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To not reprt afriend for benefit fraud even tho she has told me she is livin with her partner but pretending she doesn't?

162 replies

burgerandchipswithredsauce · 08/09/2010 00:54

My friend has told me that her partner is living with her but pretending he ives with his mother so that friend can claim benefits for herself and her 3 children whilst her partner works fulltime to earn money to enable them to afford luxuries that most working families can only dream of.

AIBU not to report them because I am afraid of losing her friendship even though I do not agree with her lifestyle.

BTW myself and OH work all the hours God sends to provide ourselves and our children with basic essentials. We have no money left at the end of the week for an evening out as we cannot afford a babysitter. We have to pay our rent in full - no HB for us as we are a working family. We also have to pay full costs for childminding as we are not a single parent family. Our council tax costs per month push us over the edge.

Also our children have to have a packed lunch every day for school because we cannot afford to pay for hot school dinners. My friends children, however, get their hot school dinners free.

Friend has been awarded over £500 for a laptop for her eldest to have access to the internet so that he is not made to feel different from his peers - even though friend already has 3 PC's at her home. We have a secondhand PC which is well past its sell by date but cannot afford a laptop as we make sure our bills are paid on time as our priority.

Friend has informed us that she is going to try for another baby because that will enable her to obtain a larger house for her family. We live in a (very) modest two up, two down terraced house and would love to have another child but cannot afford to move to a larger house to make this possible. As the law states the ages of my children it would be against the law for different sexes over the age of 8 to share a bedroom. Because of this law the LA go all out to house families on benefits accordingly.

Am I jealous? Yes in monetary value I suppose I am, but overall I think I would prefer my children to know they have a mother and a father who is always there for them and will always put them first.

OP posts:
sparky159 · 10/09/2010 02:04

nope-im not a parisite-
and i dont feel bad-
but im laughing my bollocks off at you you troll.
what colour are trolls-oh i bet ya green by now-have ya got pink hair aswell-
tell me-im interested-i know what a troll sounds like[fuckin insipid]but what do you look like?
are you lonely and angry-so have to come here and give tripe?
what makes you a troll?
are you inaduquite in real life?
[sorry cant spell but im sure you will pick me up on it]
hmmm-go to bed now troll-and bang youre fists on youre headboard on the injustice of life-i hear you.
i feel sorry for you-
but trolling aint the answer.

burgerandchipswithredsauce · 10/09/2010 02:07

He he. Time to put the vodka back in the cupboard I think. Goodnight Sparky Wink

OP posts:
sparky159 · 10/09/2010 02:49

hmmm-little troll-you dont sound relaxed-
in fact you sound irate and deranged-
oh-the alcholics and drug addicts-
actually-i respect them more than trolls-
have you had anything to do with them?
i have-in fact-my mother was a alcholic-and she done so much badness-and i spend years hating her.
many years later[like now]i do volentry work with alcaholics and drug addicts-
they are human beings-its a shame that you are so bitter that you cant see this.
im so so glad that no matter whhat ive been through-ive still got up and seen good-unlike you!
ah hun-youve got me wrong-sorry you are so smallminded-
i will get up early in the morning and get my disabled daughter up-then do what i have to do with her and send her off to school-
then i will put out everything my other daughter needs-[she a adult]
she is dying troll!
then i shall get in a cab-[cos i cant walk]
then go and try and help others[yep-the fuckin alchis and druggies]-then i shall come home and start again.
i dont actually get much sleep[as you can see by my posts]
but what keeps me going is my beliefe in people.[and love for people]
its a pity you dont have that.
i am not a parisite-and im so sorry you are so small minded and ignorant.
im ashamed to be sharing the same space as you-you are beneath me troll.
look forward to more tripe from you tommorrow.
[again-sorry to everyone else]

sparky159 · 10/09/2010 03:05

he he indeed-again very predicable and small mindness from a troll-
ha-vodka?-i dont drink-im a diebetic you dimaloe.
ha ha ha ha -this just gets better-im really fuckin enjoyin this now-youre stupidity is astounding.
in fact-im pissing myself laughing now.
oh well -theres no accounting for some people is there[this means you]
look forward to the the forthcoming argument tommorrow-i bet im out of bed before you-
and i bet you will croak before i do-
as i said-fuck off troll.

usualsuspect · 10/09/2010 08:03

That will teach me to go to bed early and miss all the fun Sad

regards

scummy moron no 2

tethersend · 10/09/2010 09:03

Is it now?

Only I've got to go to work in a bit.

usualsuspect · 10/09/2010 09:06

Was worried you were locked up tethers Grin

Giddyup · 10/09/2010 09:08

Agggghhhhhh I will ask again, who thinks its alright to defraud the system though?

ShirleyKnot · 10/09/2010 09:19

I'm finding very interesting the moral majority are the ones throwing insults and threats.

Tethers - you made me do a guffaw.

HowAnnoying · 10/09/2010 09:42

This thread has gone a bit weird.

I think it is more than possible to be angry with Banks, people at the top, and still be angry by benefit fraud, or any type of stealing.

A bit of cash in hand work for a single mum with no support from father is one thing, claiming as single while having a fulltime working partner is quite another IMO.

And as for grassing it's no different from people ringing crimestoppers and naming a post office theif or whatever.

skeletonbones · 10/09/2010 09:51

Ah come on, booked a CRUISE? Two weeks in Ibiza pissing it up with her new man without the kids, and paying her mate £1000 a week to mind them out of all her spare fraudy fraudy money could have caused you more fake outrage.

knickers0nmyhead · 10/09/2010 20:35

so burger, you think anyone claiming benefits are parasites?

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