yeah. £100 a week / £400 a month in 2002 off a wage of about £16k.
For a very small room and no say in the house at all. Not allowed to choose tv programmes, no tv in my own room until I managed to buy one.
I was told that £400 was a pittance, it was put up to £500 because of her moaning a year or so later and she constantly said, who the fuck is paying the internet package and the council tax and the food. So she wanted that paying for on top of it but i dug in my heels and told her I was paying enough.
Now I see you can get rooms in shared houses for under £500 bills included in 2016 let alone 2002.
And I got my arse handed to me on AIBU on an adult rent thread and people told me I just wanted a free ride.
No: I didnt expect to live rent free, but I didnt expect to be charged extortionate rates.
I do food, gas and leccy on under 100 for me and two children.
Exactly. also back in 2002 the price of gas and utility bills hadnt gone through the roof.
I was also out of that house every day from 7:30am until after 7pm. I was having a shower in the morning and doing a couple of loads of washing. Other than that, what was I using? I would go out lots at weekends.