Things you've done when things got desperate!

LookingAhead

Some of these tales have had me laughing, some have had me like this: :eek: and some have brought tears to my eyes..

I can't think of anything like this as an adult whilst in debt but I can remember when we were younger and skint in a freezing cold council house, my Mum making a big pan of cheap porridge and eking it out for days (between 4 of us). Also if - on the occasions we had cornflakes - we didn't eat all our cereal, she would put it in the fridge and make us eat it the next day.

I do remember pinching a bottle of milk off someone's doorstep one morning on our estate as we didn't have any. Mum didn't ask me to - in fact she would have tanned my hide if she had known I stole it...I think I just lied and said I found some money or someone gave it to us.

I remember chipping ice off the inside of the bedroom window in that house too as we had no money for upstairs heating (this was before the council house got modernised in 1985 and then they put in central heating) and I also remember jumble sale clothes that would get me teased rotten in school. I think I was 16 and out at work before I had brand new clothes (that weren't school uniform bought with a grant!). Well except undies & socks that is....they were always new....Mum drew the line there thankfully!! :rotfl:

beanielou

Many moons ago used to buy things on M&S chargecard & then take them back for a cash refund.*Sigh*.Those were the days my friends.

nevadagirl

I lived off £1.99 5lb bags of frozen diced rabbit out of Sainsburys when I was at Uni, along with £5 bags of mixed veg from the local wholesalers. Booby trapping everything I ate with rabbit stopped my flatmates nicking my food, too

tryingtobegood

NekoZombie wrote: »

Ouch!! Could you not just keep some back and present them later in the year as *Christmas* presents. That way they still get them...eventually

I have actually got a "few" in the loft for Santa to bring againthis year:o
DS got far too many pressies last year and has no idea that these disappeared.

tryingtobegood

In my twenties I had to throw a few sickies just before payday as I had spent all my money on going out at the weekend and had to eek out what petrol I had left to get to work .... but never on a Monday or Friday so the Boss didn't catch on....:o
I also had a friend who also took "toilet roll orders" before going out to the pubs so that we didn't run short. I just wasn't brave enough to nick a whole roll....just a few handfuls!

lynzpower

tryingtobegood wrote: »

I have actually got a "few" in the loft for Santa to bring againthis year:o
DS got far too many pressies last year and has no idea that these disappeared.

I dont think theres anything wrong with this whatsoever. I know that when the patter of tiny feet come into the power household my mother will go bloody mad and buy up the whole of mcarthur glen. I will work out whats more lucrative on ebay and sell it stright away while its stil got the tags on.

Its SO much more important to your kids you endeavour to get to financial security, than them having far too much than they know what to do with.

immoral_angeluk

DOn't worry guys.... K didn't end up having to eat pureed sweetcorn... I found some frozen batches I'd made earlier so she got to eat yummy homemade chicken korma and ham and cheese pasta
BAd mum? Me?

savvykaz

I_A - don't envy you that nappy after the korma

comping_cat

Ive also used toilet roll at that time, and ive also taken the odd roll from other places when ive been desperate.

Ive bought my children things from car boot sales and charity shops and wrapped them up for their birthdays or christmas, and once i gave Ds some finger paints for christmas, he didnt use them, so i wrapped them up again and gave them to him again for his birthday!!!!

Ive also lived off of all sorts of horrible cheap food, but one of the things i do now is always have a full cupboard of 'store cupboard ingredients' think its from way back when i really had nothing, and would hate to be in that position again now i have children.

betterlatethannever

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savvykaz wrote: »

I_A - don't envy you that nappy after the korma

good one.
I've held on to going to the loo till i get to work to use there bog roll rather than waste mine.::o
I use work phone for all my basic day time calls. (god hope no one from work knows who this is)
I done something terrible though recently, was at a coffee morning that had a raffle, my (well off) mate left me her tickets cos she had to go and she won. I took the prize and didn't tell her - used it as a pressie for my daughters birthday. I will NEVER go to heaven i know. One day i will tell her and she'll laugh. I know she will (i hope she will)