Who is the poorest person in your family and why?

Me, as the single one there is only one income coming in; everything costs more as supermarket promotions tend to reward volume; my mortgage, energy standing charges and internet costs are absorbed only by me; my council tax is subject to a 25% discount, but is only paid by one person; I buy presents for 7 family members through the year, but only get 2 back.

Quite frankly after decades of this I am exhausted by it all. The presents issue is possibly the most trivial, but the most galling

Me.
All the rest of my family are very comfortable financially.
I didn't marry and I'm single, so I lost out on a second wage.

I wonder if the question is more 'do you work to live, or live to work, and is that a family trait or are you an outlier like me' or something along those lines. It's a question that I've mildly wondered occasionally, as I come from a family who 'work to live', but I married (and then divorced) a man whose whole family 'live to work'.

I have wondered in the past if it makes it difficult to be a 'work to live' person in a family of 'live to work' types.

I'm not that poster but this is true in my house! I am basically the sole breadwinner but my husband is very well regarded in his field and has won some really prestigious awards.He makes so little money though, his income is basically comprised of prizes won from his art. He also does all the housework though so it works for us.

It's been through phases. When I was the first to have kids it was me for quite a while, then when my sister got divorced. It's turned back again now mine are older teens and my career has really progressed in the last couple of years.
But then I'll retire when they are in their earning prime (I'm a fair few years older).
Seasons of life.

£1 or £2 depending on what the tooth fairy has available that day.

I'm really intrigued about what a prestige job with poor earning potential is...I would always assume that a prestige job meant high earning potential.
Genuinely curious, if there is a job that people think is highly paid and really isn't.

Some posters are enjoying chatting around the subject, which is fine, but why would an OP who admits that there isn't really a poorest person in their own family (??) suddenly want to know about everyone else's? Especially as they don't seem at all interested in engaging with their own thread!
It's OP's motivation that I'm interested in, but probably won't get a response to.

Yes and he needs to seek gainful employment and start paying his way the little shit

The cat. Spends her time stoned on catnip biscuits staring at the radiator.

Me! I was the richest for a while, then the second-richest. A combination of bad luck, bad advice and chronic illness sent me right to the bottom, just as my siblings were becoming well-off. I'll be poor until I die now.

Could be worse; I'm not dead yet!

Steve, probably because he doesn't have much money.

It was 20p when I was a kid. How much is it now?

Me I think it but it’s all relative and no one would class me as poor.

Parents - inherited vast amounts of money and my Dad has a final salary pension. They have high income even though they are retired.

My Sister - big divorce payout, small mortgage lots of savings.

Brother & SIL. They have a big mortgage but SIL has been left a house in Cornwall and a largish percentage of a house in London. They are pretty well set up for life, they have one baby and don’t plan for more.

Me- I actually earn more than my siblings and my sister in law, but it’s a single income and I have a medium sized mortgage and am a single parent to two kids.

To be fair, that seems to pay a lot better than it did in my own childhood! Toothfairy must be loaded these days.

Me because I am a single parent and my ex H is an alcoholic who pays nothing for his children and barely sees them so it’s all on me. All other family members on both sides are married, in professional careers and doing very well. Im not really bothered but it can be quite isolating as one of my children is very angry about their Dad and doesn’t want to see how well everyone else in the family is doing so avoids them and frankly I don’t blame them.

Oh, I see! That didn’t even occur to me. Annoyed with myself for answering, now.

DD2, her only source of income is loosing teeth.

I would say me. Under employed and an unpaid carer.

however I am debt free, my outgoings are minimal so I feel pretty ‘wealthy’ despite my low earnings.

I think it annoys people because its normally someone trying to drag an online article, not genuine curiosity. Normally started by someone with no input on the subject themselves

Spat tea everywhere

Hard relate 😝😝😝

Why on earth would this thread make people so cross?! Oh, MN. 🤣

You ain't ever getting that money back 😬

Me, but that’s because my (much older) brother and parents VERY well off. DH and I both earn six figures, but I come from a seven figure family (as does he, come to think of it). So, our poverty is very much relative (to our relatives). 😊

Financially me. Why? I prioritised other people’s needs and happiness over my own. Not an admirable quality, I was stupid for any of a better word. Misguided. I have decent emotional intelligence, empathy and understanding for what people are going through now though.. I think I’m fairly well off on that front . Doesn’t pay the bills though and doesn’t hold much external value.