Leah-Lacie Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 how can you be happy with size 11 feet:hihi: I would love to swap for my size 5s. Bigger is better as they say!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FACEBOOK Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 i agree with what you say, gona have to read a few more pages then get back to you:hihi: Post the questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joiner andy Posted September 17, 2011 Author Share Posted September 17, 2011 will do catch you later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old tup Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 There is only one thing money can,t buy--POVERTY!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leah-Lacie Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 There is only one thing money can,t buy--POVERTY!!! It can! You can go to BrightHouse, and buy a £3000 leather sofa, a nice new washer, fridge, cooker and laptop (£4000) and pay them off at £100 per week and leave yourself in poverty for the next 3 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister M Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 I have just started to read a book called affluenza, its about how wanting the latest things, wanting bigger and better makes us depressed and feel inadequate. how we respect people for how much they earn instead of who they are again making us feel inadequate, And the path to true happiness is having what we need instead of what we want. whats your thoughts on this? I agree with this - up to a point. I sometimes think the glut of home improvement & appearance improvement programmes on tv feed into that mentality you've highlighted, and the desire to look better and have more things than others have is a proxy for low self esteem & a desire to be approved of by others. Not too different from kids wanting the best trainers and designer gear so they won't be shunned in the playground.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joiner andy Posted September 17, 2011 Author Share Posted September 17, 2011 I agree with this - up to a point. I sometimes think the glut of home improvement & appearance improvement programmes on tv feed into that mentality you've highlighted, and the desire to look better and have more things than others have is a proxy for low self esteem & a desire to be approved of by others. Not too different from kids wanting the best trainers and designer gear so they won't be shunned in the playground.... yes. and at what point dont you agree? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joiner andy Posted September 17, 2011 Author Share Posted September 17, 2011 It can! You can go to BrightHouse, and buy a £3000 leather sofa, a nice new washer, fridge, cooker and laptop (£4000) and pay them off at £100 per week and leave yourself in poverty for the next 3 years. nail on the head! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoGo_dancer Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 The reason I mentioned how clean your house is, is mainly due to the fact that I know some women who are part of the so called yummy mummy brigade and I've heard the way they bitch about each others homes! If it's not show-home material, you simply aren't worthy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chem1st Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 Renting a shared room in a (debt financed) B2L HMO from the Jones's make you angry. The "Jones's" nowadays are merely used as an excuse for people to take on debt, or to brag about being debt free (especially after buying a property for 2 times income 30 years ago). And debt is rewarded up to a point, or at least has been, mortgages as a case in point, especially those buying under Thathcer's privatisation of social housing. Young Dave on the dole could grow food and sell it for a profit, perhaps making some £20 a week. Where would he be for his efforts? He'd be on the dole, allowed to keep £5 and £15 would be reduced from his benefits. He has to live somewhere and all he is entitled to is a room in a shard house. His landlord (the Jones's) would be getting the mortgage paid, (Dave can't access social housing, nor does he earn enough to compete with the [landlord] benefits system for private housing). He could be doing something productive, but he can't compete with the system, the only work available pays a pittance and is precarious. He can't really better himself by doing something productive like growing food, as it doesn't pay... Meanwhile, people elsewhere in the world starve to death, and other keep getting record bonuses! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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