Originally Posted by
life on mars
Lot of folk have been there, starved as kid , no extra benefits pay outs for my mum , dad died when I was very young (alcohol addiction ) got married lost house declared myself bankrupt via a personal court order to get rid of all debts ,self thankfully its not like that now and benefits are better , i'm sure there a few still struggling because of personal reasons.
I have terrible arguments with one of my kids who thinks its okay to go shopping in a taxi have takeaways delivered and then moans her benefits don't stretch , as she smokes and drinks her way through the month , she earns more on benefits than people I work with