Does any have, or have had, au pairs?

Edinburghlass_2

You should be posting on DFW really because at the moment you are £300 a month down until you get these direct payments

But then you forgot your student loans and grants!

Zara33

brazilianwax post of the month

sarahlouise210

Your SOF is worked out to the penny ...well done! How DO youmanage to pay for the swimming. ice skating and holidays??? and does your son not go to his Dads in Blackpool at the weekends ????

roswell

Right thats it im off to make a claim, COmbined there you make more than me in 18 months im just going to work out why in doing a 84 hour stint of night shifts whne i could just have a few occasional black outs ... oh yes thats it.

its because I dont believe in getting what I havent worked for, in your case it seems you have worked very hard at getting all these benifits well done.

missk_ensington

brazilianwax wrote:

You forgot the £12k a year you get for your uni course.

£5,000 is a loan and very much repayable. A loan can hardly be classed as income.

It isn't £12,000 now I have an au pair because £4,500 of that was Childcare Grant to pay nursery. So now its £5k loan and £2.5k grants, and those come in lump sums and are used on the house

ooobedoo

ELass-have you met Martin and is he as sexy in real life???

Zara33

ooobedoo wrote:

ELass-have you met Martin and is he as sexy in real life???

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

ooobedoo

come on, I can't be the only one that thinks this.......??????

missk_ensington

sarahlouise210 wrote:

Your SOF is worked out to the penny ...well done! How DO youmanage to pay for the swimming. ice skating and holidays??? and does your son not go to his Dads in Blackpool at the weekends ????

My son doesn;t see his Dad, but he does see his Nan on Friday, he's collected Fri morning (another day off for the au pair) and back Saturday morning.

As mentioned, I get my uni money and extra things like the skating come out of that.

lizzie12_2

I will swap with you....... more money coming in, full time carer for both of you, social buddy when it suits, you have a car.

We get a lot less for the three of us .

Hope what you have mentioned is correct and that you have had you questions answered here.

Just one big tip.... try to spend more time with your little one - his life will fly by. You dont want him to remember sitting infront of the tv all day with a lady who doesnt care and mum is out all the time. See through the little ones eyes - he is probably crying out for cuddles but not sure who to ask.......