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No matter how broke I am, I will not compromise on

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NorthEndGal · 29/05/2019 10:55

Butter
If I only had a few dollars left, I'd still buy butter.
Not margarine, not 20-80 spread, just real pure butter.

Anything else, I'll do without, or by a substitute, etc

What is your "I'm not going without" thing?

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PigletJohn · 29/05/2019 12:32

I'm surprised there are so many people who don't know what it is to be actually, seriously, really broke.

peonypea · 29/05/2019 12:33

@CatsWearingHats I couldn't disagree more that in order to be properly poor/skint that you have to steal.

I can understand how tempting it is though I really can and how much you can not want to ask family/friends/strangers for help but I just don't think you can justify that. It also makes a mockery of other people struggling who don't steal.

@Frith2013 I totally hear you but the thread was started not as a competition but to find out what types of goods people really don't like to swap if the can help it I think? The Mumsnet demographic is huge, worldwide and so of course you're gonna get a range of answers.

honeymoon2010 · 29/05/2019 12:33

my weekly euromillion ticket. I'm a dreamer at heart

TheLastNigel · 29/05/2019 12:34

Bovril. It's a meal in a drink when you are desperado in terms of nutrients provided and it tastes like meat so you can kid yourself.
Plus our whole family love it as a spread on toast.

CheddarandCrackers · 29/05/2019 12:35

Yorkshire tea. The only thing that I insist on. Grin

ChicCroissant · 29/05/2019 12:41

Free range eggs and butter here too!

YetAnotherSpartacus · 29/05/2019 12:43

Those of you saying Heinz beans, cheap and cheerful ones are honestly just as nice if you put a knob of butter in with them when they're cooking and cook them down on the hob so they're lovely and soft

I'll try that. I find Heinz too sweet but cheaper ones too hard...

I agree, PigletJohn.

gingergiraffe · 29/05/2019 12:44

I really didn’t realise that Yorkshire tea was so popular and considered by some to be a bit of a luxury.

I’d go along with free range eggs and high welfare meat.

ChicCroissant · 29/05/2019 12:44

President butter is the one in the gold and red/blue pack. That's our fave butter, but the block salted one is only stocked in a couple of shops by us (Waitrose is one of them) so we have been known to buy a few blocks at a time!

BuggerOffAndGoodDayToYou · 29/05/2019 12:44

Definitely butter and coffee.

You can’t beat real butter on your toast, your crumpets, your jacket potatoes, your new potatoes.... just about anything really....

PlinkPlink · 29/05/2019 12:47

I also do not compromise on butter.
I'd rather not have it than go for Utterly Butterly /puke/

A decent bra
A decent face wash

Everything else I can live without, and have lived without. But those two make me feel human enough to face the world without everything else.

BetterEatCheese · 29/05/2019 12:47

Free range eggs from the farm up the road
Good food for my dog
Butter

BetterEatCheese · 29/05/2019 12:48

Oh yes and a decent bra!

otterturk · 29/05/2019 12:49

What's the problem with danish bacon? I truly haven't a clue.

StateofIndependance · 29/05/2019 12:50

I agree with Piglet John as well. Revitalift ffs! I have no qualms over buying cheap food when I'm skint, including caged eggs. I need to eat.

whydoesitalwayshappentome · 29/05/2019 12:50

@TokenGinger Weetabix used to make Asda cocoa pops. Not sure if they still do though. They used to smell delicious baking.

TeaForTheWin · 29/05/2019 12:51

Freedom. Or freedom from horrible bosses or nasty colleagues or a job that sucks the energy from you at least

Eg: I'd never go back to call centre work full time. Or put up with a nasty narcissist in the workplace anymore.

dudsville · 29/05/2019 12:54

I guess for as long as I could I would hang on to quality and reduce quantity. I'd reduce holidays, shopping, etc., before reducing quality of food and toiletries.

WhatchaMaCalllit · 29/05/2019 12:55

I'm nearly certain someone else mentioned it but decent loo rolls. I couldn't be dealing with cheap loo roll, the stuff that dissolves if it so much as sees a drop of liquid!

YetAnotherSpartacus · 29/05/2019 12:57

I have no qualms over buying cheap food when I'm skint, including caged eggs. I need to eat

Yes. Plus I stole. I never did from shops, but I pocketed things from workplace kitchens I had access to like tea, coffee and sugar and also stole toilet paper when it was available from public toilets.

AnnaFender · 29/05/2019 12:57

Wow this thread is ridiculous and insensitive. When I didn't have enough money to heat my house for my children or feed myself at all I certainly didn't spend what little I had on make up, hair dos and a cleaner! The people on this thread have no idea what broke means!!

adaline · 29/05/2019 12:59

This thread is very middle-class!

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NorthEndGal · 29/05/2019 13:01

I didn't start this with any I'll will, and as I also pointed out, I've been broke af. I get it.
I was simply curious, as each person has there own priority, what thing someone else would still buy.
It isn't a competition
At least it wasn't meant to be

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CatsWearingHats · 29/05/2019 13:02

AnnaFender
Wow this thread is ridiculous and insensitive.

I agree Anna. It should have lighthearted in the title. Message HQ and ask them. I have, they think it's not a lighthearted thread. I find it bloody insulting tbh, and their response even more so.

EntirelyAnonymised · 29/05/2019 13:03

Honestly? Nothing.

I have been in a position where money was a real struggle (pre food banks etc) and if you are truly in that position, you can’t be choosy. Every last penny counts.