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289 replies

clairec1 · 29/11/2011 15:16

hi there, im a mum of 4 and one on the way, the father to my unborn child is also the father of my youngest, and a few weeks back we sat down and talked and we agreed on giving a relationship ago but im worried if this will affected my benefits i get, income support, child benefit and child tax credit but he doesnt live with me he lives at his parents house where he pays his bills etc............ Thanks for any advice

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usualsuspect · 29/11/2011 18:37

The Daily Mail readers tax-payers seemed to have enjoyed the thread though

samstown · 29/11/2011 18:37

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FabbyChic · 29/11/2011 18:42

It ONLY affects your benefits if he lives with you, but he cannot stay over night for three nights on the trot either.

Iheartmolly · 29/11/2011 18:45

My previous post on page 7 was meant to be sarcastic btw-I just dont understand posters on here saying oh there,there to op and dont worry-you will get plenty of benefitsHmm.

Briging up 5 kids on benfits is NOT something to be applauded!. I would love to have 5 kids btw but we simply cant afford them

flatbread · 29/11/2011 18:46

usual, I am a New York times reader and it breaks my heart to read the news and stories about people losing jobs and moving in with their families and trying desperately to get another job, anything, and be independent again. People, working, two, three part-time/seasonal jobs just to feed their families

And then I read threads like these and wonder what went wrong here. No sense of pride or independence to push one forward, no matter what the difficulties. Instead, spending energy on figuring out how to get maximum benefits and being egged on by others in the same boat.

Iheartmolly · 29/11/2011 18:46

Tax payers are putting food on your table and a roof over your head usual-or is that too hard for you to grasp?

flatbread · 29/11/2011 18:47

Oops, sorry Molly Blush

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tethersend · 29/11/2011 18:49

Iheartmolly, what a huuuge and incorrect assumption you made.

Are you going to apologise for your condescending post?

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usualsuspect · 29/11/2011 18:51

No I've not recently come off benefits muppet

Iheartmolly · 29/11/2011 18:54

usual-I was demonstrating how not to use strike through.

Apologies for confusing you with another poster then. But you are still spouting shite.

Or do you think we should all have numerous kids we can not afford to various baby daddies and let the tax payers pay for them?

Oh no wait-that wouldnt work would it? Then there would be no nasty tax payers...

Dawndonna · 29/11/2011 18:54

Dear Tax Payers,
Thank you so much for putting food on my table and a roof over my head. Perhaps whilst you are at it, you would consider paying me a decent wage for putting in the eighteen hours a day, seven days a week, etc. that I put in. A holiday would be nice, or even a return of the two hours per week respite care that I've just lost, due to the cuts. Or should I just put my disabled dh and three disabled dcs in the workhouse, which of course would cost you more.
FFS. People on benefits should not have to show gratitude to taxpayers, that's a disgusting attitude.

usualsuspect · 29/11/2011 18:55

But I may lose my job soon which I've had for 15 years ,so I'll have some of your money thanks very much

Iheartmolly · 29/11/2011 18:58

dawn-People in genuine need should get all the help they need. It is our duty as a society to help the genuinely sick/disabled. You will get no argument from me there.

It is not our job as a society to pay for feckless,work shy wasters to continually breed irresponsibly with no thought/care as to how to afford these children.

And yes people on benefits should be grateful imo-I was very grateful when I was awarded dla for a year when I was seriously ill. If those nasty tax payers hadnt payed their taxes then I would have got nowt.

tethersend · 29/11/2011 18:59

Is it worth mentioning that most benefit claimants are working?

Probably not.

It's ever so foamy in here.

Iheartmolly · 29/11/2011 19:01

usual-you have my sympathy about your job but your not the only one in that position. Things are very similiar in this household.

IF you have payed in then of course you deserve all the help you are entitled too. As I have said previously-genuine claimants have my utmost support.

But I cannot abide the shite spouted on here about benefit bashers if you dare to suggest that there are many people who are ripping the pish out of our welfare system.

Dawndonna · 29/11/2011 19:01

I'm sorry Molly, but I'm not going to go round thanking people for their contributions. I am happy that we live in a society that recognises me as a carer albeit one that takes the piss with regard to a decent living wage. However, I am not going to bow and scrape to anyone, I do a bloody hard and bloody good job, and save the government and therefore the tax payer a bloody fortune each year. The government are not some sort of victorian, gentlemanly benefactor. This is policy (Thank goodness).

tethersend · 29/11/2011 19:03

Also, should I mention that there is more in unclaimed benefits than the government estimate is lost in benefit fraud?

No?

Iheartmolly · 29/11/2011 19:04

dawn-where did I suggest you had to bow and scrape? I merely suggested you should be a bit grateful-as you yourself mentioned about the work house-thats exactly where you would be if we didnt have the system we do now.

I am sure you are saving the government money but thats not really the point of this thread is it?

MincePieFlavouredVoidka · 29/11/2011 19:06

I see the OP isnt coming back since she was ousted as a liar.

tethersend · 29/11/2011 19:06

From the cradle to the grave (as long as you're bloody grateful)

I think that's what he said, anyway.

Iheartmolly · 29/11/2011 19:07

mince-you best not say that. I said op was a bullshitter on page 1 and got deleted-do MNHQ ever reinstate posts when they realise they have made a tit of themselves?

Dawndonna · 29/11/2011 19:07

Being grateful. Sorry, but that involves bowing and scraping to tax payers, to a government, a government that in fact chooses to ignore the rights of carers.

Iheartmolly · 29/11/2011 19:08

You got a day off tomorrow then tethers?