AIBU to believe that the cost of living crisis is a load of nonsense

[MaryWils24]

So I wake up this morning to find that 14 million people are trying for Oasis tickets. A mediocre rock band and a “reunion” tour just to create a retirement fund for two already multi-millionaires.

The question is - where are so many people getting the money from to buy tickets? On one hand people moan about the “cost of living” but can easily find £500 to fund this nonsense.

Madness.

People should stop moaning about the cost of living if they can waste money on things like this. They are either getting too much income from their job/benefits (if they can afford this) to complain about “cost of living” or they should stop moaning about increasing food/fuel prices!

Rant over!

I reckon that ship’s sailed.

Not while people want to buy Oasis tickets!

Vile and heartless.

oh my goodness less than 20 percent of the uk are dating to try and get a concert ticket so er yep...all OK

Just had this very conversation with my 85 year old DF who recently bought me a copy of George Monbiots new book - The Invisible Doctrine. @babybythesea You are absolutely right.

Which I am yet to read as I'm too busy being aspirational, the definition of which in my case is figuring out how to subsist on a budget of just under 80.00 a month to feed myself and my cat as a series of unfortunate events over the last two years has left me heavily in debt due to being aspirational in my 7 year business which Temu killed.

So come for me and tell me I shouldn't have my cat - I'm playing the long con here though - if things get desperate I can eat him. Pragmatic enough for you @MaryWils24 ?

And before you bleat on any more about "aspiration" tell me how I persuade employers that at 55 I'm a good bet when my self-employment counts against me, I'm too expensive to employ in comparison to under 25s and I've had to downsize into the outskirts of town where travelling expenses to any job would eat up any potential gain, that's if I could get a full time job at all? Oh, and also tell me how I'm supposed to ignore the growing care needs of both elderly parents as an only child because adult social services are ostensibly ignoring them? The next potentially 10 years of my life are going to be sooooo much fun..... so forgive me if I occasionally make poor financial decisions like slugging vodka through my eyeballs, and going out to a local gig tonight which is a freebie from sympathetic friends designed to prevent me turning into a dribbling hermit.

@SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius Sometimes the stark reality of a situation can hurt, but what I said is the truth.

If people didn’t accrue interest on credit cards buying stuff they couldn’t afford then they would keep more of their own income rather then paying a bank/credit card provider interest.

For centuries people have fallen foul of living beyond their means and have been plunged into destitution as a result.

Vile heartless and as powerless as a toddler throwing a tantrum over something they can't control. The sheer frustration for the OP having to watch masses of people she sees as inferiors doing exactly as they please, enjoying themselves, and all within the context of a government she feels will be on their side. She is terrified, furious and its spilling out as spite and bile.

Whilst this may be true of SOME people, the disgusting generalisations you have made repeatedly on this thread have completely voided any decent debate you may be trying to curate. You are extremely prejudiced. And very wrong about many things.

I suspect most people buying tickets can afford them OP, don't worry

So nice of you to be so caring

Resisted this thread for ages because I was positive it was angry clickbait, and it's about fucking Oasis. Another one!

@BIossomtoes Yes, people are really going to go far in life getting pissed watching Oasis play.

Give me strength…

Given the price of the tickets and the difficulty in getting them, it’s pretty aspirational in and of itself.

What do you mean by go far in life ?

Why is that incompatible with them having the time of their life ( according to them and their likes and dislikes)

You only live once and it's the experience you have , the loves you have , that matter in the end

Not if they are using credit cards, accumulating interest on said credit cards and then moaning about a “cost of living crisis”. I suppose they’ll be all fine anyway. Labour will just tax people like me more to pay for their tickets.

Oh hang on

It's the OP mum ... is she spending "your" inheritance enjoying herself ?

I bet it was all the oasis ticket they were buying.

Can you genuinely not understand that people without debt are struggling because of the increase in costs or in your head is everyone spending money on credit cards and then heading to the food banks?

I always spend on credit card

I never pay interest as I pay it off as I go

And I can still complain about cost of living because I now can chose to do fewer fun things in a year than I used to be able to do

And I I chose to go into debt for something that I personally thought worth it it's none of your business

Yes, get into debt all you want. Just don’t rely on my taxes to bail you out, or whinge about a cost of living crisis when it is your fault you got into debt.

The Tory is strong with you.

It must be so difficult for you to solely pay for everyone's benefits, it sounds exhausting being so far up your own arse you poor thing

You don't get to get extra benefits form taxes because you have a large credit card bill - I hope that puts your mind at ease

And you do t have to be poverty stricken to be upset at the COL situation. I

Most people can save/have disposable income? Do you have a reference for that? What do you consider ‘most’?

In addition to my previous post about getting qualifications to ‘better my employment prospects’:
I’m a TA. I could get more qualifications but I doubt they’d add much to my diplomas in child development and special needs education, or my MA in Education. I do what I do because I see the difference it makes to the children I’m with.
Do I moan about cost of living? Bloody hell yes. I sometimes get to the end of the month and try to avoid looking at my bank balance because it’s upsetting.
It affects me but also the school meaning when I ask for resources we can’t always get them. (Ever sat digging glue out of a used pritt stick with your finger because it was the last glue stick and the work had to be stuck in?)

I earn an appallingly low salary. Is it ok by you that I still spent money in June to go and see a big rock star that I have loved for 30 years? Or am I not allowed that bit of fun? Is it only Oasis fans who aren’t?

Do I count as deserving or undeserving poor? I could get a better job and probably wouldn’t have to even spend my concert money getting qualified to do so I could be undeserving for not helping myself more. But (stealth boast) the qualifications I do have make me bloody good at my job and I’d like to think I make a difference to the children I’m with. I’d like to think their lives are improved even a fraction because I can be there with my knowledge and experience to help them through a difficult time, or understand a tricky concept. Deserving poor then? But I chose to be this way - undeserving. But I’m not doing it because I’m lazy but because I believe my skills can be put to best use here - deserving.

Gosh it’s a dilemma isn’t it?
Almost as if poverty and struggling and just about managing all have multiple causes and effects…

I mean I've moaned about the COL before and I still get a Starbucks once a month as it's a treat I can afford. A holiday is way out my reach

If it was my absolute favourite band, then I might have gone for tickets because my dad would have 100% said "take the money" and I would have paid him back. Doesn't mean I have spare money right this second

So they bring in over 3k a month and no kids? Where on earth are they living to spend that much on bills and food?