to poor to afford a third child.....................

[stitch]

bah! i am sick of these threads about people moaning about whydo the rich moan about money problems. eventually everyone decides its all about choices. blah blah blah.

well, i have made a choice, i choose to live in a place with running water. and brick walls, and central heatng.
a tent made from old blankets would work as well. more old blankets for sleeping bags.
food, well breastfeeding at first coz its free, thereafter soup from a soup kitchen, free school meals. apples nicked off peoples trees, and just generally gathering. nettle leaves are very nutritious.
nappies, bah, kids dont need them. a few old towels are enough. clothes. well, charity shops, or if you want to be even cheaper, how about old curtain material from the charity shop roughly cut and stictched together.

school, well, if they must, and at least it provides a free meal.

so, what have i missed out,. food, shelter. clothing. thats it isnt it . everything else is just a luxury.

oh, and such a situation, i probly would breast feed till about five or six!

Glad to see you're coming round top extended bf-ing stitch.

And for toys they can make do with sticks and balls made from paper and sellotape!

i take it your joking?

hi all, sorry had to go out.
im serious actually. all these threads about money. those on a lower income complaining about how those on a higher income can possibly complain. just thought id take it to the next level. because even if you are on an incredibly low income in the first world, you are still far far better off than lots of people round the world.
running water.
central heating
cooling
clothes
food to eat so your kids dont suffer from scurvy or rickets

if you dont have to worry about these things, then complaining about people on a higher income moaning is .... well, i cant think of a suitable word. but it is something.

Oh go on, please think of a word for it.

Doesn't it boil down to the fact again that we can post about whatever we like and that you're free to ignore any threads that are not to your liking? Maybe?

I like this thread!

caligula - why?

And no one has hooted or parped . . . until now .

HOOOOOOTTTT! PPPPAAARRRPPP!

It's a pointless thread.

Parptastic.

There will always be people who have lots and people who have less. Some of the ones who have less won't understand how some of the ones who have more can't manage on what they have.

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gobbly, arent most threads pointless?
i started it coz i got so sick of hearing people go on about how poor they are and they dont like hearign about other people moan they cant pay school fees. and the poor little rich girls having to defend themselves.
uuuuuufrrrrrrgggghhhhh. get over it all of you. we all have nternet connections here. most of us have running water. we alllll do ok.
so please, no more threads about the choices we make. ok?

i'm too poor to afford shandy every night

Because it's interesting. I think Stitch has a point. Our perceptions of what's necessary are influenced by our own upbringing, what our peer group is doing, etc.

And sometimes I think people are quite pat about saying: "if people can't afford the life they have now, they should just move to a different life". Life is just not that easy. (Not that I'm defending the £100K people - I just think they didn't really want a third child very much, because if they did, they would prioritise.)

sorry?

FFS stitch now it's really beginning to annoy me. Actually nobody said how poor and pitiful they are, nobody.

And I WILL START THREADS ON WHATEVER I LIKE!!!!!!!!!!

Does this include breast v. bottle feeding, recreational drug use, smacking, piercing baby's ears, organic foods, drinking in pregnancy, etc?

Aw, then it'd be no fun!

PARP!

starlover

"Not that I'm defending the £100K people - I just think they didn't really want a third child very much, because if they did, they would prioritise."

But that's what the other thread was about - priorities and how different they are. What's wrong with that????

no more threads about the choices we make?

That's the end of mumsnet chat then!

I know Hunker - but please, nobody on £100K should be trying to say they can't afford 3 children. It's just ridiculous. They can say they don't want to sacrifice anything to have a 3rd child - that would be more realistic.

Of course it will get people's goat to hear people on such salaries complaining. It's obscene.

'Our perceptions of what's necessary are influenced by our own upbringing, what our peer group is doing, etc.'

Not necessarily. I grew up very priviledged. Now I'm very low-income. I'm very glad I didn't let some of the things I had growing up - private school education, huge house, cleaners, drivers, gardeners, etc. influence what I feel is entirely necessary for my children.

One good thing that came out of living abroad in some developing nations is that you realise a lot of folks in the WEst are materialistic, whinging, spoilt brats.

Sad, but true.

Nothing at all emkana. But I've seen threads where people have said things along the lines of "well if you can't afford to live in london, move to the outer hebrides where there are no jobs you are qualified for, no relatives, no support network, no friends, etc. etc. " And i think that's unreasonable. There is a middle ground.