AIBU - We’re struggling to get by on £200,000 a year

[BreakingDad77]

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Just actually gobsmacked by her comments -

“In theory, with our household income, we are in the top 5 per cent of the UK population and yet it does not feel that way,” she says. “If you’re earning millions of pounds, then you’re OK — and at the other end of the spectrum you get everything paid for. We are caught in the middle where we are paying for everything.”

Yeah because you know those on benefits get such a cushy deal...WTAF

Just all feeds into why UK is one of the mist unequal countries in Europe.

Its ironic as with the EU ref Brexiters going on about how all the other EU countries are crap and yet we have some much bigger problems closer to home.

[Basicbrown]

Well addicted two possible and obvious reasons. Possibility 1 being that she didn't earn a lot so was on benefits while working. The second possibility is that childcare costs/logistics were too difficult with 2 preschoolers, making it impossible to find something suitable.

[Worcswoman]

Msmsmanu wrote "What I have a problem with is people thinking the govt is responsible for looking after them while others work hard for a living. "
I don't have a problem with that. I've known people working one day and paralysed and suffering mental health problems the next. Of course the gov't should look after them. That's part of why the welfare system exists. I've known pregnant women dumped or fleeing abuse and again we should look after them. I know ageing single mothers and married pensioners who paid into the system and deserve their pension. I've known people who worked in an industry decimated, wiped out by politics, where whole towns were made poor. And I'd like to put all the holier-than-thou folk in that time in that town and watch those folk look down on those on benefits around them and see the response. As if there was some cotton mill on the corner the benefit claimants were too idle to go to. There wasn't. Oh I'm sure there are feckless folk, there's always a few. Just like there's a few rich bastards who avoid paying tax. And which one makes the bigger impact on society; the rich man or the poor?

[CelticPromise]

Hear hear!

[flirtygirl]

100% agree with worcswoman
Well said

[almondpudding]

It is a really good article, although I'm not convinced most middle class people were ever particularly high brow and sat around discussing 19th century French novels.

[HoundoftheBaskervilles]

Worcs

[HoundoftheBaskervilles]

Noooo

Nope

[malificent7]

Oh boo hoo hoo. I feel so sorry for the 'squeezed ' middle having to send their children to those terrible state schools... not.

I am middle class and went to private school. I am now a skint single mum and dd is very happy in her staye juniour.

I hate the way that the working classes are continuously demonised and sneered at.

[AndNowItsSeven]

Squeezed middle in my opinion is approx 30- 40k . I think some people have no idea that many many families live on circa 20k.

[VeryBitchyRestingFace]

Welcome to everyone else's six months ago.

[Sparklingbrook]

Weird thread bump.

[Oblomov16]

She considers herself the 'struggling squeezed middle'.
Save us from these people who gave no understanding of any the majority of families in the uk.

[Sparklingbrook]

We need saving from the Zombie threads.

[Manumission]

I thought the title looked familiar.

[Agerbilatemycardigan]

Just searching down the back of my sofa for my very tiny violin.

[ComputerUserNumptyTwit]

I think when someone deregs and has their posts deleted that it bumps threads. I could be entirely wrong - it's just an observation

[vrid85]

Haven't read the article but we earn £280k between us, have four children 2 of whom we pay maintenance for, two family holidays a year, I have at least one 'girls' holiday a year, DH has a 'boys' holiday and we have a couple of weekends just the two of us so nice lifestyle. However, we don't have tons of spare cash as you might think. We have a £3000 mortgage and by the time we've paid maintenance 2 DH's ex, school fees, petrol and bills our £15000pm (paid via dividends) is gone. I guess you live within your means🤔

[TwentyCups]

When you're joint income is 27k you get nothing paid for. Maybe she would like to try that instead? I'll happily take her money!

[Waltons]

ZOMBIE THREAD - AGAIN!

[isadoradancing123]

Omg. No it is not relative. She needs to exist on minimum wage for a while and then she might wake up

[EmeraldScorn]

The "woe is me" tales from the well off, yawn, yawn, yawn and I most certainly would not agree with her contention that she is one of the "squeezed middle", she's far beyond that level on £200,000 a year.

The real problem she has is that she wants the multi millionaire lifestyle and is frustrated that she can't quite reach it; She's in the top 5% but she'd prefer to be in the top 1%, the woman needs to arrange a date with reality!

She's not living in poverty, she will have a very comfortable lifestyle but she wants more, she's greedy and she wants us mere mortals to feel sorry for her.

I have no sympathy!

[Dragongirl10]

This would be funny if it weren't so pathetic.