Julia Posted November 13, 2012 Posted November 13, 2012 Change is inevitable except from ... a vending machine? :hystery: :D :D :D :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel1403 Posted December 21, 2012 Posted December 21, 2012 But when you are retired living on a pension only, the family will realise you can't always afford to help, that's why they also need to get jobs etc and not just rely on "you" for handouts ;-) We have already told the family once I retire their monthly allowance stops. Of course we will still give them gifts etc when we can afford. However, the monthly allowance will stop as no way we can afford so much on just my works pension....not rocket science hehe you cannot help everyone, i have said that one day i may need help also, so you have just got to make sure that who you are helping needs it, not for a car, yes we have been asked for that and we will pay you back when we can, emergencies health those to me are the important things to help, also remember they managed well before i or you came along the way too Did they ? Many deaths in the Philippines could have been avoided if not for a lack of funds. Many Filipinos suffer because they don,t have the means to help themselves, When the time comes when your Philippines family needs help you will have to make that decision to help or not. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevewool Posted December 21, 2012 Posted December 21, 2012 you cant afford to stay in england on just your work pension Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tukaram (Tim) Posted December 22, 2012 Posted December 22, 2012 you cant afford to stay in england on just your work pension Or the US. That is why I am moving overseas. I may not be rich over there but if I stayed here I would be homeless... or working at least 6 months after I die.BTW I just quit work today... moving soon! :tiphat: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthdome Posted December 22, 2012 Posted December 22, 2012 you cant afford to stay in england on just your work pension Or the US. That is why I am moving overseas. I may not be rich over there but if I stayed here I would be homeless... or working at least 6 months after I die.BTW I just quit work today... moving soon! :tiphat: Congrats! I hope your move goes as well as mine has so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevewool Posted December 22, 2012 Posted December 22, 2012 quit work, thats a brave move but could be the best move you have ever made, i wish you all the best for what ever future that comes your way, i dont have the funds yet to do this, yes if push comes to shove things may be differant, but all the plans we have made for the future is all coming together just nice, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel1403 Posted December 22, 2012 Posted December 22, 2012 So true but much easier with no mortgage and def easier to do it in Phily hehe you cant afford to stay in england on just your work pension Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bundy Posted December 23, 2012 Popular Post Posted December 23, 2012 When some of us say owning our own home we mean buying a house for the wife that we will, of course, share with her. It means if anything goes wrong you will walk away with nothing so we look for low cost, low end housing. My philosophy is to buy nothing I cannot walk away from because there is a fair to middlin' chance that will happen one day. Remember that you only get what you pay for. Remember that you can never own property as a foreigner I must be the odd one out here. There is no "what's mine and what's hers" in our marriage.Maybe it's just me but i could not enter into a marriage with the "i love you honey but i don't trust you attitude". If you do that then i think you'll probably end up getting exactly what you're afraid of. We also could have built a "mansion" in the Philippines buy we BOTH felt that it was not a good thing to do.What we do, we do together and maybe i'm extremely lucky but my wife is very frugal when it comes to money matters and that's why she runs our finances........not me. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Hounddriver Posted December 23, 2012 Posted December 23, 2012 "i love you honey but i don't trust you attitude" I used to feel that way until my two exes cleaned me out. In hindsight I was pretty naive. Now I say: "I love you honey but I know what I can trust you for" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevewool Posted December 23, 2012 Posted December 23, 2012 love is blind indeed, but truth be known i do love my Ems, all that i have will be hers one day, but since being burnt by my ex i wont get burnt again, thats why i will always have my own bank account and i will always know where the last penny is too, its not a case of not trusting someone, its a case off knowing what you have ,no one wants to break up but it happens, there are lots of signs to say something is wrong so always watch out for them before its too late,there is some great advice on here, i have taken some in that i never even thought about 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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