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He's not normal. In any sense of the word.
Concentrate on that babe, postivity is the key
But £20 from a Saturday job? I don't think I used to earn £20 from my old Saturday job when I was that age, which is why I left it!
ETA: I lie, I earnt £21 a week. But still.
So if Miffy gets married again, will her kid have a non-bio dad
So Miffy could say, ' Yeah her biological dad got under my skin, so i switched to a non-bio '
Very poor. Must try harder in future. 3/10
LOL .. very funny BUT seriously I was wondering how could anyone do that to their own flesh and blood. ... which is why I was being extra nosey and asking in the first place.
Pffft!
My basic wage is just over £700 per month, how am I supposed to run a car, eat properly, pay council tax and pay rent?
If I was going to move out of my parents house and rent a place of my own (I'd love to BTW)I'd be better off on the dole than trying to scrape by on minimum wage, atleast then my rent and tax would be paid for as many dole scum w*nkers seem to have found out.
For the record, I pay exactly £0
Yes,but there is more than one person in your household.
It just cannot be done, not alone anyway.
Yep.
And we managed it when I was unemployed, living solely off GWST's wage.
My point was people who will spend £100 a week on going out and then whinge that they can't afford a house annoy the hell out of me.
You can rent a studio on the Newcastle Quayside for £350 a month, £100 a month for council tax and that still leaves you £300 a month for food and electric.
Nothing at all, just that alot of young people living at home have no one to share a house with.
So to assume that because you earn the same amount roughly, that Tribal is also able to move out is unfair, as you have two people contributing to the costs.
Edited to answer your edit: Thing is, with rent being anywhere from £350-£525 a month in a lot of places, if not more, it's hard to pay al the costs needed on £700. Not impossible, but hard. Staying at home and saving helps.
Tripe. My basic wage was just under £500 per month when I was living at home, I still managed to pay £180 per month board, run a car(a nice one), and have a life.
Why can't people just admit when they're taking the piss, and getting a great deal from their parents?
I know that the amount I pay is pennies compared to what I would be paying even in a shared house in this area - £350
I offer my parents more money all of the time but since I also put a lot into the house time wise they do not want more.
Not all of us 'take the piss!'
My boyfriend and i graduated in July, and we went and rented a house on our own. It's not easy, and at the moment i am skint (i put petrol in my car last week and i've now got £20 until next weds when i get paid), but i have got enough to get by - i just have to turn down takeaways and nights out and shopping some of the time. It's the price you pay for independence.
You said before that you charged your SIL £50 a week for food, electric and gas, and even then you were making a slight loss, but for the purposes of this we'll take it that an average food-electric-gas bill costs £50. Add everything to the rest of the figures over the course of a year and you're left with £400 to cover everything else - travel, clothes, internet, TV licence, toiletries, stuff for cleaning the house, I mean I doubt £400 would cover that, let alone going out. If you're going to quote figures, make sure they add up first. I do agree with you that some people moan when they have no reason to, but in your first post you made no mention of the fact that you meant some people, you just said people in general can afford it. And now you've shot yourself in the foot with an argument that doesn't hold up. Maybe think a little more about how best to word your posts (unless you like stirring things up, if so then keep going like this, you seem to have stirred this thread pretty well!).
For reference, the guideline amount to be spent at the supermarket in one week for a person living alone is £39, which adds up to about £170 a month, and that includes toiletries. A tube of toothpaste and a can of Right Guard doesn't cost that much. Internet + landline telephone costs £20 a month. A bus pass costs £40 a month (and you can always rent somewhere where you don't need to get the bus to work).
People can afford to move out on £750 a month after tax, they just don't want to give up the boozing and the shopping. That's fine if that's what they want, but don't try and pretend that they can't afford to get their own place, because they can.
I do live with my wife which is why I can afford the house I live in. I'd just have to give up going to the pub every weekend if I had my own place.
Surely that depends where they live. I earn more than £750 a month but I am seriously struggling (and I don't spend all my wages on boozing and shopping). It's very tough financially to live alone, you only get 25% off council tax so have to cover 75% alone, you have to have your own TV licence, cover all the bills etc.
Separate usually.
I'm in a band A property (the cheapest) and I pay around £85 a month.
I don't claim to be on that tight a budget, as a couple our income is actually quite solid (whilst I have a shite job, GWST's job is actually very good).
Council tax wouldn't be included, but we pay £100 a month for a band A house, and we obviously don't get the discount.
Welcome to the real world, chief. I believe you have little idea how much free cash many people don't have, especially when they're young. If you want more in your life, find a job with a better wage. It's how life works.
For what it's worth, I think anyone on £850+ per month should be able to live quite comfortably by themselves, so long as they are realistic in their expectations from life. £350 rent, £80 council tax, £50 electric/gas - you'll either eat, drink, drive, watch or wear the rest as you see fit.
Well most people don't really need a car. I'm 24 and I have never had one. My Dad doesn't have one either.
Some people seem to think it's a right and a basic necessity to have a car. I can accept that if you live in a tiny village but most places it's not necessary and yes, it's a big expense if you're on a low wage.