What are you all up to
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That’s a wise post, Taffy, as you cannot possibly empathise unless you’ve experienced something similar.
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What I have said is surely fair comment, is it not taffyY? Good luck to you if your experience of family life differs from mine. I can only go by what I have been through.
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Bright and sunny here in East Kent ,though very frosty.Calm seas with no wind .Off to the B/yd soon.0 -
You can say what you think or what you want to Malc, all I can say is that no family is ever without its trials and tribulations but if there is plenty of love, it can always be sorted out. To be perfectly honest, I am not particularly interested in the ins and outs of others' lives...too wrapped up in my own!
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I'm not the only one, taffyY. My present wife had similar trouble with her previous marriage. Before she met me, she spent 25 years teaching in a primary school in Wuhan. She liked her job but was unhappy with her marriage. She had one son from that marriage and by the time he grew up, she wanted out! Then she met me and the rest is history!
However, unlike my son, her son is more sensible in that he keeps in contact with both sides.
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I said nearly £40 per month, Easy T. It's actually £36.83 payable on the 26th of this month. Fair play, they did advise me of the cost of the overdraft interest before they agreed it based upon how much it would cost me to borrow £3000 over 3 months.
You're right, EasyT. Payday loans are extortionate in the amount of interest they charge!
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You really do have a strange outlook on your future. Living in a Caravan in to your old age is never going to be a long term solution. From what I read you are only just keeping your head above water and are constantly looking for the cheapest way to get credit to pay for things. Your life and I wish you both well but not for me.
I much prefer living in my mortgage free house. I owe nothing to anyone, have a classic car and a motorbike as other hobbies. and haven't had to work since 2012 when I took early retirement at 53. That's my idea of an ideal situation
The house that I do/pay for to maintain and repair will still be around when your caravan is no longer fit to live in. You will then have to pay for a new one and still be looking for the next place to move it to. My house will still be in the same place and a very valuable asset no matter how the property market changes.
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By the time that happens, Milodog, they'll probably put me into a Nursing Home in which case a house would be useless!
Before my cousin's mother died, she had dementia and could no longer live in her own home. She was in hospital, at first and then transferred to a Nursing Home. She died in a nursing home and never saw her own home ever again!
Better to do what I did and realise the capital now and enjoy it whilst you can!
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I hope your grand-daughter had a good flight Tammygirl. Exciting and a bit daunting at the same time for her. She will soon be an 'old hand' at it!! It's a bit of a dull and grey day here today but its perhaps just as well as I have lots to do in the house as son and grandchildren from N.Ireland are coming on Monday until next weekend so I need to get the bedrooms ready and the beds made up. Unfortunately DIL can't come as she is a milliner and has lots of orders for hats she needs to catch up on. She and our grand-daughter made an appearance on Penelope Keith's Village of the Year programme on Channel 4 on February 1st when they featured Strangford.
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Milodog, when you're too old to look after yourself and need care in a nursing home, you will have to sell your house to pay the fees. Any money realised from the property can soon go because such fees are not cheap!
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That's best case scenario? Or because you didn't make provision for yourself you could find your self destitute, homeless or the streets?
It happens...........
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Have a nice time with the family Millie, hope we'll see one of our grandsons next week, half term seems to be staggered across the country.
Last night when I was looking at the "DIppy" exhibition news I spotted a talk at the Museum about archaeology so as well as the Dippy tour I've booked a talk later in the Spring. Good to get a few things planned. We've been at home much longer than usual, I'm getting itchy feet.
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You don't know that as fact. I have my mother law living with us who is house bound and 93. Who's to say my Son and Daughter in law wont do the same for me.
You can never win this argument my friend
And I didn't mention the 1 bedroom garden flat investment property we sold 2 years ago. With the money banked and the 4 private pension incomes we live on plus by then whatever State pension we get I think the house will be pretty safe to leave to my family
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Good luck to you, Milliehull but like I said, I will definitely NOT be seeing my grand-daughter for the reasons I have already given you!
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That could happen anyway, Milodog. What happens when all the capital from the sale of your property has been spent on nursing home fees? If you're still alive, you'll be homeless too!
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This is an open public forum and I hope your family never reads this Malcolm. Whatever reasons you might give children are innocent of the past and reading your comments you are either trolling or have some troubling issues following you. By the way, I will not be responding further.
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Not when you're in a caravan, EasyT. Once you've paid your site fees, you no longer have to pay heating costs! You're talking about aged folk that live in houses which are too costly to heat. The caravan is the answer to that. A much smaller and cheaper space to heat!
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We had it first hand ET with a dear old lady who lived in a rented house across the road from us. she lived in one room with only an electric fire for heating. She also had no family so was dependent on what benefits she could get and the kindness of neighbours. She died in Hospital alone just after her 100th birthday. The only people at the funeral where from our street.
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Thanks brue. We are really lucky this time as all of our 6 grandchildren still at school have the same half term this week. They live in 3 different areas and it very rarely happens. The cousins are all very excited to be able to have a get together. They range in age from 10 down to 7. The 'Dippy' exhibition and archaeology talk sound great. My cousin and his wife who live in Dorset have booked their tickets. Great to see events like this in places other than London.
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Brue, they are not in contact with me and whether or not they happen to read anything on here, they know my views anyway and I can assure you, they will not be bothering me or wanting to listen to anything that I say!
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This is where a caravan is better. You are on a site where there are other people around to help with anything you can't manage yourself and there is plenty of company around you.
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It won't. Like I said there is plenty of money for that
This is my point, making provision and planning for the future instead of wearing rose coloured glasses
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As long as you can keep up the monthly payments, cariadon, it is not a problem! It's people that fail to keep up the payments that get into trouble.
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It depends how long you live and for how many years you need nursing home care for, surely! With advances in medical science, they'll have ways of keeping you alive for longer, whether you like it or not!
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