What makes us live within our means or push ourselves to our financial limit and even exceed it? I grew up with parents, well my mother in particular, for whom the thought of being in debt was horrifying. They never had much money (enough, but no more) and with that we had a holiday every year, an extended education, music lessons, you get the idea. They even managed to save money and during harder times have helped us out. They think it’s what parents should do. My mother told me that once (yes, just the once) they spent more than they should have at Christmas and went a little overdrawn. It took them the rest of the year to pay it back and they never did it again. For them, the idea that you can walk away from your debt is morally questionable. Read More
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We’ve just returned from a week away with my extended family (me, Simon and the girls, my parents, my sister, her husband and their two children). There were things about the trip that I was looking forward to – seeing my family of course, catching up with their lives. When we lived in London I saw my sister almost every week but now it’s only every few months. My children adore their older cousins and were very excited. I was looking forward to someone else getting up in the morning to give my children their breakfast! Read More »