Frustrated and need to vent..

barnaby-bear

immoral_angeluk wrote: »

Thanks. Til the kids go to school I'm a bit stuck but I've had to give up my career twice to raise the girls... so am determined that this is going to work. Going to call round some pubs I think.

I *believe* you'll get that £20k job....

neverdespairgirl

rayday2 wrote: »

Its the age old money or mummy! I would go for mummy everytime plenty of years ahead of us for the rest.

Not as simple as that. I work. I earn a decent living, and that has its benefits for the family, but we could afford for me to stay at home full-time with our toddler. But I don't want to. I love my job, and OH is very supportive of me wanting to work - he wants to as well.

immoral_angeluk

barnaby-bear wrote: »

I *believe* you'll get that £20k job....

Have you been listening to Lenny and his 'Secret'?

:rotfl:

elles_belles

Hi IA

I have enrolled on the same OU course! Im really looking forward to starting now. Do you start in May by any chance?

barnaby-bear

immoral_angeluk wrote: »

Have you been listening to Lenny and his 'Secret'?

:rotfl:

hmmm mental maths childcare at £50 a week - what would he pay you £50 to do :eek:

to cover your training is £250 a month for 6 months - so that's like one telly, and a playstation3 you did it before....

rayday2

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

Not as simple as that. I work. I earn a decent living, and that has its benefits for the family, but we could afford for me to stay at home full-time with our toddler. But I don't want to. I love my job, and OH is very supportive of me wanting to work - he wants to as well.

I completely agree with you and you are used to that standard of living too so even though it was a choice for you it would have been a change. My best friend is one of the best parents I know did the same as you but then changed her mind to half way house 3 days a week lol!

But in OP case to have the chance to stay at home for 5 years when your career is already on hold to do voluntary work just seems daft, especially when you have to work the extra hours to do the voluntary.

I would rather get properly qualified at home and then enter the job market well equipped when the youngest is 5. Espeically as they say they aren't qualified enough for admin a paper qualification in that case is definately going to put you head and shoulders above the rest.

immoral_angeluk

elles_belles wrote: »

Hi IA

I have enrolled on the same OU course! Im really looking forward to starting now. Do you start in May by any chance?

I do if I can find my bloody birth certificate! lol

elles_belles

Hope you find it soon! And good luck with finding a job to suit your needs, Im sure something will come up soon for you hun. Hopefully catch up with you in May!

Penny2myName

I found Your and your money very interesting, I was in with the first groups to do it. Failed but if i hadn't been depressed would proberbly have passed it, as I would have concentrated on it more, Kept the Course book as its really interesting and full of useful information. Finally understand about compound interest anyhow.:o

Good Luck with the course all who's doing it, and good luck job hunting I-A

tyllwyd

I totally sympathise with you about wanting to do the CAB training/volunteering - I was looking at that myself the other day thinking I'd like to do it.

But I don't think you should underestimate how hard it will be working all those hours. I've got two kids (the youngest just went full time at school last month), and I work from home. Some weeks I have to work extra hours, and I end up working evenings and weekends. So I've ended up looking after the kids, working while they are in childcare, running round trying to sort out shopping, cooking, laundry, then working again in the evening. It is exhausting, and I end up feeling overstretched and that I'm not doing anything properly. Trying to do what you are thinking of is not going to be an easy option.

If you could do it without working as well, I'd say go for it, it's a fantastic idea. But a job on top of everything else - personally I wouldn't do it, not until the kids are that bit older.