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why do we shop so much?
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I must say my mum used to buy clothes and stuff for me when necessary. I only used to spend it on tat. Mobile phones werent about then.
I don't think I'm hard done-by - I know I'm a lot luckier than some kids my age, but one of the reasons I get that amount is because I have 3 parents chipping in. A lot of my friends get at least the same amount spent on them, if not given to them as allowance. I pay for everything with that £110, and I normally end up with £40-50 to save. Okay, maybe my essentials (silly things like make-up, credit etc) aren't the same as yours (food, electricity, petrol), but I'm 15! I don't have anything else to spend my money on.
I was a bit lazy about getting a summer job this year, aswell, because I only looked for one like a fortnight into the holidays, and everywhere I ring up is full. I'd still like one (if anything, to keep me from day-time tv), but its a bit late now
And just because I'm as tight as everyone else, I didn't get pocket money till I was 15, it's was £25 a month! I found going out fairly inexpensive - I took into account I was 15 and didn't bother trying to to blag my way into clubs and such and spent time with friends doing things that didn't break the bank. Funny thing is (as ordinarily whilst I was at college) worked only Sunday's...I'd get £110 a month. I think that's where the grief is coming from because, I earn the same amount as you're given. Of course now I'm working almost everyday - but I'm hardly touching that money to be honest. I have enough fancy things and decent clothes and make up that as I said, a treat day once and a while is all I need
Ilora x
Not everyone abuses the system like Ilora, so you cant tar everyone with the same brush. Id rather Ilora abused it to buy £100 bras, than several other people starved because of no welfare state.
How the FUCK am I abusing the system?? I meet ALL the requirements for claiming Job Seekers Allowance.
NO WHERE DOES IT SAY WHAT I MUST AND MUST NOT SPEND IT ON.
SO FUCK THE HELL OFF WITH YOUR ACCUSATIONS.
See the difference?
Btw..
"To get benefit you will need to discuss your availability for work and jobsearch activity every two weeks."
Why haven't you got a job yet?
YOU'RE NOT GOING AND GETTING A JOB, TO HELP YOUR MEANS, YOU'RE USING TO BUY FUCKING BRAS. I FUCKING PAY FOR YOUR JSA AND EVEN I CAN'T AFFORD A BRA AT £10.
Lazy bint.
I am upholding my Job Seekers Agreement as agreed by my personal advisor; I am doing everything I can to get myself a job and I turn up every fortnight and sign on at my local job centre.
What I do not understand is why you're all so fucking pissed off about it. It has absolutely NOTHING to do with you whatsoever. It's my decision whether or not I claim JSA and there's nothing you can do or say to change that.
It also has nothing to do with you, what I choose to spend it on either and quite frankly it's none of your fucking business really is it?
so, to conclude; I am not abusing anything, I am entitled to claim it. There should be no problem.
Yeah you are, because it's an allowance to help your means whilst looking for a job. If you had any sense, you would have used that money to go and get a suit for an interview, busefare there, etc. Not abuse it on bras here there and everywhere.
Obviously not, because you've been too picky in the past, here, here.
But it DOES darling, when you pull stunts like this and this.
...Sure.
i don't think it should be available to people who are supported by their parents. but then some people live at home, but their parents can't/won't provide anything but a roof over their head. it all gets a bit messy.
the best thing would be if people who didn't need it (even if they are entitled to it) didn't claim it. but yeah. don't think that's likely to happen.
how come this always ends up in fashion, anyway?
If you were, you would have one. Much as you try to illustrate otherwise, you aren't that thick. Snobby, picky and bone-idle, yes, but not stupid.
Still, I'm glad I slave away at work to buy you Karen Millen clothes. Half the time I have to shop at tesco and Primark, but hey, lets not be bitter. So long as you have nice clothes, who gives a fuck about those of us who work for a living?
bitter about what?
the vast majority of my clothes are either second hand, or primada specials. am i bitter? fuck no. my favourite jeans might have only set me back £12, but it was £12 I earned. there is something you can wear that money can't buy you, and that's pride.
i've got mine. it's this season's, darling.
*applauds*
:yes:
New av = prettyness
i personally love shopping and in the past couple of weeks i've bought about 6pairs of shoes, loads of clothes, new underwear etc. But all this comes out of the money i earn from my summer temping job as a secretary for the worlds pervy-est boss imaginable! I hate it the job and the pay is really shitty, but i dont like asking my parents to get me stuff...they still give me about 100quid a month for petrol and lunches (i live outside the UK, petrol prices are much lower) but i feel way to embarassed to ask them for anything else.
when i was 15 i got about 20quid a month which was hell to live on but, it taught me a lot about how to manage money, i'm still not good at it...but when i desperately need to watch my spending (like now, because my parents are away) i can manage...limiting myself to just under 10quid a day which covers me for all meals and sometimes maybe a top.
i am a huge bargain hunter and everyone i know seems so shocked at how i can get gorgeous skirts for about 7quid and a pair of shoes for the same price when both have been knocked down from about 40quid.
oh i love shopping!
ONE HUNDRED AND TEN?
OK, I don't exactly go short of money....I'm given my child benefit each month rather than pocket money, but out of that I have to pay for EVERYTHING, including the majority of my food... I also have a (awful) job, and I think I'd be pushing it to say I earn more than you a month.
At the same time though, I manage to pay for my mobile bills, insurance, clothes and food each month and enjoy myself too! I've just been on two holidays practically one after the other and I'm going away AGAIN on Friday....
How £110 is not enouigh for you amazes me....
Fair point that.
I'm dressed in tesco's specials today, but its stuff I thought with my own money.
I don't know how people can live with themselves on JSA. I was unemployed for a good few months, and it was hell.
Karen Millen indicates more money than taste anyway.
heyyyyy, i have a karen millen shirt that is the sex!
and it was £2.99 from the st. gemma's hospice shop. woot.