I'm a single mum of 7. AMA!

[WorldCupSadness]

Scared 😅

To be a lawyer? One of the most vulnerable professions to AI?

I have good GCSEs and A Levels, and I'm in the final year of my LLB

Do you have a training contract set up?

The plan originally was to work in family law yes, but things are advancing quickly with AI so I'll have to wait and see

How do you plan on paying for and studying for the SQE?

So 4k per month lands in your account.
How much goes out for your rent?

1100 from dads
1000 from your job (approx)

Wow. I'm doing something wrong ?

• you wouldn't have come on here if you weren't expecting this one.

It's SQE now, but no, I haven't applied for anything as I'm on mat leave and I actually really like the job I'm in!

You do realise you still need some form of legal experience?

Yes. To the tune of £4k a month @WorldCupSadness?

If the didn’t up to now the replies on this thread will change that.

Child maintenance can disappear in an instant (and it has many times, as clearly I married idiots!). Rent is 1350

Do you own your house or is it rented privately or a council property ?
How many bedrooms does it have ?

So you have a job
7 children
a newborn
and you are studying for an LLB

Correct?

That's a shame and not my intention

Correct

When was the last time you went abroad?

4 bed privately rented

2017. Luckily my children love caravan holidays 🤣

Obviously...

Ex friend had 6 kids. Eldest was fairly bright. Selective school wouldn’t accept her as they stated where would she have space and peace to study at home. It’s the knock-on effect on the older kids.

I'm not 100% sure I'm going to go for it yet , but I'd use my savings

there was a lady in my grandmothers church who was a single mother with 7 kids.

hisband made good money, religious and her and her husband had 3 kids. Were planning to be done after 4. Fourth kid turned out to be triplets so they ended up 7. Then her husband became disabled and then died, they lost money and she ended up struggling single mom

That's really sad. My eldest is going to uni in September x

Sounds like an Mike Leigh TV drama

Your savings will be below £6k so that won’t get you far