I swear though…I can’t get into the mindset of people who have children when they *know* that they can barely make ends meet. Not to mention her partner already has three children to support and yet he had another?
They could always go back to the days of using washable nappies
That’s an easy decision for me. I’m a monk, what the hell am I gonna do with nappies?
A lot of change has happened very quickly.
5 years ago there was no pandemic (that affected us here anyway).
3 years ago there was no war in Ukraine.
2 years ago we had historically low interest rates.
1 year ago house prices and rent prices were lower than they are today
We made that decision as soon as we got our projects heating bill. Fucking 500 per month on gas alone. Shut that off quick
Nappies we will buy. Other than that it’s lots of warm cover
Welcome to Brexit Britain – which really doesn’t want immigrants, but chooses a society where a couple both with jobs can barely afford to have children.
What’s the long term plan? Elderly care by the elderly?
The cost of living is one of the many reasons that I refuse to take full maternity leave when my second is born later in the year – 8 weeks off and then back to it. It sucks, and ofc I’d like to spend that time with my baby, but it’s the best option. I’m the sole earner for our house, and I refuse to let my family go into poverty because of shitty maternity pay. I am very lucky with my job being WFH 80% of the time and being paid well – I know not everyone is as lucky as all that.
I know it’s easy to go straight to “DoN’t HaVe KiDs iF yOu’Re PoOr”, but it really isn’t the answer – yes people should be financially more responsible, but you also can’t expect people to either put their lives on hold, or abort loved children because of a shitty economy run by shitty politicians.
Imagine not being able to afford heating yet continuing to buy disposable nappies, has she not heard of reusable ones?
Welcome to Britain, where your bad choices have consequences and it’s everyone else’s fault but your own. But mostly the government’s fault.
Stop using disposables and get some proper twill or terry towelling nappies.
A lot of people saying DON’T HAVE KIDS IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD IT.
We have 2. We were able to afford it 3 years ago. We could afford it 6 months ago with the energy increases.
However, energy increase plus our mortgage rate going from 1.76% to 4+! That’s when we cannot afford it.
How was I supposed to know the govt. Would fuck the economy up?
She could save some money by letting clothes dry naturally either indoors or outside (she has a garden) rather than putting the heating on to make them dry, like most people do. I question whether she really needs to have the heating on so much, especially at this time of year. I guess it’s an easier choice to make when it’s your partner working until 11pm to pay the bills rather than you yourself doing it though. I’ve been ‘poor’ most of my life and I just get on with it. I don’t expect to live a life of comfort all the time, I expect to have to make economies and sacrifices.
These sort of articles are usually bollocks and this one is no different. Like the idea nurses are starving themselves so they can feed their kids, or there was one the other day about a man on minimum wage complaining he can’t afford to buy a house in London (yes seriously).
Tough talk time:
1/ you don’t need to turn the heating on as much if you wear lots of layers. Before the 20th century most houses were just freaking cold. Room temperature was about 12 degrees. You can wrap babies up in extra blankets too. This is just the way people used to live. You will be less comfortable but you will survive.
2/ try and get hold of some reusable nappies. You can get them second hand for reasonable amount. They will save you money in the long run. It’s what we use and it’s far better for the environment. 5% of all landfill waste in the UK is nappies! Which is why we decided on disposables.
Say what you want about the parents but we should not let the kids suffer as a result of anyone else, parent or government. Those kids are meant to be the future and are currently powerless to help themselves, a moral society would step in and do all they can to help those kids. Instead we have people blaming parents and letting the kids suffer as some sort of punishment for being born into poverty. This is despite the fact that poverty should not be a thing in the UK, we have only arrived in this situation as a direct result of government policies that have consistently fucked over the working class and have been voted in by the public with fervour.
Just piss yourself and then when the nappie gets cold, pop it in the microwave for 30 seconds and repeat
This person living? Nah some woman’s funeral is more important
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I swear though…I can’t get into the mindset of people who have children when they *know* that they can barely make ends meet. Not to mention her partner already has three children to support and yet he had another?
They could always go back to the days of using washable nappies
That’s an easy decision for me. I’m a monk, what the hell am I gonna do with nappies?
A lot of change has happened very quickly.
5 years ago there was no pandemic (that affected us here anyway).
3 years ago there was no war in Ukraine.
2 years ago we had historically low interest rates.
1 year ago house prices and rent prices were lower than they are today
We made that decision as soon as we got our projects heating bill. Fucking 500 per month on gas alone. Shut that off quick
Nappies we will buy. Other than that it’s lots of warm cover
Welcome to Brexit Britain – which really doesn’t want immigrants, but chooses a society where a couple both with jobs can barely afford to have children.
What’s the long term plan? Elderly care by the elderly?
The cost of living is one of the many reasons that I refuse to take full maternity leave when my second is born later in the year – 8 weeks off and then back to it. It sucks, and ofc I’d like to spend that time with my baby, but it’s the best option. I’m the sole earner for our house, and I refuse to let my family go into poverty because of shitty maternity pay. I am very lucky with my job being WFH 80% of the time and being paid well – I know not everyone is as lucky as all that.
I know it’s easy to go straight to “DoN’t HaVe KiDs iF yOu’Re PoOr”, but it really isn’t the answer – yes people should be financially more responsible, but you also can’t expect people to either put their lives on hold, or abort loved children because of a shitty economy run by shitty politicians.
Imagine not being able to afford heating yet continuing to buy disposable nappies, has she not heard of reusable ones?
Welcome to Britain, where your bad choices have consequences and it’s everyone else’s fault but your own. But mostly the government’s fault.
Stop using disposables and get some proper twill or terry towelling nappies.
A lot of people saying DON’T HAVE KIDS IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD IT.
We have 2. We were able to afford it 3 years ago. We could afford it 6 months ago with the energy increases.
However, energy increase plus our mortgage rate going from 1.76% to 4+! That’s when we cannot afford it.
How was I supposed to know the govt. Would fuck the economy up?
She could save some money by letting clothes dry naturally either indoors or outside (she has a garden) rather than putting the heating on to make them dry, like most people do. I question whether she really needs to have the heating on so much, especially at this time of year. I guess it’s an easier choice to make when it’s your partner working until 11pm to pay the bills rather than you yourself doing it though. I’ve been ‘poor’ most of my life and I just get on with it. I don’t expect to live a life of comfort all the time, I expect to have to make economies and sacrifices.
These sort of articles are usually bollocks and this one is no different. Like the idea nurses are starving themselves so they can feed their kids, or there was one the other day about a man on minimum wage complaining he can’t afford to buy a house in London (yes seriously).
Tough talk time:
1/ you don’t need to turn the heating on as much if you wear lots of layers. Before the 20th century most houses were just freaking cold. Room temperature was about 12 degrees. You can wrap babies up in extra blankets too. This is just the way people used to live. You will be less comfortable but you will survive.
2/ try and get hold of some reusable nappies. You can get them second hand for reasonable amount. They will save you money in the long run. It’s what we use and it’s far better for the environment. 5% of all landfill waste in the UK is nappies! Which is why we decided on disposables.
Say what you want about the parents but we should not let the kids suffer as a result of anyone else, parent or government. Those kids are meant to be the future and are currently powerless to help themselves, a moral society would step in and do all they can to help those kids. Instead we have people blaming parents and letting the kids suffer as some sort of punishment for being born into poverty. This is despite the fact that poverty should not be a thing in the UK, we have only arrived in this situation as a direct result of government policies that have consistently fucked over the working class and have been voted in by the public with fervour.
Just piss yourself and then when the nappie gets cold, pop it in the microwave for 30 seconds and repeat
This person living? Nah some woman’s funeral is more important