The stich up keepiing homes unaffordable

Frugalbride

OffGridLiving wrote: »

As an addendum to the Graham/Monkey story. Graham would be single and a little 'odd' because he didn't have a good woman to keep him in line (i.e. stopping him from spending all his waking hours on internet forums), Monkey would be seen as a 'bit of a catch' because he has his own home and soon has a girlfriend, who without even seeming to, moves in (i.e. by the 'stealth' approach of leaving bits at the house each time she stays over until virtually all her stuff is there). Eventually they marry and have kids. Monkey's life is a bit more hectic, he's a bit poorer, but it's filled with love and happiness.

Monkey has many years of family holidays, watching pantomimes at xmas, standing on football pitches watching them play, being proud of them at graduation ceremonies and helping them get onto the housing ladder. He retires and has his lovely grandchildren stay over.
His life is fulfilled and happy.

Graham has many years of sitting in his mum & dad's back bedroom, logged onto internet forums. He's desperately lonely and craves attention, so he gets into a series of arguments by making posts that are designed to provoke people and by ruining decent discussions by muddling them up. He has many years of this, wasting the best years of his life and not realising it. Without a woman to rein him in, he becomes odder and odder and ends up with a drink problem, hanging around shopping centres with a sandwich board proclaiming the End of the World. He shouts unintelligible arguments at passers by and smells of urine. He dies alone and unloved.

Monkey is going to struggle in that 2 bed house. Maybe he does a loft conversion? Have these costs been factored in?;)

Loughton_Monkey

chucknorris wrote: »

I suspect you of not smelling of urine.

Well not any more... someone from Devon keeps taking the p*ss.

Frugalbride wrote: »

Monkey is going to struggle in that 2 bed house. Maybe he does a loft conversion? Have these costs been factored in?;)

No. All he wanted was a 900 sqm swimming pool complex in the basement. The council wanted £825,000 under section 106, so monkey did it all surrepticiously by night... digging it out bucket by bucket... zero cost.

... large gin & tonics all round...

OffGridLiving

Frugalbride wrote: »

Monkey is going to struggle in that 2 bed house. Maybe he does a loft conversion? Have these costs been factored in?;)

Monkey would probably have to push on with his career because he has more people depending on him than just himself. He'll therefore earn more money to provide a better life for his family, plus his wife will have an income and he'll receive tax credits and child benefit.

He'll move to a nice 4 bed detached and then if he gets that promotion he'll upscale to a 5 bed farm house. Once the kids have moved out, he sells up and buys a 2 bed stone cottage which he'll buy for cash and have a few grand left over to supplement his pension. Paradise, and all because necessity boosted his personal ambition.

Graham only had to provide for himself and so stayed in the same job, for the same pay, for 30 years because it covered his rent, broadband costs and girly magazines subscription. Paradise (to Graham) because he doesn't know any better.

Loughton_Monkey

OffGridLiving wrote: »

Monkey would probably have to push on with his career because he has more people depending on him than just himself. He'll therefore earn more money to provide a better life for his family, plus his wife will have an income and he'll receive tax credits and child benefit.

He'll move to a nice 4 bed detached and then if he gets that promotion he'll upscale to a 5 bed farm house. Once the kids have moved out, he sells up and buys a 2 bed stone cottage which he'll buy for cash and have a few grand left over to supplement his pension. Paradise, and all because necessity boosted his personal ambition.

Graham only had to provide for himself and so stayed in the same job, for the same pay, for 30 years because it covered his rent, broadband costs and girly magazines subscription. Paradise (to Graham) because he doesn't know any better.

I reckon we've got a complete novel here.....

Edit: Possible titles "Sense and Gullibility". "Pride and Benefits"?