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Butti's Journey: A matter of loaf and death

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  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    Butti wrote: »
    So.....still waiting for my owners to find a house.

    Not "your" owners. Don't think you need to take ownership of disasters, calamities and all-round idiocy - you've enough on your plate. "The" owners.
    Butti wrote: »
    Have started to feel sorry for the Estate Agents :eek:What a state of affairs!

    A dreadful state indeed, especially since Estate Agents rank just above MPs in the ever-popular popularity stakes.
    Butti wrote: »
    Right off to assess my totals so I can update soon, probably Monday. Currently £800 under my O/D limit so should probably get the suspension done next week. May need some advising on how much it is likely to be.

    I had two back springs replaced at about £400 (IIRC) all in at a main dealer - if that's any help. Though there was additional work on top, so may have been discounted slightly.
    Butti wrote: »
    p.s. Two years yesterday since I started my job. Do you remember that, sitting in a canal boat pondering the terrifying prospect of going to work after over 2 years of not. Feel like its time for :bdaycake: :D

    Have a slice for me... :beer:
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  • Butti
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    ZTD wrote: »
    Are you the youngest in your family? A lot of that sort of thing used to happen to me as well. I put it down to being the youngest.

    I'm the youngest
    and the girl
    and the one who recently lost their job had to retrain and got into debt :T

    I'm sure I'm the one he's proudest of!!!

    But as my middle brother says 'It's not like any of us deal drugs, are in prostitution or have killed anyone'. Anything that would really SHAME HIM.
    Really we're ok people.:cool:
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  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    Butti wrote: »
    I'm the youngest
    and the girl

    Well I used to get the talked-over, patronised and the rest because I was the youngest (and the boy) - the baby of the family even 40 years later. Of course now things have changed since I'm the only child who visits parents on anything like a frequent basis.

    It's funny how that works.
    Butti wrote: »
    and the one who recently lost their job had to retrain and got into debt :T

    Everyone is in debt the day they sign that mortgage agreement.
    Butti wrote: »
    I'm sure I'm the one he's proudest of!!!

    Does he express pride in any of you?
    Butti wrote: »
    But as my middle brother says 'It's not like any of us deal drugs, are in prostitution or have killed anyone'. Anything that would really SHAME HIM.

    My parents have that exact same attitude. But they have "the other side of the family" to compare us against. That's like a soap opera, but with better acting.
    Butti wrote: »
    Really we're ok people.:cool:

    I know you are. :kisses3:
    "Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
    "We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
    "Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky."     OMD 'Julia's Song'
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,125 Ambassador
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    You are indeedy an ok person :)
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  • Butti
    Butti Posts: 5,014 Forumite
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    I just hide it well:rotfl:
    Debt LBM (08/09) £11,641. DEBT FREE APRIL 2021.
    Diary 'Butti's journey : A matter of loaf or death'.
    Diary 2 'The whimsical tale of the Waterbed of Debt'         48% off mortgage
    'one day I will be rich and famous…for now I'll just have to settle for being poor and incredibly sexy'. Vimrod Member of MIKE'S :cool: MOB
  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    Butti wrote: »
    I just hide it well:rotfl:

    Not from us you don't. :p
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    "We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
    "Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky."     OMD 'Julia's Song'
  • beanielou
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    ZTD wrote: »
    Not from us you don't. :p

    Seconded :p:A
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  • skint_spice
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    Can I join the Butti love in?:love: Parents are odd, I'm a parent and I'm odd we can't help it. Mine rarely say they are proud of us either but I know they are - well sort of :D
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  • Butti
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    skint_spice wrote: »
    Can I join the Butti love in?:love: Parents are odd, I'm a parent and I'm odd we can't help it. Mine rarely say they are proud of us either but I know they are - well sort of :D

    I think somewhere deep he is but he hides it REALLY well under layers of sarcasm and stiff upper lippyness. Plus he doesn't believe he is good enough so sees our achievements as competition. It's like he still has to win.

    Exciting money news....but first I must go and swim :D:D:D
    Debt LBM (08/09) £11,641. DEBT FREE APRIL 2021.
    Diary 'Butti's journey : A matter of loaf or death'.
    Diary 2 'The whimsical tale of the Waterbed of Debt'         48% off mortgage
    'one day I will be rich and famous…for now I'll just have to settle for being poor and incredibly sexy'. Vimrod Member of MIKE'S :cool: MOB
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,125 Ambassador
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    Tell us first!!!!!
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb.     ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
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