So the woman who came to see our house yesterday wants to rent it so yaaaaay!!!! Now we are set to move into our new one next month without trying to pay two mortgages.
Now I know that benefits are needed for some people to just get by, and that many single mums would like to work but it's just not financially viable....however.....this woman is probably early 30's, has 5 kids to different dads. She is leaving a 5 bedroom house that she's ('she' being the tax payer) is paying £800 pcm for....apparently she needed a big house for when her mum came for Xmas but now she's dead and the two older kids are ready to leave home so she's looking for somewhere smaller.
Oh, and she drives a massive BMW (ok so it's an old one but nicer than my car). If her kids need/want anything she calls up the relevant dad to provide it. From what I can tell she has more disposable cash than OH and I have!
I'm not jealous of what she has......ok, I am a little in that I wish we had more money left at the end of the month...but I wouldn't swap situations for all the tea in China. But surely benefits should cover what you need to live comfortably and no more. She wrinkled her nose at me when I said I was trying to do my weekly shop at Aldi for the foreseeable future to save money for the new house!
Still....Mr C rationalised it by reminding me that she (*the tax payer*) will be paying the mortgage on this house so that we can afford to pay for our new one.