarked as the most hostile and occasionally unhelpful.....Bob The Job will be getting a special mention.

Why are you sidetracking the OP's thread? , you are neither helpful nor friendly

The_Write_Girl

You just don't get the irony, do you?

You'll probably find many posters here have thread jacked before me. Read again.

pelirocco

The_Write_Girl wrote: »

You just don't get the irony, do you?

You'll probably find many posters here have thread jacked before me. Read again.

can you not leave this alone ? , although I doubt the Op will bother to come back again

The_Write_Girl

You leave first, then I'll close the door.

pelirocco

jtktb wrote: »

This is probably more of a rant than anything but please, any suggestions!

I currently dont work as we chose for me to stay home after having DS1, 3 years later we now have DS2 also. DH currently works full time and earns about 17500 before tax. We are really struggling each month.

After tax, NI and CSA have taken their cut he brings home 980 a month, our mortgage luckily is only 350 but once everything else is paid we are in a minus figure. The 350 we get in tax credits tops us up, but we cannot get anymore as they calculate on the figure before the CSA get their chunk.

I have been looking for a job but we are really stuck, I need to earn 350 to replace the tax credits we will lose, then another 800 to pay childcare for two children so I need to clear 1150 after tax to even break even! and will not see the children as by the time I get home they'll be ready for bed!

What on earth are we meant to do?!? I have tried all lines and cannot get anymore money, we cannot afford to carry on as we are but I dont see how I can get a job paying enough!?

OP

It maybe be better if you reposted this in the debt free wannabe forum , not implying that you have any debts but they are sure to be able to help

Oldernotwiser

The_Write_Girl wrote: »

Older not wiser - researching an article and answering a post on a forum are poles apart surely? By the way I'm working on an article on Internet forums and guess which one will be earmarked as the most hostile and occasionally unhelpful.....Bob The Job will be getting a special mention.

Research and checking facts for accuracy are important, whatever medium you're writing for. In fact, where facts rather than opinions are the subject, accuracy is even more important.

Lady_gaga

The_Write_Girl wrote: »

The response to my post says it all! Remember when you point your finger at someone, there are three pointing back at yourself - try it.

not if you only have 1 finger!! :rotfl:


Seriously though, if you are a journalist you need to harden up a bit, or do you just believe anything anybody tellls you? you won't go far if that's the case...