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got a bee in my bonnet and need to let it out before it stings me !!
think this is an age thing but I feel very passionate about things and want to put the world to right.
my son says nothing is going to change and he's probably right but if everyone said that then nothing would ever get done would it.
my daughter goes to college and I remember when we went to find out about the hairdressing course she now attends we were told that if we earnt less that £30000 a year then she would be entitled to EMA which can be up to £30 a week and then 3 bonuses a year of up to £100.
Now every parent apart from me got up to get the forms !! because me and hubby both work ( he does 2 jobs to make ends meet ) she is not entitled to it.
Her friends that get it have no intention of getting a job because they don't have to .and although she jokes about it our daugher is not happy that because we're both working she can't get it , she always says why dont' one of you give up work and then I can get EMA , I know she doesn't mean it but it must be hard when all her friends get it and she doesn't.
she worked full time all summer to help pay for the hairdressing kit because although we're both working we pay the bills but theres not loads left for luxurys we certainly couldn't afford to give her £30 a week.
once she started the course there was a bit of a to do about them all paying for a hair colour, my daughter objected to paying for it as she she knew how little the college actually paid for it in the first place and the tutor turned round and said 'well use your EMA it was immediately assumed that she got it.
One thing that really gets my goat is the fact that a friend of ours earns an absolute fortune , a lot more than me and hubby put together yet because him and his wife have split up and the children live with her then they would get EMA its just not right
Then this week I read in the paper that you're often better off financially if you split up , a couple were £5000 a year better off because they were no longer together. where is the incentive for people to stay together , work hard and provide for their family.
another of our friends sons wants to go to university , he is extremely clever but will leave university with loads of debt and will get very little financial help while he is there , but if his Mum and Dad split up he would get a lot more help and not so much debt at the end of it.
you've got that case thats been in the paper where a lady is living in a big house living on benefits ( which we're paying for ) yet if we couldn't keep up with our morgage repayments our house would be repossessed.
I know its not going to do anything but I'm going to write a letter to my local MP as I would like him to explain how it is fair
sorry for the rant
what do you all think or do you just think I'm mad lol
think this is an age thing but I feel very passionate about things and want to put the world to right.
my son says nothing is going to change and he's probably right but if everyone said that then nothing would ever get done would it.
my daughter goes to college and I remember when we went to find out about the hairdressing course she now attends we were told that if we earnt less that £30000 a year then she would be entitled to EMA which can be up to £30 a week and then 3 bonuses a year of up to £100.
Now every parent apart from me got up to get the forms !! because me and hubby both work ( he does 2 jobs to make ends meet ) she is not entitled to it.
Her friends that get it have no intention of getting a job because they don't have to .and although she jokes about it our daugher is not happy that because we're both working she can't get it , she always says why dont' one of you give up work and then I can get EMA , I know she doesn't mean it but it must be hard when all her friends get it and she doesn't.
she worked full time all summer to help pay for the hairdressing kit because although we're both working we pay the bills but theres not loads left for luxurys we certainly couldn't afford to give her £30 a week.
once she started the course there was a bit of a to do about them all paying for a hair colour, my daughter objected to paying for it as she she knew how little the college actually paid for it in the first place and the tutor turned round and said 'well use your EMA it was immediately assumed that she got it.
One thing that really gets my goat is the fact that a friend of ours earns an absolute fortune , a lot more than me and hubby put together yet because him and his wife have split up and the children live with her then they would get EMA its just not right
Then this week I read in the paper that you're often better off financially if you split up , a couple were £5000 a year better off because they were no longer together. where is the incentive for people to stay together , work hard and provide for their family.
another of our friends sons wants to go to university , he is extremely clever but will leave university with loads of debt and will get very little financial help while he is there , but if his Mum and Dad split up he would get a lot more help and not so much debt at the end of it.
you've got that case thats been in the paper where a lady is living in a big house living on benefits ( which we're paying for ) yet if we couldn't keep up with our morgage repayments our house would be repossessed.
I know its not going to do anything but I'm going to write a letter to my local MP as I would like him to explain how it is fair
sorry for the rant
what do you all think or do you just think I'm mad lol
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