mum on benefits can afford to keep her dds 2 horses

[jugofwildflowers]

This is a lovely mum by the way. She has never married but been with the same partner for 25 years and they have 3 dc. He works and has another home but stays in family home often, although because she is 'single' and on benefits, she gets everything paid for and her dc have free school meals. I assumed that as the mum was on benefits, she wouldn't have much money.

They have 2 horses and she spends a lot of the time with them. We have a mortgage and after all the bills are paid we don't have enough to keep one let alone 2 horses! Comes across as sour grapes, doesn't it? Sorry but

So that's a typo? Dammit. There goes another career plan. Mind you, you would want golden shoes for that. Or at least gold-plated.

Oh and just to add, maintenance paid to the PWC doesn't have to be through the CSA. It can be given to the mother in cash, by bank transfer, by postal order or through the CSA.

Farriers still make good money harribo, ours regularly shoes a dozen horses in one visit to our yard. And then there's the dentist (£35 a horse) and the chiropractor/physio at £45 a time

I think with finances people often have quite a blinkered view based on their own experiances and find it hard to understand how others live differently- case in point- FIL saying how he resents paying benefits to the st pauls protesters as they clearly don't have jobs. In his world if you don't have a job you're poor. He has no experience of people who don't need to work because they are wealthy, have family money, or Maybe only work for certain periods of the year because Their outgoing are extremely low. I know enough trust fund babes to know differently. It's similar here- a grandparent or someone else could be contributing, that doesn't mean she's not entitled to the benefits she claims. It's not unreasonable as such, abit migsuided maybe.

Jajas, I demand you post me a pony too, right now
I miss having horses . And goats for that matter.

Now, I do not claim benefits cos I have a job, innit. But I am a LP and so entitled to some tax credits. On a sliding scale, how grateful do I have to be? Walking on my knees or just forelock tugging?

Sue, I've got a lovely little bright bay pony who needs fussing, would you like me to post him? He like cuddles and lets you snog him

i am grateful for many things in life.

if i relied on other people to keep me through my hard times, i would be grateful for the social insurance.

not sure why anyone wouldnt be grateful?

Do, older. I shall send you a jiffy .

Ragged, yes I agree that it can work the way but as you say it's generally the males that are the higher earners.

I see this happening across the social classes. My own family background is working class and I have relatives who have children with partners that they do not live with because of the benefits.

I'm now living in a more affluent area and I see similar situations occurring with more well off friends. A school-gate acquaintance split up with her wealthy husband a few years ago he pays child support and the mortgage but the children receive free school meals and childcare fees for the youngest child are paid because she is a single mum. I don't understand the reasoning behind this. She also has a very wealthy boyfriend but they aren't going to move into together until she finishes her degree course because she us saving her benefit money to fund her masters. Who can blame her?

Maybe we could eat our babies.....we could reduce the Welfare Bill that way.

I am not generalising all benefit claimants, but solely on the situation described by the op

Just remembered Sue, he needs his sheath doing. He really likes that. Could you do it when he arrives?

I am grateful that I was born into a country where after paying taxes for 40 years between us, when we needed help we could get CA and WTC / CTC.

But as you say- social insurance: I am grateful that people support the system we have but I never expected gratitude when I worked and paid in.

Piglet I knew you weren't, others were

We used to call that 'picking cornflakes' older

Happy days.

There are criteria for being single for benefits purposes, do they do the household shopping together etc, if they live separately, have separate finances and are not married, legally she is a single mother.

The other 3 are all mares, thank god. He gets this dreamy look on his face and the woman in the next stable always sings je'taime. Tis very embarrassing

bleugh at 'sheath doing'

My pony had one proper ear.

Not relevant but I thought I would share.

YA-totally-NBU

He and She are benefit cheats. If you pay tax then it IS your business. I'd dob her in. Why should you work f/t to keep her and her 3 kids and 2 horses whilst he comes and goes as he pleases.

P.s. He sounds like a great bloke, glad I didn't bag him.

The cost of one horse as laid out be one poster is staggering, for 2 well. It's a bit naieve to think that no benefit money is used for this. And even if her dp does pay for it, as he is her dp (lives there part of the time) than in the governments eyes he should be supporting her. She is cheating the system, and taking from someone who really does need it.

Absoluely

She is breaking the law 9ore rather exceptionally likely to be)

peachy

If she can afford to keep horses she does not need benefits

Peachy i don think anyone wants personal gratitude.

So if the horses are on benefits do they get a flat screen TV and a goat? If they live in seperate fields can they claim seperately and have one each?