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Making chicken feed of my mortgage

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  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    Oh dear, I'm no longer favourite aunt... I trounced her at UNO and made her cry :rotfl:

    Your suggestions were just too late Cal - she picked mixed nigiri (ate the rice, left the fish), cucumber maki (ate the cucumber, left the rice) and a tilapia YO! burger (ate the nori crackers, left the burger and daikon slaw) *rolls eyes* An expensive mistake - I thought she would be more adventurous...

    I had a delicious tofu YO! burger (tofu katsu resting on a bed of lettuce and coriander pesto, topped with a slice of avocado and cress) served with edamame and daikon slaw, and I shared tuna & avruga sashimi and duck gyoza with Mr MWC :drool:

    Eggs IN 5
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  • Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS
    Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS Posts: 7,854 Forumite
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    Hi MWC, my son would love you as an Aunt as he LOVES sushi :T

    He and Mr T loved the sushi class they went to for DS birthday - I'm sure she will love and remember the fact that you took her though :):)

    Tilly x
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  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    I picked up the new Home catalogue when I was in JL today.

    Lovely, lovely, lovely things :cool:

    However, I will not be tempted to spend my MOP money!
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  • gallygirl
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    Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS wrote: »
    Hi MWC, my son would love you as an Aunt as he LOVES sushi :T
    I'd love you as an aunt but can we go to Wagamama instead :D?
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
    :) Mortgage Balance = £0 :)
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  • muddywhitechicken
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    gallygirl wrote: »
    I'd love you as an aunt but can we go to Wagamama instead :D?

    Only if you promise to eat everything you order :rotfl:
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  • SeriouslySeekingtoSave
    SeriouslySeekingtoSave Posts: 509 Forumite
    muddywhitechicken wrote: »
    Hi SSS

    We don't have children ourselves and we are considerably better off than her parents... I always thought it would be a nice idea to save some money that she can spend when she's 18 on driving lessons/travelling the world/university. Nobody else knows we're doing it (although I suspect that SIL will expect us to cough up some money at some point...) so f she doesn't deserve it then, we can keep it a while longer before giving her the money.

    MWCx

    Wow you are a seriously great aunty! And as it seems to be a gift from the heart all power to you. I don't think your SIL has any right to expect anything though, it's not your child and you have no parental responsiblity towards her. Just my opinion :).

    I have 3 nieces and 1 nephew. The two younger kids are definitely from a family where money is a little tighter. My brother earns a good wage (a very good wage actually) but they got started a little later in life, he was a student for a long time (PhD) and they spent a lot of money on rent before finally getting their own home and with one thing another they just aren't as financially well placed. I think sometimes that I should really not buy as much for the other two kids as they have presents and toys coming out their ears, not just from their parents (and some from my parents) but my SIL comes from a wealthy background so the grandparents on that side of the family tend to spoil them rotton :). It's tricky - so far I've not really done anything differently. I only see them once a year so in the 3 weeks that I'm in NZ I fairly much spoil them all as much as I can without being silly about it.
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  • SeriouslySeekingtoSave
    SeriouslySeekingtoSave Posts: 509 Forumite
    muddywhitechicken wrote: »
    Oh dear, I'm no longer favourite aunt... I trounced her at UNO and made her cry :rotfl:

    Oh bad move! Don't you know that when playing games with kids you must always play to lose but not so badly they suspicious. It's a real art!
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  • gallygirl
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    muddywhitechicken wrote: »
    Only if you promise to eat everything you order :rotfl:

    Trust me, that's never an issue :o
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
    :) Mortgage Balance = £0 :)
    "Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    SeriouslySeekingtoSave wrote: »
    Oh bad move! Don't you know that when playing games with kids you must always play to lose but not so badly they suspicious. It's a real art!

    I never normally win but couldn't help myself... I was fed up of being patronised by a 8 year old - she is such a smug winner. In future, I'll remember not to give her two +4 cards in quick succession just before I win :rotfl:
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
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    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    gallygirl wrote: »
    Trust me, that's never an issue :o

    Ditto for me and Mr MWC!

    She might not have eaten much but there wasn't any food thrown away :o
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
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