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to think that people who choose to have more children whilst living in social housing shouldn't expect to be given a bigger place?

664 replies

balsamicfundamentalist · 09/06/2012 18:36

I am a member of another pregnancy forum and there is a woman there who has just had her 5th child (by choice). Neither her nor her partner work and she is complaining that the council will not giver them a bigger house (she is in a 3 bed). All the other members are sympathising with her but I don't understand why. Surely if you choose to have a child when you know your home is not big enough, you shouldn't expect the council to give you a bigger one, especially when it is sought after subsidised housing?

OP posts:
Greatauntirene · 10/06/2012 22:19

Yes, game set and match missgrohl

You lot were all trying too hard, so not so funny.

doggiemumma · 10/06/2012 22:21

I am fucking perfect

AnyoneForTennis · 10/06/2012 22:21

missgrohl nobody here is wound up..... Takes more than this. Lots more

It's just entertainment

D0oinMeCleanin · 10/06/2012 22:21

You may, but you must part with £2.20 of your ill gotten benefits in return. Extra if you want me to send them to your home via one of my lufferly, employed drivers?

missgrohl · 10/06/2012 22:22

u got private medical insurance then:o

Goofus · 10/06/2012 22:22

Absolutely nobody is wound up.
You, do realise posters like you are a dime a dozen on here? Or did you think you were special?

missgrohl · 10/06/2012 22:24

i think i might try and find more time for this as i quite enjoyed myself....is it always this good

boaty · 10/06/2012 22:24

Anyone got any popcorn? Grin

doggiemumma · 10/06/2012 22:25

anyonefortennis I am wound up

Nothing winds me up more than text speak :)

I don't think anyone has engaged madam in a debate on benefits, we were merely trying to help her with her grammar.

In life i have one philosophy (if thats what you can call it) There but for the grace of God.......................

Cockwomble · 10/06/2012 22:26

I really hate it when people use 3 full stops all the time for no fucking reason. Really gets my goat! And that's my fucking goat you're stealing!

Cockwomble · 10/06/2012 22:26

I really hate it when people use 3 full stops all the time for no fucking reason. Really gets my goat! And that's my fucking goat you're stealing!

LineRunner · 10/06/2012 22:26

missgrohl, you haven't got a GCSE in anything useful.

doggiemumma · 10/06/2012 22:27

no its not always this good, sometimes folk have nothing better to do than correct poor English. Especially when the thread is a bit of a non-starter. Otherwise the idiotic posts are generally ignored.

KalSkirata · 10/06/2012 22:29

3 full stops? Thats fucking entitled that is. 3! With other paragraphs just begging for the odd full stop.

missgrohl · 10/06/2012 22:29

doggiemumma .....help me with my grammer.................please....with that name i think its u that needs the help

iloveberries · 10/06/2012 22:29

YANBU AT ALL.

a large amount of my friends are not financially able to have kids as they cannot afford it. They do not expect someone else to pay for their kids.

missgrohl · 10/06/2012 22:30

is anyone from southampton

Goofus · 10/06/2012 22:30

iloveberries meet missgrohl you'll get along fabulously .

LineRunner · 10/06/2012 22:30

Oh my lord, there's a whole family arrived - grammers, aunts, the whole lot.

doggiemumma · 10/06/2012 22:31

i love berries - sorry, but the thread has moved on to goats and full stops now

AnyoneForTennis · 10/06/2012 22:31

So they won't want any child benefit then?

OhDoAdmitMrsDeVere · 10/06/2012 22:31

If she is 46 I am 21.
And I am not.

If she saved a life last night it was because she put her broom where no-one would trip over it.

OhDoAdmitMrsDeVere · 10/06/2012 22:33

Yeah there are loads and loads and loads of people who have decided not to have children because they cant afford it.
Thats why the world population is declining so rapidly. Oh no wait....

LST · 10/06/2012 22:33

I want goats AND full stops!!

missgrohl · 10/06/2012 22:34

why dont u believe im 46....i got a 25 year old son

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