Things to Do in Essex When You’re Skint
It’s funny, but since this whole economy drive/poor thing has happened, our relationship seems to be going from strength to strength. And with the exception of the intense fear of more nasty letters arriving, I’m feeling better in myself. I think it’s something to do with taking my head out of the sands of panic and starting to confront this whole debt/skintness situation with some maturity.
The hard thing is that of course the whole thing would never have happened if He hadn’t been shafted by His previous employers, so it’s kind of hard to swallow. I wouldn’t mind if we’d run up frivolous debt by spending too much and buying too many shoes – of course some of my old debt comes from that, but I was paying that off rather effectively until everything went wrong with His job.
But the last six months, we’ve run up a serious debt bill just through trying to pay rent and bills, and eat! Not to mention the horrendous extra spend that the wedding suddenly demanded at the last minute!
I know that come Friday, we can pay off the most pressing bills, but this is the really scary thing: we are £500 short of what we need this month to pay all our normal bills. This is because He isn’t getting paid until 31st May. And while we may raise a couple of hundred on Ebay, any fool can see that’s not going to be enough.
You may ask why I’m writing about this embarrassing/painful/private situation on a public forum. Well, two reasons: firstly, because I’ve always used writing as a way of rationalising and calming my fears, and secondly because like an AA group, there’s something very freeing about speaking out on something like this.
My name is Mookmoo, and I’m in debt. But I am not an alcoholic.
(That’s called counting your blessings)
The hard thing is that of course the whole thing would never have happened if He hadn’t been shafted by His previous employers, so it’s kind of hard to swallow. I wouldn’t mind if we’d run up frivolous debt by spending too much and buying too many shoes – of course some of my old debt comes from that, but I was paying that off rather effectively until everything went wrong with His job.
But the last six months, we’ve run up a serious debt bill just through trying to pay rent and bills, and eat! Not to mention the horrendous extra spend that the wedding suddenly demanded at the last minute!
I know that come Friday, we can pay off the most pressing bills, but this is the really scary thing: we are £500 short of what we need this month to pay all our normal bills. This is because He isn’t getting paid until 31st May. And while we may raise a couple of hundred on Ebay, any fool can see that’s not going to be enough.
You may ask why I’m writing about this embarrassing/painful/private situation on a public forum. Well, two reasons: firstly, because I’ve always used writing as a way of rationalising and calming my fears, and secondly because like an AA group, there’s something very freeing about speaking out on something like this.
My name is Mookmoo, and I’m in debt. But I am not an alcoholic.
(That’s called counting your blessings)
posted by Mookmoo at 3:36 pm
1 Comments:
Your best bet is to start our own Charity Rubber Wristband "Save Essex Poverty" or "Make Essex History" or something, guaranteed to have all the gays (e.g. me) running out to Ebay and spending £30 each on one.
My Anti Chav one will be out of fashion by next Tuesday so hurry......
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