To think that if Heather on EastEnders was that broke

[RunAwayWife]

She would have taken the veg off of billy,

And id Dot advertising those chocolates???

that was @lotkins. Not to the camel reference.

"I'm not fully aware about benefits, but I'm sure council houses are practically free"

hahahahahahahah...practically free to people who have sweet FA.

And what's that sposed to mean lady?

What is what supposed to mean?

What had heather being fat got to do with anything

From what I can tell, Heather lives in privately rented acomodation...and form what I've been told there is a long waiting list for council accommodation, and Heather and George would probably spend a long time in a B&B where they would be allowed a kettle but not a toaster, should they find themselves needing to apply.

Try reading the posts and you'll see it was in reference to her starving to death overnight.

Am sniggering now LOTM. Are you having a yet? Its just that time.

I really can't understand why she doesn't go to weight watchers there's a great venue in the community centre. If she went to her GP she would get free sessions.

And she would still have a gas and electric meter to pay.
And if they run out and you're broke then you go without.

SHe can be as fat as she likes, but she isn't going to starve overnight because she didn't get free veg from Billy. Let's be honest, she'd survive a little while longer than George. Or Kate Moss.

Is weight watchers free then?
Slimming world is a £5 a week.

Still struggling with the storyline that Darren is the father and a suitable place for her son.
Don't understand why she hasn't moved in with Shirley or asked her for help.

Do you need a deposit? Yep, you do need a deposit for council accommodation, we had to pay a week's rent.

Yes, they are considerably cheaper than private rental, but it's not really the point if you don't have much money in the first place.

Ooooo you're a snotty one aint ya

Who me?

She didn't move in with Shirley because Phil banned her. And she's forever going to Shirley, and Shirley is forever bailing her out - the latest is that job number 3 is for Shirley, doing their cleaning, as Shirley said that Heather had to do something for the fact that Shirley was basically giving her money every single week. I think she must only do two hours a week for her though, as Shirley gave her £30 in yesterday's episode and that was for two weeks.

Or me?

nooooo LOTM

IT'S NOT REAL

But why oh why did Darren have to be the father?
And someone tell me why did nobody notice baby Tommy had developed a club foot after his death and baby James' one disappeared?

Phew.

Ohhhh right I was a bit for a minute!

How much cheaper theya re avries; back home Muma dn dad pay only £30 less than going rate and ended up funding all thier own carpets etc and proper heating long before council did it- stuff we in private rented can get covered by LL (and no tehy don;t get HB and yes they do work - housing very different in seventies when they were housed to now)

In some areas there are 30,000 people on a waiting list anyway and somwone with one child who is working would be unlikely to be deemed in need enough to ever reach the top- generally elderly people, disabled people, women escaping DV etc are the only ones who stand a chance in hell of being housed.

Actually a fat person would die as quickly from malnutrition as anyone else. I have heard that is one of the risks of very overweight people losing weight very quickly. It puts a huge strain on the heart amongst other things and makes them equivalent to an anorexic person in terms of health risk.

Also, in terms of where Heather's money goes . . .. She spends a fair bit on buying outfits for George from the market, and I think she also eats quite a lot of takeaways from Ian's fish and chip shop. Or maybe that was just when she and Shirley were sharing a flat together.
I don't imagine that she earns much in the laundrette - I think she only does a couple of shifts a week, I guess at Basic Minimum Wage, and the same in the corner shop for Patrick.
And I don't think that budgeting is one of Heather's fortes.

Heather's clothes would be more expensive, due to extra cloth, and less shops selling her size, along with the fact her food addiction will be costing her more money than a size 10 person. I know this as I am not a skinnyminny myself