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How can people be so greedy?

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  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    chappers wrote: »
    As to playing football at 50, I bloody well hope I can still have a kick about with the kids then, my father-in-Law is 70 this year and still plays tennis twice a week.

    My Dad plays football with my son, and he's 57 (-:
    ...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.
  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    LittleTinker wrote: »
    You know.....I was at Uni, not so long ago, as a Mature Student and I left Uni WITHOUT any debt. How did I do that?? I went to work. I didn't go living it up night after night in the student union, I didn't buy new clothes every two minutes and I didn't feel as though I HAD to take advantage of the loans available to me.....Younger generations just seem to want want want but are NOT prepared to live with any discomfort to get what they want!! .........

    It depends what type of education. My postgrad diploma cost £8k in fees alone, and is now £10k. Hard to pay that through working!

    LittleTinker wrote: »
    By the way......your Uni education didnt do much for your spelling and grammar did it?

    um - that would be "didn't", with an apostrophe, I presume? If you are going to correct someone else's grammar, don't make such a basic error yourself!
    ...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.
  • MrsE_2
    MrsE_2 Posts: 24,161 Forumite
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    Neas
    I'm sure there are loads of young couples/people who feel like you.

    My daughter is 20, I wonder how she will ever buy a home (when shes ready, lol), even with a good job, we live in Surrey, probably the most expensive part of the UK outside of London.

    But fingers crossed for you & a lot of young people there will be a crash & more realistic house prices in the future.
  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    dubsey wrote: »
    I'm not saying uni is a kop out, but so many seem to have no clue what they are going to do after. As someone else has mentioned with degrees in finger painting it does make the rest of us wonder why students moan that they have such a tough life.

    I agree, there are a lot of silly degrees on offer.

    But a university education can be a wonderful thing. As well as qualifying for a particular job, a good education is a reward in itself.
    ...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.
  • MrsE_2
    MrsE_2 Posts: 24,161 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    neverdespairgirl wrote: »
    It depends what type of education. My postgrad diploma cost £8k in fees alone, and is now £10k. Hard to pay that through working!




    um - that would be "didn't", with an apostrophe, I presume? If you are going to correct someone else's grammar, don't make such a basic error yourself!

    I have read littletinkers income support posts, maybe the state paid for his/hers?
  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    neas wrote: »
    Exactly!. With my partner we could stretch ourselves to get a house we have 10k deposit or so but, I'd like to start a family soon Im 25 shes 28... in this generation starting a family seems to have been pushed to the right by 10 years or so. .

    Not necessarily. You don't have to buy a house first! When I got pregnant with our son, I was 27, my OH was 26. And we both went to university, and did postgrad qualifications as well.
    ...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.
  • LittleTinker
    LittleTinker Posts: 2,841 Forumite
    neverdespairgirl wrote: »
    It depends what type of education. My postgrad diploma cost £8k in fees alone, and is now £10k. Hard to pay that through working!




    um - that would be "didn't", with an apostrophe, I presume? If you are going to correct someone else's grammar, don't make such a basic error yourself!

    I am not the one complaining about the cost of a Uni education.....and many many people manage to pay for their uni fees by going to work. (Typos are a little bit different to spelling words totally wrong)
  • ixwood
    ixwood Posts: 2,550 Forumite
    neas wrote: »
    I see i've been reading the house price crash thread and I see what you are talking about. I guess the fact that FTB cant/wont enter the market will help houseprices drop.. and when house prices drop people wont be able to remortgage, mortgage rates will increase and more will loose house?

    So this should mean houses dropping down a little over time? And if I save money in a high interest account the gap that i see now will close over a few years?.

    At least theres some 'light at the end of the tunnel' for me.

    Thanks, I can hope now that this house price crash happens, so I can actually afford my own 2 bedroom house :).

    Of course there's light. It won;t happen overnight, but things are changing.

    Still people are in "bargain" mode, that needs to and will change over the next few years. When enough people have really been burnt and property is seen as a nightmare for most, not a dream, that's the time to buy.

    Save as much as you and in say 2 years time (assuming you still ave a job of course) you'll be in the best position possible and be able to take your pick of places without ludicrous debt.

    The limit of everyone borrowing capability and optimism need to be broken 1st.
  • neas
    neas Posts: 3,801 Forumite
    LittleTinker wrote: »
    It is not something that I would usually point out but we were talking about being at Uni and running up so much debt. I was illustrating that the money did not seem so well spent.

    I think it was money well spent actually. Theres a lack of electronic Engineers going through university at the moment so much the government is giving young students grants and incentives to study physics and maths.

    Im sorry if i'm not good at english, but one thing i am good at is my job, in an industry that has a workforce shortage...

    So thank you for attacking me...

    And I know theres spelling mistakes in this, but i don't have the time of day to pander to people like you on online forums... Im sorry, if you dont like reading it without perfect grammar then don't read anything with my name against it I don't force you to.
  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    LittleTinker wrote: »
    I am not the one complaining about the cost of a Uni education.....and many many people manage to pay for their uni fees by going to work. (Typos are a little bit different to spelling words totally wrong)

    Ok, that was a typo, but your "totally wrong" is also inaccurate, you need an adverb, "totally wrongly" I reckon.
    ...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.
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