Is there anybody "OUT THERE WHO IS AVERAGE OR SLIGHlTY ABOVE"

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Is this site just for the top 1% of the world..........

Is there anybody who is just normal.........

I have no trouble reading about people wondering about how to pay their school fees or their gas bills people want to live their lives in comfort and they do not want to struggle just because they want to send their dc private they need to pay for it, baffles me why they dont send them to state schools though

I believe I am the epitome of averageness.
It's quite nice to be invisible

There are plenty of threads on here from people who are on low incomes. I was on one the other day where the op was thinking of getting a job on a sex chat phoneline because she was needing the money since her dh lost his job.

I like it that everyone is sort of equal on here and your opinion counts whether you are a high powered lawyer on 200k or a cleaner on minimum wage. If you have an opinion and state it articulately you will be taken just as seriously.

OP i am not sure if it high earners you dislike or Twats who have no clue what is going on in the world you get poor people who live in their own bubble too you know and have complete disregard for people , selfishness and being out of touch isn't exclusive with money imo, and peoples problems are peoples problems

Not every thread is relevant to your own life. It constantly amazes me that whatever issue someone has on here, someone will be able to offer advice.

You may feel some issues are less worthy of your consideration, but this is a forum that should be for everybody to discuss what they are concerned about.

A problem is a problem at the end of the day. Some problems are easier to identify with than others but it doesn't mean it's not a problem.

precious I read a bit of that thread and didn't think theposterswere without humility. I don't think people should have to constantly justify their wealth on a thread about private schooling, you can really assume they are wealthy!!

They could give loads to good causes etc but shouldn't have to state this every time they post. That would be worse and patronising IMHO.

Wealth is part hard work and part luck I guess.

I don't mind people being rich. I am comparatively rich myself. What I can't bear is people talking about "making sacrifices" to pay school fees. Particularly when it's expressed as a necessity.

The thread in question is in fucking shocking taste

My arse is definitely above average size at the moment, does that count?

kind of get s my goat too curlew we are eating beans and toast and wearing sacks so the children can get the best education , really really

Agree Curlew!!

I'm above average at everything, but not good at anything...if that makes sense!

My daughter is proving to be the same up till now. People might see that as a negative thing to say but I don't.

Ds is only 5 and due to the area we are in DH and me have discussed several times private secondary education.

Our household income is in the £130-£140k bracket and we have some savings, a couple of good pensions and a property investment and we are paying off our mortgage slowly but surely.

We are also putting money into an account towards private school for ds if we decide to send him to one when the time comes.

I certainly won't be coming on here complaining about it. We will only do it if we can do it comfortably.

I might have to downgrade my Bentley so we can afford it - gosh. (Drives a fiesta, not a Bentley)

Actually. 1% of the population is 600,000 so 1% of the work force is about 300,000 people. My family were in the top 0.5% of the population with over £5 Million net assets 12 years ago before everything went wrong. What happens though is despite feeling helpless and sick inside, you start to realise
how fortunate you were, and how vain it is to complain about things that 99% of the population will never be able to afford.
I used to be just like the people on that thread moaning about not being able to stay in the 7 star hotel and having to do with the 5 star hotel.

This may be Unintelligible to some but this is the truth. P.S you could not have worked any harder than my family did over 40 years Grandad/Grandma
Brother Me Mother then to lose 75% of everything you owned , but it makes you realise about life.

Ah there had to be some back story. That explains it.

I used to be just like the people on that thread moaning about not being able to stay in the 7 star hotel and having to do with the 5 star hotel.

That ^^ explains a lot.

You had pots of money and ended up losing it, therefore those threads make you angry and perhaps bitter.

I've never particularly had much money, so the threads don't bother me one jot.

This is just a chat forum full of anonymous people from all walks of life. Some will have money and some wont. Some will create an online persona and pretend they're rich/poor when they're not (yes, 17 years of reading internet forums and I've seen that many a time!)

It's the way of the world. Chill out or hide the threads but there's no point in getting angry or bitter.

You are quite right "Worra", its just i saw a bit of the old me in that thread. I now realize how out of touch i must have been and being brought
down to earth is in the long term good for me. The problem for me though is
i am 42, no Cv, barely any relevant Qualifications, i would be lucky to get a job at
Tescos on the checkout tills.

Oops to my population maths mistake

So Soul your family has lost 75% of their wealth, however if you had 5 million then your family is still wealthy

Also, you are continuing to patronise people by stating as a fact that your family worked harder than other people about who you know nothing.

It understandable that you feel extremely bitter about your families change in fortune but I don't think slagging off the wealthiest 1% with sweeping generalisations is going to help.

I was very good at one thing, average at many others and hopeless with quite a few

How can you have worked harder than other people and have no CV?

dh and dss are fairly clever. me and the dds are fairly hopeless in all areas to he honest although dds are pretty.

we are generally skint.

I imagine the top 1% of anyone/anything is far to busy to be on mumsnet really.

dh and dss are fairly clever. me and the dds are fairly hopeless in all areas to he honest although dds are pretty.

we are generally skint.

I imagine the top 1% of anyone/anything is far to busy to be on mumsnet really.

All it is is if you are very wealthy then you comment on the threads about money by other very wealthy people as you have the the same issues.

If you are very badly off then you comment on threads by other very badly off people as you have the same issues.

If you are Ms Average and you muddle along quite nicely you don't have anything to add to the discussion so don't. Giving a skewed picture of the mumsnet demographic.

We are ok Always.... Did you get the Calculator out then?

I have said we worked very hard for what we had like many people whether
professional or entrepreneurial like my family were.

Always. if my family members had seen what i had written " I would have been for the High jump" we don't air feelings in public.

This was a very silly thread brought on by me coming in a bit worse for wear
and after watching Children in Need. I got upset with everybody on the thread seeming to be in a auction with each other on the thread.