I am oo fed up of having no money....

[Nemoinapeartree]

...sorry just mini rant to self as DH is not here and need to let off steam..Since tuesday I have had £8 to get me through to next tues. Now of course Dc both needed milk and bread just basics so now down to 50p. I just feel so fed up with our money situation as we are always on the last pennies waiting for money to come. Ds has a bday party tonight for his only real friend and have had to take back one of his xmas presents in order to get one for his friend and a card etc. I didnt want to tell Ds he couldnt go as we are always pulling out of things last minute due to finanaces..i.e food is more important than parties for other people. I just cant see it ever ending even though we had the IVA put in place we are still permanatly skint..not helped by the fact Dhs job have shafted us left right and centre and are again when he was told he would be paid 2 wks at full pay when DB arrives they have now said he will only get statutory paternity..which is fair if we had been expecting it. They refused to pay him whenever DD was in hospital but he couldnt go to work due to childcare of ds etc so am just fed up.

[Nemoinapeartree]

ok now really pissed off as the bloody card I have bought DS friend hasnt go an envelope..dont know whether to laugh or cry!

[Nemoinapeartree]

sorry now I have just realised I have posted in camping..sigh

[Bozza]

Don't worry about the envelope nemo - that doesn't really matter. at you putting this in camping - you did have be me a bit confused for a moment. Sorry it is all getting to you although it is understandable.

[jessicaandrebeccasmummy]

{{{{hugs}}}}

I know the feeling oh too well - even with debt management, we are always down to out last pence come the middle of the month.

Sorry I cant be of any help xxx

[Nemoinapeartree]

jarm dont want help as I know a lot of people are in same situation just needed to have a moan and with DH having to work away so much lately it is getting to me I think. 2 young children for company,lack of sleep,money and general company..lol Now am crying like an idiot..damn pregnancy hormones

[jessicaandrebeccasmummy]

{{{hugs}}} again.

We all need to rant and rave babe. DH is back at work today after 2 weeks off and I feel like running away already. All the stuff I would love to do with the girls costs money - even if it is free, there is petrol/buses etc which we just cant afford so I am stuck looking at the same 4 walls day in day out.

We will get there one day hun, we will. We need to keep our chins up for the sake of the kids, but I know how hard it is. Im always about if you want to chat xxx

[Nemoinapeartree]

frustrating isnt it...how are you going with rehousing stuff???? Am just glad the kids are too young to really know that they dont have what others have iykwim. Plus agree about the going out..for a decent park means 15mins in the car and I just dont have the petrol and unfortunatly ds is now at the age where a walk around the bloke does not entertain him...lol

[Nemoinapeartree]

of course meant block not bloke!

[jessicaandrebeccasmummy]

very frustrating!

Still no further forward on the housing front, DH has gone to work today to be told that all the big bosses are busy all day with regiment photos or something - yeah because having a photo taken is more important than dealing with a family who are going to be made homeless!!

Decent park here is too far to walk, and would cost petrol - i have under a 1/4 of a tank and that has to last until pay day - not going to happen!

Can this be a "NEMO and JARM both PISSED OFF" thread?! LOL

[Nemoinapeartree]

bloody idiots..I get so frustrated with people like that..you are all hanging by a thread and they are hacing pictures done..fanbloodytastic...yeah can share the thread!!!

[jessicaandrebeccasmummy]

bloody pissing wanky army

i know they can be good when they want to be, but 9/10 times they are SHITE!

And people wonder why Im depressed - or as the army have me on their books - A MANIC DEPRESSIVE! Cheers!

[Nemoinapeartree]

pmsl Jarm you sound so like me.. under psychatrist etc and they cant work out what could be causing depression to continue as severe and enduring....mmmm do you want a list!

[mummyhill]

Can I join the pissed of thread?

I just had to dismantle my tumble drier as I noticed a £2 coin in the bottom where the filter goes and got all excited as it means I can buy milk an spuds so we can at least have a proper tea tonight.

I know I will get paid in the morning but most of it will go out on bills and I will be sat here in three weeks time wondering how to feed us all for the week before payday again.

We are waiting for an apppointment with a debt councellor. They were supposed to write to us to arrange it as we had been reffered through social service bak in June and have still not heard anything. I am going to have a look round and see if I can find one myself I think. Although after reading this I am wondering if it is the correct thing to do or if I should continue muddling along as we are iyswim.

[Lucycat]

oh no you two - life seems really tough at the moment for you both. I hope you've accepted soapy's offer - nemo > just accept would you, your lo's deserve it.

btw I like the fact that you put this thread in camping

[expatinscotland]

It's the standard MO here. I had to take one of my tranqs today, b/c on top of living in a place the size of a shoebox b/c the rents here are so exhorbitant, DD1 has a chest infection AND she's being assessed for apraxia, as she is developmentally delayed.

So I'm skint, have had FA for sleep the past 3 days, and am going to get the pleasure of going through the process of figuring out what the hell is wrong w/her.

DD2 has the same cold now, too.

It's ALL I can do to keep from picking up the bottle again, but I know that won't help.

[charliecat]

Can I join in? I am burying my head in the sand mode this week.
Havent any money to spend, but food in the cupboards and milk on the doorstep but I owe the milkman a fair bit....hmm...will sort that next month!
Lottery win this way please!

[charliecat]

Mummyhill there are FREE debt counselling places. Im sure someone will be along in a minutes with the details. but dont pay anyone to sort out your money, there are free places that do it.

[mummyhill]

I nominated myself to soapy and offered to send some of the good quality stuff my kids have grown out of to someone else. We are lucky in that the family allways buys them nice clothes for birthdays and christmas. I am just so sick of stumbling from one problem to the next all the time and then wondering where food is going to come from when we get towards the end of the month.

[Nemoinapeartree]

lucycat I did accept in the end yes just feel really bad doing so as I should be able to provide more for my kids...and on that note before I cry again I best go to get DS from playgroup!

Expat is your DD any better today?????

[jessicaandrebeccasmummy]

thanks for reminding me - just checked lottery - WHY did i buy a ticket?! Went in the bin screwed into a tiny ball.

Could have used that money for milk grrrrrrrrrrrrr

Anyone know hoe to stop 2 toddlers drinking 6pts milk in less than 48hrs?! grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Time for bed yet?!

[mummyhill]

Thanks charliecat. MY HV came round yesterday and said that she would post the details of a good debt councelling group through the door for me. She also told me to go back to gp and ask to be put back on the ad's. I am really worried about taking them though as so far I have had fluroxetine which made me like a zombie and citalopram which did nothing, also fil has been on different ad's and all they did was make him worse he tried to kill himself a few weeks ago because he hatted the way they were making him feel.

[mummyhill]

If you find an answer to that one I will read with interest my two are going through 4 pints a day atm as well.

[jessicaandrebeccasmummy]

Why have I got a shite HV too.... she couldnt give a toss about me or the kids!

I know I should go back to GP but the last time I was on AD's, I couldnt even hold my baby without the fear of dropping her. It was AWFUL.

DH would happily see me back on the happy pills, because they DO work eventually.... but he cant take 2 weeks off work to look after the kids while the drugs kick in!

[charliecat]

Its bloody sad though that a party invite for your DC turns into a headache/money dilemma isnt it?

[expatinscotland]

There's no way I'm even going to entertain THINKING about our debts just now, or I'll really go spare.