To be so annoyed at this woman's financial incompetence

She is a silly twit after a bit of fame.,

But you could say that about anything, you don’t understand why she’d want to go on holiday in a touring caravan or why people have dogs. It’s just a choice, some people like cars

And you can guarantee the vast majority of people saying it won't do it themselves - it's another one of those things that "someone else" should do, like all the cries for higher taxation - it's always "someone else" who should pay more!

God it annoys me when someone is on a good salary but they (voluntarily) increase their living costs then moan they're broke.

If you had £100million but spent £90million of it on a house you’d be complaining you were broke because you can’t afford the upkkeep.

You cut your cloth whether you're earning £20k pa or £500k pa.

i would go further than that. Guardian, BBC, Mirror, Express etc, Journalists are paid to make folks read their news. They are never going to tell you the truth as no one wants to hear that..

If a friend or relative was earning that sort of money and then trying to tap me up for a loan, then yes, I’d be angry. A stranger whose choices have no effect on me moaning in a paper I don’t have to buy? Who cares?

I dont understand how someone is clever enough to earn 100k yet stupid enough to sell yourself looking like an idiot for the daily mail

My initial response was that she is self employed so should be able to walk and care for her dogs around that. But her two dogs in daycare are still a lot cheaper than even one child in full time nursery.

Her point about single people paying more tax is about the only valid one. Everything else is just lifestyle choices she has made, which makes her a very poor (pun intended) example of the point. Far more relevant would have been to find someone on a more average income, with more typical outgoings and lay out how tight it can be. That would not fit the DM schtick and desire to provoke frothing in the comments section though.

I suspect she has seen this article as a PR piece for her business. I hope that doesn't backfire for her.

I really don’t get the whole car thing. We bought a 2nd hand Skoda Octavia 8 years ago second hand, 2 years old. £10k. It has only needed the tyres and break pads replaced. Our pre tax income is about £250k a year so we could probably afford anything but why? What’s the point? Why are people spending so much on financing ludicrous cars? Is it the female equivalent of a man with small bits buying a BMW? It’s still the same person in the car. Still the same person getting out of the car. Just a somewhat less rich person.

What is the strange obsession on here with taking in a lodger? It’s become the new “take in ironing”

Because paying a monthly lease on a depreciating asset is for mugs.

Why does it? I had a sensible family car that cost me:

£400 on lease (had no car to px for deposit)
£80 on insurance
£15 road tax
£50 budgeted for repairs/tyres

That was just a standard large family car, not like an Audi or bmw etc

I read this and thought the same thing !
she is incompetent clearly.

I'm in the same boat as that woman. Except I budgeted wisely and now have loadsa dough and a very handsome pension. 😉

Spending £750 a month on a car means she’s not the sharpest tool in the box.

Nail on the head. Someone with the qualifications, skills, experience etc to earn £100k SHOULD have a much better lifestyle than someone less qualified, less experienced, less skilled, etc., earning half or a quarter of that.

Of course she shouldn't be expected to take in a lodger, run a bottom of the range cheap car, shop only at Aldi and never go on holiday.

As you say, we really shouldn't be in a race to the bottom. There needs to be incentives for people to work harder/more, to get qualifications, to learn new skills, to take more responsibility, etc. If you're not going to have a significantly better standard of living, then why bother and why not just go and work in Tesco and claim top-up "in work" benefits.

If you actually read the article, in amongst all the waffle she makes reasonable points around paying more tax than two people earning the same and how it’s harder for people living on their own.

Yes some of her expenditure is on the ‘nice to haves’ but shouldn’t she have those things on that salary?

I think you are very unreasonable - what is the point of earning 6 figures if you cannot enjoy life and that includes (nice car, nice house, cleaner etc).

• why should she have a lodger? she earns enough to enjoy her house on her own.

Not the point of the thread but I absolutely cannot stand when people say 'take in a lodger'

That is not an option for everybody!!!!!

Maybe you have the room, most likely people dont have a spare room but even if I did, I have kids and absolutely would not let a stranger come and lodge in my child's home.

Shes having to pay for daycare. When you have a dog as part of a single person household the care costs can be crippling. If I need to go into the office for a day it costs me £30. Three days a week of meetings would slaughter me.

But she has got a nice life...house, car, dogs, holidays. I thought that's what earning a salary is for?

You are reading, reacting to and sharing an article that is literally written to make you ready, react to and share it for traffic.