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Sewnuppockets · 2018-09-15 20:00:36

Firstly let me say I am retired, so have the time to indulge in offsetting, but so do lots of other retirees who complain of being hard up. As a married couple we live well on less than the published comfortable retired couples income. There is very little we go without, and we have driven our annual living costs down each…

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PollyWollyDoodle Posts: 2,069 Forumite

16 September 2018 at 11:05AM
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Sewnuppockets wrote: »

For those unsure, offsetting is applying your savings to another expenditure, not just frittering it away.

Ah, thanks. I just call this budgeting! :rotfl:

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