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Prosperous soul embraces creativity & mortgage neutrality

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  • elantan
    elantan Posts: 21,022 Forumite
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    covid is just such a pain isnt it ? 

    sorry your having to deal with naive people and exes  that cant be easy  stressful situations are no good either, sometimes though we just cant avoid them  :'(

    What watch do you have ? that's a handy thing telling you the stress levels, mine can tell me how ready I am for excercise, on some occasions it has said I'm 100% ready and yet i cant move off the couch i dont think covid was planned into it  :D 



  • Merlin's_Beard
    Merlin's_Beard Posts: 1,747 Forumite
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    Family is hard and I'm not surprised  that you're being wiped out by them! Well done on surviving them.
    Start mortgage date: August 2022; Start mortgage amount: £240,999; Original mortgage free date: August 2056
    Current mortgage amount: £224,460.73
    Start student loan 2012: £29,750; current student loan: CLEARED July 2025
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    Undone crafts 2026: +1
  • mark55man
    mark55man Posts: 8,221 Forumite
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    That watch sounds fabulous - just develop a habit of looking at it and say "computer says no! (more talking to you today)!! 
    I think I saw you in an ice cream parlour
    Drinking milk shakes, cold and long
    Smiling and waving and looking so fine
  • skint_spice
    skint_spice Posts: 13,745 Forumite
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    I love blowing bubbles 😂

    I hope you feel better for the graduation as it will take a lot out of you.
    Mortgage OP 2026 £860/2000
    Mortgage balance: £31,763

    Make £50 a month Jan £20, Feb £0, March £31, Apr £20, May £20
    Boiler fund £2085/3000

  • elantan
    elantan Posts: 21,022 Forumite
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    I'm loving the sound of this watch 
  • girlatplay
    girlatplay Posts: 3,884 Forumite
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    The bubbles made me smile 
    Mortgage at 12/07/2022 = £175,000
    Mortgage at 31/03/2026 = £154,976.87
    300 256 payments to go.
    House buyout fund £26517.34/£36,000
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 99,639 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    That sounds dire.

    Graduation will be fine.
    I spent weeks worrying & it was fine.
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