To have no sympathy for a family that overstretch themselves to pay school fees?

[mrsruffallo]

Why not just go to state school?
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I didn't have the time to read all your comments, but did anybody mention the live-in housekeeper she couldn't live without? So now that they only have five bedroom, does the housekeeper have to sleep in the cupboard under the stairs?

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That's really interesting mimi. It might explain the seemingly inexplicable behaviour of someone I know who never opens letters or emails, sticks his head in the sand about his spectacular debt and gets into more to keep his four children in public schools.

Yet he is ever cheerful. That's when he meets me on the street. He must dodge me when he can.

It get's even better here again

Obviously she's not that poor if she can afford a live in housekeeper.

She doesn't seem unreasonable wrt the au pairs though. If you are providing food/roof/money it seems fair to expect them to do some housework in exchange.

karmabeliever

I can imagine what she expected from her aupairs after reading what her housekeeper has to do. Would you pick up your pissed employers at midnight so that they can save on a cab fare?

Tbh, no, I wouldn't. Must admit, I read that as a one off - a favour, rather than a regular occurrence.

That article about au-pairs is fabulous!

Poor Keith 'My husband said: 'Perhaps you'd be better off with a different kind of job.' Her answer was: 'Perhaps you'd be better off with a different kind of wife.'

'Usually I do that very British thing of not saying how cross I feel'

Yes, yes, Shona, very British, very restrained

She hasn't had sex again, has she?

Can she and poor Keith afford another child?

limitedperiodonly

No worries about another child I think. It was a really distasteful article about how she and her husband have to schedule in sex around favourite tv programmes, childrens activities etc. - and mostly fail to do so. I think she must have at least one child in senior school - how does that poor girl feel if people tell her when her parents are apparently having sex? Eeurgh!

I confess to being very curious about Shona and Keith's viewing pleasure.

It bet it isn't anything I'd like.

They probably watch 'big fat gypsy weddings' in disgust

after all it is DM fodder innit?

I have read the article and some of the other links ....as soon as I saw the headline of the au-pair one I realised she was Polly Filler from Private Eye. Does she mention "the useess Keith" anywhere - silly bitch.

Have only just seen this thread; will now try and find the article in the DM!

jynier
This thread is over a year old!

Ah! I remember this! So this was Shona too, was it? It all makes sense now.

We really do need to stop letting these Daily Mail rentagobs wind us up. We know the score by now, surely?