Who is the poorest person in your family and why?

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Just being nosy?
Whose the poorest and Why?

I have a cousin who scrapes by with a lazy arse husband who has never worked a day in his life.

Financially ...I haven't a clue but my guess is all those in the younger generation ... in terms of life as a whole possibly the person who is most money driven ...

Me. I can't work and am on UC.

Technically, it’s the cat. But he lies in his bed most of the day, he comes and goes as he pleases, plus he gets fed and cuddled on demand. So I think he’s doing ok, despite the poverty.

Financially me. Why? I prioritised other people’s needs and happiness over my own. Not an admirable quality, I was stupid for any of a better word. Misguided. I have decent emotional intelligence, empathy and understanding for what people are going through now though.. I think I’m fairly well off on that front . Doesn’t pay the bills though and doesn’t hold much external value.

Me, but that’s because my (much older) brother and parents VERY well off. DH and I both earn six figures, but I come from a seven figure family (as does he, come to think of it). So, our poverty is very much relative (to our relatives). 😊

You ain't ever getting that money back 😬

Why on earth would this thread make people so cross?! Oh, MN. 🤣

Spat tea everywhere

Hard relate 😝😝😝

I think it annoys people because its normally someone trying to drag an online article, not genuine curiosity. Normally started by someone with no input on the subject themselves

I would say me. Under employed and an unpaid carer.

however I am debt free, my outgoings are minimal so I feel pretty ‘wealthy’ despite my low earnings.

DD2, her only source of income is loosing teeth.

Oh, I see! That didn’t even occur to me. Annoyed with myself for answering, now.

Me because I am a single parent and my ex H is an alcoholic who pays nothing for his children and barely sees them so it’s all on me. All other family members on both sides are married, in professional careers and doing very well. Im not really bothered but it can be quite isolating as one of my children is very angry about their Dad and doesn’t want to see how well everyone else in the family is doing so avoids them and frankly I don’t blame them.

To be fair, that seems to pay a lot better than it did in my own childhood! Toothfairy must be loaded these days.

Me I think it but it’s all relative and no one would class me as poor.

Parents - inherited vast amounts of money and my Dad has a final salary pension. They have high income even though they are retired.

My Sister - big divorce payout, small mortgage lots of savings.

Brother & SIL. They have a big mortgage but SIL has been left a house in Cornwall and a largish percentage of a house in London. They are pretty well set up for life, they have one baby and don’t plan for more.

Me- I actually earn more than my siblings and my sister in law, but it’s a single income and I have a medium sized mortgage and am a single parent to two kids.

It was 20p when I was a kid. How much is it now?

Steve, probably because he doesn't have much money.

Me! I was the richest for a while, then the second-richest. A combination of bad luck, bad advice and chronic illness sent me right to the bottom, just as my siblings were becoming well-off. I'll be poor until I die now.

Could be worse; I'm not dead yet!

The cat. Spends her time stoned on catnip biscuits staring at the radiator.

Yes and he needs to seek gainful employment and start paying his way the little shit

Some posters are enjoying chatting around the subject, which is fine, but why would an OP who admits that there isn't really a poorest person in their own family (??) suddenly want to know about everyone else's? Especially as they don't seem at all interested in engaging with their own thread!
It's OP's motivation that I'm interested in, but probably won't get a response to.

I'm really intrigued about what a prestige job with poor earning potential is...I would always assume that a prestige job meant high earning potential.
Genuinely curious, if there is a job that people think is highly paid and really isn't.

£1 or £2 depending on what the tooth fairy has available that day.