Does anyone else feel overwhelmed by bills despite a decent income?

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Is it just me or is the whole situation with money and bills just crazy now.

I am a single parent earning 4000 per month take home ( decent I know).

I was paid last week and I now have £1000 left until 26th October so pretty much 3 weeks. Out of this I need to buy food and any other discretionary spends etc.

I know that I have some money left and that I should be grateful - I am. It just seems crazy that 75% of my income literally evaporates. Admittedly this month is a little harder as I had some one off things to pay, however I rarely have more than £1500 left after all bills etc.

Does anyone else feel that same?

We would need to see a breakdown, to see if you can cut back on anything…..

It depends how you manage to spend £3k a month on bills alone?

Not wanting to belittle your stress but £300 per week for food and petrol seems doable. It's a lot more than we usually have left. It is hard though.

Could easily be done if they have a large mortgage and childcare?

4k take home is decent...i assume you have a fairly high mortgage or rent?

Yep. That's why I said it depends.

My mortgage is £1500 which is obvously a big chunk of it. Other bills come to around £500. I also had to pay a chunk of sons school trips this month plus a klarna bill of £200. It just feels worrying that I only have £1000 left

Yes we do 😭

Same position OP I've just had to decline a school trip because I can't afford it !!!

You aren’t wrong but will be likely told you are bad with your money/overstretched yourself.

You probably earn 70k ish which is the equivalent to 53k 5 years ago

A lot have no choice due to when they were born

Yes op it’s worrying isn’t it

I wonder what the state of affairs will be in another 5 years

Our bills are £5000/month 😧

We have a high mortgage, both earn well. Whats killing me at the moment is the cost of the food shop!! Eating fresh veg and fruits seem a luxury right now and i do grow a lot myself during summer time

Are you not getting maintenance from DCs father? That's a lot of your issue, running a household with quite a big mortgage on one salary. Your income isn't much more than two people earning NMW.

Jeeeez thats our joint salary for the month. Fair play you must have done well for yourself

You are doing phenomenally well as a single parents. Hats off to you. Hard times.