To think that something's wrong if u can't afford breakfast for your children

[Blossum123]

A friends neighbour constantly says she can't afford her childrens breakfast - the school have started a breakfast club and the children attend for free . Which is good.
Iv been on benifits but how can you not afford breakfast - it's surely the cheapest and easiest meal ? I know some children won't have breakfast but this isn't the case - she claims she can't afford it - makes u wonder what they get for tea

[LuisSuarezTeeth]

Oh my symbols are all a muddle on this phone

[LuisSuarezTeeth]

Thanks so much

What does one do about practice? When one doesn't, er, have one?

[HaroldLloyd]

I'm just waiting for the next spectacular drip feed.

Like Eastenders this, just slightly even less believable.

I hope she ain't got a telly.

[LuisSuarezTeeth]

Presactly.

[D0oinMeCleanin]

And what's wrong with having a degree in penile massage from the university of utah?

[LuisSuarezTeeth]

A degree in penile massage? Why was I not informed of this possibility?

[HaroldLloyd]

I would like to think so but I fear not.

[LuisSuarezTeeth]

Impossible to tell LEM

[D0oinMeCleanin]

Luis

[LEMmingaround]

Maybe cindy was being sarcastic

[LEMmingaround]

Maybe cindy was being sarcastic

[LuisSuarezTeeth]

D0in don't bite...

[D0oinMeCleanin]

Why cindy?

[cindydog]

I hope this woman is not a smoker/drinker.

[HaroldLloyd]

Got to love a home bargain deal Doin. Have you moved? That's brilliant news.

[D0oinMeCleanin]

I'm probably somewhere between you and your DM. If you looked in our cupboards you'd think we lived off nought but tinned hotdogs, biscuits and crisps but our evening meals are always made from scratch and I am very lucky in where I live. I have a grocers, the allotments, a butcher, a fish mongers and a village style farm shop all within walking distance so I am able to buy what I need for dinner on the day I need it, in the quantity I need. I don't need to go to Tesco and buy a bag of over priced peppers if I need 1 pepper I can go to the grocer and buy just 1 pepper and 1 onion etc. Eggs are bought as and when from the allotments. I also work in a food place and can add on some stuff for us to the shop's order from wholesalers, so I can pick up 20 chicken breasts for £25 and freeze them to defrost as and when I need them.

Our food budget is relatively small because of the way I can shop, so we have enough left over for biscuits from Home Bargains.

[ILoveCoreyHaim]

See I think I am the way I am because if you went in my dms cupboards you would think we didn't get fed but everything was made from scratch including baking stuff. She made lovely meals from scratch and we were well fed on a budget but no crisps and child collate bars. We went to grannies and she had a snack bench just laden with crisps chocolate and sweets. I think I ended up going a bit OTT filling the fridge and cupboards allowing them to get what they want as I didn't want my kids to look in the cupboards and not be able to grab something if they were hungry or just fancied something.

[D0oinMeCleanin]

We never much in in the way of snack with ex, he was very financially controlling. Even when we had a fridge full of food, he wouldn't let them eat it, which I always thought was odd. He'd buy all of this nice food and then it would all go off because he wouldn't let anyone eat it

Now we've moved and have a proper food budget, they are just happy that we have yoghurts they are allowed to eat. They don't care if they are branded or not. Crisps can be a bit of a bone of contention for dd1, she only likes a few kinds but I can normally find ones she does like for cheap enough from somewhere and she'll hide them leaving the ones she's not keen on out for dd2 and friends if she thinks she's running out.

I shop about for bargains. We do our Iceland shop for frozen foods and ice cream/ice pops. Sometimes crisps are from Iceland if they have an offer on. One the way home from Iceland I call into Home Bargains for offers on crisps, biscuits, tinned puddings and we do our "big shop" for store cupboard/packed lunch things from Asda. I buy fruit, veg, meat and fish locally from farm shops or butchers.

[ILoveCoreyHaim]

I think that's why I can see what's probably happening with this woman ops on about as I know for a fact DDs friends eat they just can't help themselves and your right it is getting a bit silly now after yesterday