I will say again you cannot claim benefits for "no reason". You cannot claim benefits for working a part time job unless there is a reason you cannot work longer hours and you are attending job seeker appointments. Job seekers doesnt equate to the comfortable lifestyle you are describing. It is very very subsistence living and if you are on it long term, the emotional cost of fufilling the requirements to sustain your claim is enough to decimate your chances of being off it. It is truly truly horrific. Its also a hellhole of undiagnosed special needs and mental health difficulties , education failures
What you are describing simply isnt possible outside the pages of the daily mail. Dont take my word for it, You can check it on any benefit calculator.
i have worked very hard to get to where I am in life, and feel very fortunate to be young and already have a good career, marriage and my own home.
This is exactly what people who are fortunate enough not to have found themselves on benefits say to justify their complete lack of care for another human being. They are lesser than you therefore its fine to look down on them right?
But if your child was diagnosed with SN tomorrow. Then a doctor told you someone will need to be home full time you will be claiming benefits. If then your and your marriage broke up (which tends to happen in families with children with SN), you too would find yourself dependent on benefits
Or your company is taken into administration with instant job losses and no redundancy due. You develop depression as a result. A dictor whose paid to minimise the impact of your illness declares you fit for work when you arent. Your ability to self advocate is absent as a result of your depression so you dont fit it. You find yourself weekly meeting with someone who basically tells you if you are good enough to receive your benefits. Because you don't see yourself as good enough, you do you best to prove yourself right and sabotage any chance of success.
One uncontrollable event and most people are 1-6 months away from benefit claim. In fact i was you comfortably married young mum with a toddler owning my own home (and a second one) in a good career 6-12 months before my first benefit claim.
A few minor points but you do realise you can own your own home and still be on benefits. You can also have "professional" training and still find yourself in the position of needing benefits.
Thats an incredibly odd assumption mitzik
Not really. Its exactly what i thought. The OP confirms her mum's situation is long standing. Her understanding of benefits is beyond poor. That's been encouraged. Benefits bashing is a really quick way the denigrate someone whilst bigging yourself up. Classic alienation technique.