To be gutted that I won't be getting tax credits for 3rd child?

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I'm just wondering what people's opinion is really.

We are trying for a 3rd child and I won't be getting any tax credits for this child as the government has changed the rules so that from next year tax credits are only paid for up to a maximum of 2 children.

I currently receive around £1k of TC for the kids and I would have received £4k for the 3rd if the government hadn't made the changes.

That would have meant an extra £250 a month. It's a lot of money for us. My DH works and I'm a SAHM. We have a £100k mortgage on a small house in a deprived area of town. We get by. We don't have much money left each month and I need to save literally for everything. I'm really really gutted. I really wanted 3 kids and this has meant that I'll be financially alot worse off now.

Of course I don't expect the government to "pay" for my children but it would have really helped, that's all. It would have eased the pressure off.

Just for the record we have never received any other benefits apart from JSA when DH was made redundant last year which was a godsend as we would have been homeless otherwise.

Do you think AiBU to feel/ think like this?

ZOMBIE thread! Why does it keep getting resuscitated.

Although initially reading your post I wanted to say “pay for your own third child” on deeper reflection I can understand why you’re annoyed/sad.

It is frustrating when you’ve paid (in your years as a tax payer) for everyone else’s third children etc then when it’s “your turn” you don’t get it.

My kids missed out on the £250 saving thing the gov. did and I found that mildly annoying at the time.

When I went to college in 1999-2001 you had to get a part time job and not long after they introduced that scheme thing where you got some money each week so I understand your frustration.