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im a traveller AMA

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TakeABreak2 · 10/07/2018 14:04

irish traveller amaGrin

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TakeABreak2 · 16/07/2018 11:49

sorry and it would be leaving school early andbgoing to all the different towns

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TakeABreak2 · 16/07/2018 11:50

holdtightnow
i do know a few vegetairian travellers though its not common

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TakeABreak2 · 16/07/2018 11:51

iampicklerick
i dont know anyone who had that done we have enough family without finding more lol

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TakeABreak2 · 16/07/2018 11:52

tedx
id say were doing ok in the summer scraping by in the winter
we try our hardest to save for the winter but we got bills to pay and it doesnt help with the cost of 2 moters / 2 insurances are £400pm! ect in the winter he will trydo scrap but everything dies in the winter

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IamPickleRick · 16/07/2018 12:03

The reason I ask is that I did my DNA and got almost 100% Irish/Welsh/English so wondered if that meant that somewhere I had must have Irish gypsy blood. Can I PM you?

SecondRow · 16/07/2018 12:21

Very interesting thread, thanks OP.

I've heard of some groups of Irish Travellers offering tarmac-ing driveways and that kind of work over here in Germany and I think France too I was surprised as I wondered how they managed with the languages and so on, I thought you wouldn't pick up much if you are only in one place for a short time. Do you know anyone who spends a lot of time in Europe and do they speak the languages or not really need to?

Also do you have an Irish or British passport? Just interested :)

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TakeABreak2 · 16/07/2018 13:20

iampicklerick u can pm me

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TakeABreak2 · 16/07/2018 13:28

second row
alot of travellers go to belguim france germeny ect its easier for work over there they dont speak alot of the language just know what bits they need ie hello good bye thanks and of course do you want your drive doing ect ect and i have a british passport

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Brendatheblender · 16/07/2018 15:59

Sorry if this has been asked before OP (I’m struggling to keep up with the thread!) how did you meet your husband?

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TakeABreak2 · 16/07/2018 16:15

brendatheblenda we first started chatting on good old BBM untill i got to know him then phone calls then met up with him and went cinema and frankys and bennys and hit it of from there!

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Brendatheblender · 16/07/2018 16:22

I had forgotten all about BBM! Ahh that sounds lovely, did you live far apart?

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TakeABreak2 · 16/07/2018 16:46

119 miles

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YoYotheclown · 16/07/2018 16:58

Sorry op if this has been asked already. I’m really amused by the dancing I have seen at weddings / parties. Also the very provocative clothing on really young girls. Why is this seen ok if you’re Bought up so strict?

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TakeABreak2 · 16/07/2018 17:23

because they are at a wedding/party with all their family mums dads cousins uncles brothers? not in a night club with aload of strangers and some people are actually very strict on what girls where? i suppose you seen it on MBFGW?

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stopfuckingshoutingatme · 16/07/2018 18:01

Op thanks for this thread

Can I say I truly disgusted by some of the posts in here . The racism and hostile questions for me is shocking and offensive

For what it’s worth not everyone thinks and acts like some of the morons in this thread

Really disgusting . And I am impressed how you have kept your temper

YoYotheclown · 16/07/2018 19:15

Not only on the show. We have a few traveler families near us and go to the same school as my ds. They have become friends. So have seen a few of these parties. I’ve alao heard about grabbings? Can you explain more about this please. Again sorry if this has been asked before.

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TakeABreak2 · 16/07/2018 19:23

grabbings is blew way out of proportion - a random boy wont walk up to a girl and grab her Hmm its more than likely to be her boyfriend that her family dont know about and he dont hurt her hell just kiss her when shes giggling pretending to be pulling away Hmm but any way grabbing dont really happen

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whataboutbob · 16/07/2018 20:07

Re post up thread on burning the trailers of the dead- very interesting, Eastern European gypsies traditionally do that too. Death is seen as polluting.

Andromeida59 · 16/07/2018 22:53

OP - I'd be really interested to hear your response to my questions.

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TakeABreak2 · 16/07/2018 23:09

andromedia
what was your questions?

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TakeABreak2 · 16/07/2018 23:12

sorry andromedia
must have missed it!
i think it was shocking Shock
dv theyd ring the police and maybe stayed in a hostel/refuge untill they got a house
traveller do pay tax we pay our council tax for our perment homes fhen work taxes are all linked to a buisness account so when ever a job is done money goes in to get saved up and taxes come out! we are tax/vat registered...

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Andromeida59 · 17/07/2018 00:51

Thanks for your replies :)

UsernameTaken2 · 18/07/2018 02:00

Hi takeabreak, did I read correctly that before you and your husband got married you lived 120 mile away from each other? If so where were you both from?

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TakeABreak2 · 18/07/2018 11:01

you did read correctly
i was up north and he was in the yorkshire area i was only 16 so didnt drive but he was 19 so hed come up on saturday morning stay in a hotel and go home sunday night

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SubtitlesOn · 18/07/2018 11:21

How many children do the average family in your community/family hope to have?

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