To only have £100 until 28th Feb

[Bananadrama99]

As the thread title says, I only have £100 until the 28th of February, when I get paid. I've paid all my bills, rent and travel for this month - the only thing I need to buy is about five more days worth of food (I have a load stocked up from a big shop earlier in the month, so I'm pretty much okay on that front). I live in London with my DP and we have no DC.

AIBU to think the next two weeks will be a struggle and also extremely boring?

Sorry !! Just read the OP again and saw you don’t have DC, please ignore me! I wish we could delete or edit our own silly posts!

Normally when people say "I have x to do me until x date" I'm suspicious that they're just hoping some kind soul will give them money but then im a cynic.

Op you've got more than most, you won't starve, you've no DC you'll be letting down. See it as BREXIT training

@PickaChew

And, yes, a quick advanced search suggests that OP is actually in search of a dp.

Interesting....... SO she is living with a partner at 7pm when she posted this thread,, but was in search of one on a thread she started 15 minutes earlier.

Care to explain yourself @Bananadrama99 ???

I posted, not for competitive poverty, but to highlight how uttefly fucking rediculous the OP is being. I don't know about you be actually a hundred quid is a big amount of money for just two adults with no bills to pay!

'I don't know why you don't think so, but actually' thats meant to be, just ignore the extra be & I have no idea where the extra be came from

Queenofthestress, but that's the point! It might be a big amount to you, to others it really isn't! What is the point of getting arsey with someone who has a bit more money than you? Its not like she is rolling in it, and complaining about not being able to pay her Fortnum's bill!

What is the point of getting arsey with someone who has a bit more money than you?

Because they're being a goady twat.

If you encountered a person dying I'd thirst, would you wave a bottle of water at them and moan you've not got much water?

Would you show a homeless person your 3 bed detached and then moan that you're garden I small?

Would you tell a deaf person how be being able to hear is fantastic, but then moan that Ed Sheeran is a thing?

Most of the threads that start,
"Oh I'm so poor / I'm sick of being skint / I only have X to last Y"
Are bullshit because the arsehole posting them is either in the scrounge or so far from poor it's ridiculous.

Someone in a couple where both work, they're not poor, they may spend all their money on bills, but they're not poor.

Pop along and see some real poor people, people with fuck all, families surviving on less than £900 a month, reliant on foodbanks, charities, family and friends.
Then tell them you've "Only" got £100 to last a fortnight after bills are paid.

They'll think you're a right cunt, they'll be right.

You are in London. Off the top of my head-

British Museum
Nat Gal
Natural History Museum
The V & A
Museum of London
Tate
British Library

Fill up your thermos and pick one or two of those. Can you catch a bus instead of the Tube, it’s cheaper isn’t it?
I spent many a happy hour just wandering through Covent Garden when I visited, granted it was summer but a walk through a new neighborhood might be ok weather permitting.

Oh fuck I forgot its half term next week. I thought I was doing really well this month even though my car is due for renewal and mot next week. Well that's going to be a boring week with absolutely no funds at all because my food bill will shoot with the extra mouths to feed. Oh bum.

100 is plenty. Honestly there are many many people with less. Budget better in future and don't go out so much.

especially in London where a coffee is the best part of a fiver

ACTUAL LOLZ

especially in London where a coffee is the best part of a fiver

99p in Pret - 49p if you take your own cup.

"I have 38p to last me til Monday. Do I win?"

@hazell42 I don't know, do you? I didn't realize it was some sort of competition. Why would you try to turn it into one?

"Do you know how much I have, with two dc, low gas and low food? £40 quid. Yup, 40 fucking quid until the 1st of march so screw you"

@queenofthestress good for you. I don't have DC because guess what - I prefer spending my money on other things, like holidays and going out! You choose to have kids, then of course you're going to be less well off. What on earth did you expect? Screw you back.

"But if the OP is normally well off, then surely she could just go into her overdraft?"

@clairemcnam yeah, start spending my overdraft and get myself into debt - great idea Claire And how on earth do you know I'm normally well off? Stop making assumptions.

"Do all of those who don't have £100 until the end of the month wish for everyone else to never speak about money unless they are as poor as you? Does it offend you? How on earth do you survive the day to day interactions with OTHER people who DO have more than £100?"

Thank you @Haffiana. I didn't realise that you're not entitled to post on Mumsnet unless you have less than £50 a week to spend.

"Hmm. So I got deleted for pointing out the inconsistencies in the OP's only two threads on MN. And I notice that the OP hasn't been back."

Oh, sorry @BIWI - I didn't realize it was obligatory to monitor Mumsnet constantly after a starting a thread. What are you, the Mumsnet police? Some people do actually have lives you know, beyond checking and posting on Mumsnet constantly. As for your weird stalking of my profile to point out so-called inconsistencies in my posts (which aren't actually inconsistent at all) - seriously, WTF? You really need to get a life.

"Interesting....... wink SO she is living with a partner at 7pm when she posted this thread,, but was in search of one on a thread she started 15 minutes earlier"

@Winterfellwench what?! Where have I ever said I'm in search of a partner? I'm very happy with my DP thanks, just happened to ask on another thread about chemistry between two people. How does that equate to "looking for a DP?" Guess what - you can be in a happy relationship with someone but shock, horror! have chemistry with another man. It doesn't mean you want to leave your partner or cheat. How old are you - like 12?

"If you encountered a person dying I'd thirst, would you wave a bottle of water at them and moan you've not got much water?"

Oh sod off @KlutzyDraconequus , really. Mumsnet has a whole spectrum of posters, from the very wealthy to very poor. Does that mean nobody is allowed to talk about anything financial unless they have 20p to last them for the next month? And I'm hardly rolling in it am I? What an aggressive, bitter person you are. So glad I'm not you as you're clearly very angry and unhappy with your lot.

Oh, and thanks to all the posters who offered reasonable, kind suggestions.

£100 Is plenty. 40 for food and the rest for travel. You would still have lots left even then.

I would be delighted to have £100 left until payday... as of today I have £46 to last until "28th Feb, bills all paid but I will still need food and petrol to get to work. We may not be eating after 24th!! That's really boring!!

Weird stalking? No - it's called Advanced Search and it can be a very illuminating tool.

And how is my situation with my DP (which you know NOTHING about, by the way) relevant in any way to this thread? @BIWI

100 for a week's travel card and 5 days food for 2 people (presume DP will contribute towards this too) is absolutley fine and normal.
It's not a lot but it's not anxiety inducing.
Buy cheap food, go for frosty walks, watch netflix, kondo the house. Invite friends over to share some pasta and ask them to bring a bottle, watch some Ted talks, have long bubble baths, read library books, Pinterest ideas for thinsg to do when you have more cash, sell stuff on Ebay.
It's two weeks. It'll pass soon enough.

Thank you@OneStepMoreFun those are nice ideas.

You are kidding?

What sort of stuff are you into/what do you normally do? I'm going to ignore the thread drama because a free things to do in London thread is always useful!

Does that mean nobody is allowed to talk about anything financial unless they have 20p to last them for the next month?

Would you moan to a cancer patient that you have a runny nose? Call them names when they point out that actually you have it pretty well.

You have it pretty well, stop moaning, go take a walk in the fresh air, that costs nowt.

I would find this tricky I must admit, but mainly because I never got the hang of making every bill go out on the same date! There always seems to be something that comes up.

Honestly, I agree competitive pooring might not look helpful. But the OP needs a reality check tbh.

I can feed and entertain a dh and three teens for 100 a week if all bills paid.

Also I budget. That means there is never anything that just 'comes up'!