I've not worked for years as I have a life-long disabling condition, which has made it impossible. I have hated not working.
I recently started volunteering, and they have decided that they can just about afford to pay be absolutely basic s/e no-strings-attached wages, which has made me very happy, as I know they have really pulled out the stops to find the money to do it.
I told dh, who immediately got onto the Tax Credit people, telling them the absolute maximum I could earn, with very little reference to the reality of what I am likely to earn (unlikely to do those hours consistently, and pretty much impossible to do that many weeks pa).
The result is that his TC have gone down by a bit more than the amount I bring in.
I am pissed off that instead of being able to splash out by, maybe 20 quid a month, he now expects me to give him all I earn to make up.
I know that rationally it's fair enough. I pay for the weekly shop and most of the top ups during the week, all school stuff, pocket money etc, out of my dla and CTC, while he earns and gets the cb and WTC with which he pays the utilities; if he hasn't earnt enough then I transfer funds so contribute that way too.
I was really looking forward to buying some nice moisturiser, not expensive but something which is a small step up from Lidl £5 job. Boots, about 20quid maybe. I was looking forward to shopping around.
I am being ur aren't I?
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Memoires · 05/07/2016 13:28
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