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£1m house but “on the breadline”.

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  • Generali
    Generali Posts: 36,411 Forumite
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    sulphate wrote: »
    She made her bed and has to lie in it. Her situation is a result of her choices, nothing more.

    She seems to realise that from what I read.
  • SailorSam
    SailorSam Posts: 22,754 Forumite
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    My first reaction was to laugh, but then i thought well there must be plenty of people living in expensive houses and they've got no cash. I was thinking about the pensioner who'd been in their house and seen the price rocket around them. But after reading the story......... is that house really worth £1m ?. They need to do what everyone else is doing, learn to live within their means. Take a flask of coffee out with you and give Starbucks a miss.
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    What it may grow to in time, I know not what.

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  • Bantex_2
    Bantex_2 Posts: 3,317 Forumite
    Think of the children.
  • "Dumpies" that's a new one.
    michaels wrote: »

    And what is the levitating bar stool all about?!

    :rotfl:
  • quantic
    quantic Posts: 1,024 Forumite
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    I think shes surpassed the point in which she owns things and entered the phase of her things owning her.
  • She's on the breadline but still buys coffee at Starbucks and talks about shopping at Aldi instead of Waitrose like it's a huge sacrifice. £100 a week on food for a family of six shouldn't be too much of a struggle, she's got a massive kitchen with lots of storage space so it's not like she can't batch cook lots of meals (using those inferior Aldi ingredients).
    They don't need a huge house so all their kids can have a room of their own, and they didn't need to spend so much money in one blow on their house, they chose to do those things and are surprised that they haven't got any money left? Boohoo.
  • paulsad
    paulsad Posts: 1,315 Forumite
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    !!!!!!! morons.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 0 Newbie
    Holiday Haggler
    edited 26 November 2014 at 10:35AM
    "It's not fair.. look at my beautify house, it is so beautify that I cannot afford to make it more beautiful or send my children to private schools. We can't even afford a second trip to Disney Florida this year!"

    Two people with unpredictable earnings have over spent. I'm pretty sure they just need to come on here and quote their SOA :)

    They might have also thought slightly ahead that 4 kids and private school are a mighty expensive combination.
  • Limey
    Limey Posts: 444 Forumite
    And there's me stressing about borrowing a couple of k for double glazing. :rotfl:
  • StevieJ
    StevieJ Posts: 20,174 Forumite
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    Generali wrote: »
    She seems to realise that from what I read.

    So now we know what ruggedtoast looks like. ;)
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