Rich House Poor House Oct 2019.

[ListenLinda]

Is anyone else watching?
I’m finding this episode quite interesting as our weekly budget is very similar to the Ross family, yet I don’t feel like we struggle and can have some treats.
What I would do with £1200 a week though 😂

Also when thry have meters in for electricity and gas thry have to cover that from their money too.

When I watch these programs then I always get the impression that rich middle class people are extremely naive to the world, it’s almost as if they have no common sense, the poor families always have street smarts and intelligence, it’s not just in tv actually either, I have said before I find middle class people to have not a clue about things that you would consider ‘common sense’, it’s like they live in a bubble, they’re very green as well

I don't think we have seen truly middle class people in the last few series. Most of them are nouveau riche, Terri Ann being as a prime example (as nice as she is) The lovely family from Bristol despite being very educated and wealthy were not from MC backgrounds either. I laughed when the vet family went into he poor house and the children were gobsmacked that they had a tv in every room and games consoles, they seemed flummoxed that it was possible. I'm sure though even the children are coached what to say.

The only one who came across as naive was Geeta and I think she was making a big effort to show how terribly MC she was and hadn't been out of Chelsea. She was just a pain in the neck.

Yes it is supposed to be disposable income but that is a complete misnomer. Food, electricity, gas, school uniforms etc are all bills!

I don’t have £180 a week disposaal income a week and def wouldn’t class myself as poor

How much do you reckon you spend on food, electricity, school lunches etc month, how much on clothes for yourselves and the kids a year? I mean it still might not add up to 180 just making the point it isn't disposable in the spend on anything you want category

My bills all come out monthly about 700 and not included in my left over

That is for food and everything else

So guess if using their budget would be £160 a week leaving f them with £25

£80.00! That husband needs to get his head out of the clouds with his stupid inventions and get a job! I managed a degree and 2 littlies as a single mum and had more money than that.

£80 what?

Another business promotion yawn.

I'm not surprised the poor family have no money, the father spends money like water, even the kids are annoyed. Does anyone know what theme park that was they visited?

Well I don't think they were particularly spending it any more than other families. Families always splash out when they're rich for the week

My kids said it was Thorpe Park

purple on day 2 they spent £300 on lunch alone at the races. I would call that more than splashing out, especially when the children were lacking in some essentials.

Thought tonight's programme was a good one.
Poor family dad really needs to pull his finger out, I got the impression his wife has had enough. She works all the hours and has very little to show for it.
I missed the beginning what happened to rich family wife / mum?
I thought all of the children were lovely especially the two younger ones

The mum was looking after the business

The mum said at the start that the dad had really made his own decision to be a student again like it was him deciding not a decision together so that made me think she wasn't entirely happy with it

Ah ok. Yes I thought 'poor' Mum looked very unhappy with her situation ( understandably so) her husband needs a right kick up the arse. I did think though that instead of spending money on musical instruments they could have bought laptops instead. It was very kind of the other family to buy them for them

That "poor house" dad was seriously grim. As the other guy said, he's living on a different planet, he needs to get real. Felt really sorry for his wife - and the kids.

Just watched this and agree with all of you! The poor family were £25,000 in debt, yet the dad isn’t working? Doing a business degree and dreaming up useless inventions, while his wife works all hours and does the lion’s share of the housework? The rich dad was spot on when he said the poor dad ought to be out working and supporting his family in any way possible.

Interesting to see the contrast with the backgrounds of the dads. Barnado's boy with no qualifications ends up rich through sheer hard work (and probably a bit of good luck tbh). Previously wealthy Zimbabwean wrongly thinks that the world owes him a living, lets his wife pick up the slack, and selfishly pursues his own dreams.

Great to see rich dad giving poor dad a piece of his mind! Fingers crossed the advice has hit home.

Yeah, the bus driving mum could do with some MN advice! Her H isn’t contributing.

The day out at Thorpe Park was fair enough when they can’t afford to do stuff like that with the DC, but the horse races were for him, not the DC, and with the £500 spent on lunch, wine and gambling they could’ve bought two laptops and paid for good broadband for a couple of years. Their DC seemed like good kids.

Excellent episode. A sensible rich dad who gave good advice to silly poor dad

He should be bringing home the bacon. Not playing at uni while wife is struggling to pay bills

Ans how how did they owe £25k in debts and bills

Lovely the rich lot paid for laptops for poor

I think the poor dad's spending habits during the week is the reason why he's £25k in debt. Spending £300 on a lunch and betting at the races is horrendous when your children need basics for their education. I noticed he had a laptop, but he obviously didn't deem it a priority for them. I think he sees himself as the next Alan Sugar, but full of mere fanciful ideas that will never come to fruition.
I couldn't help feeling that the 'telling off' situation was very staged though.

Surely the laptop would be for all the family and they just wouldn't have one each

My laptop will be shared with my daughter when she's older I don't think I can get her old as well as mine

purple the daughter had a desktop in her room that was ancient and very slow. In my teen dc's circle a personal laptop is the norm, and we aren't in particularly wealthy circles.

For GCSEs onwards it's the norm for kids to have their own laptop for coursework, homework

The poor Dad angered me this week. If that was my H we would be having serious words.
Talk about money burning a hole!

I think the debt came from some business that they'd had but could be wrong. I agree that the poor dad was a knob. He's the type that thinks it's always someone else's fault when things don't work out the way he thinks he deserves that they should.

The rich dad made it because he started from a position of having nothing to lose so he was bold, incredibly hard working, clever and took opportunity when it came along.

Personally, I know that DH and I wouldn't make the big leagues without an incredible stroke of luck because whilst we share a lot of those attributes, we are both very risk averse so would always be wanting to keep the bird in the hand rather than the 2 in the bush.

I'm not then wondering why I'm not a millionaire.

The fact the the elder son gave up his laptop savings fund because his dad needed it for uni made me really angry at the dad too.