£500 grant

[SammyFirstBaby]

iv filled it out but my midwife (iv jist moved) is fully booked as she only does appointments on Thursdays and every time I ring the doctor they dont have emergancy appointments. basicly I cant see anyone till at least 3 weeks.
buy then ill be 37 weeks. I need to get my grant stamped to get the buggy and moses basket, I have everything else.
any idea if someone at the hospital could do it? iv got a scan next week as hes a bit small but can they stamp it?
also is there anyway I can get it in to the benefit office quicker and not have to wait weeks?

The money is for the baby. It might grow up to pay taxes if it has a decent start in life.

i shan't answer that Wewere!!

Thankfully we are not in a country where the public choose what is desirable or not, we live in a society that helps people on hard times.

It's not all benefit claimants have 100 babies to get multi millions in benefits, but you do know they are the minority and most claimants have fallen on hard times.

And if i don't live near a large enough station to employ staff?

"less desirable things"

Dare you to answer GoSuck

And surprisingly a close friend of mine has only just managed to escape redundancy and she works for a rail line.

you are only just going for pitchfork?! bit slow!

Sometimes rich womens DHs shag the nanny. Then they have to claim benefits too.

You are leaving yourself in a very precarious position GoSuckEggs.

It was too cold to get the pitchfork before

how very presumptuous of you, wannabeEostregoddess.

firstly, why on earth would i want a nanny bringing up my children?
secondly, why assume that it is my DH that has the money?

@Wewere

My child will have to be in childcare, not with a nanny but still not with me so I can work, because I haven't the luxury of giving up my work because I am having a child.

i've noticed a trend over the last few days of posters coming onto threads about benefits, insisting that there are great paying jobs and that people just need to go and get them, and then it turns out the poster themselves is not working, being supported by a DH and is adamant that they are so financially secure they and their children will never ever fall on hard times and need to make use of the welfare safety net.

NO WHERE HAVE I SAID THAT I AM DEPENDANT ON MY DH.

i have noticed a trend of people assuming the man is the one with money

neither did i. stop shouting.

oh right, ok booyhoo.

Shouting is so uncouth.

So if you are the one with the money then how are you affording to give up your job?

i said being supported. unless your DH keeps all his salary to himself?

If you have enough independent money to leave your job and have no support financially from your DH then what makes you think you have the right to moan about where his taxes go?

Is he as lacking in empathy as you?

Gosuckeggs

Look at you hiding behind a computer screen. What a big person you are.

actually lydia i went to bed. ok with you?

Oh gosh you really are quite irritating.

Oh gosh, you only earn 21k.