Have you learned a valuable lesson the hard way?

Can you be happy without money? Have you been affected by the credit crunch?

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[Trish]

I have two boys and there is no way I could manage on so little money. Nothing is for free and I mean, nothing. A friend of mine runs a very successful youth football team. He decided to start football kickaround in the local park for any boys in his area. He thought it was a way of giving them an interest and getting them off the streets. All it cost was their time. But the Council put a stop to it as he had to have a 'licence'. It was so expensive, it defeated the object of what he was trying to do as these poor kids couldn't have afforded to contribute.

Any interests my children have, cost a fortune unless it's hanging about on the street. It's a ridiculous situation and that's not taking into account the amount of food growing boys consume or how fast they outgrow their clothes. Plus school fees, for a public school, cost over £130 every half term. My son is moving up to secondary school. He has been given a place in a very good school, thank goodness. The cost of the uniform? £300.

We don't have 'luxuries', we just survive and yet we are suppose to be 'middle class'. I wish someone would tell my Bank manager.

[A B]

Are we really supposed to believe that Fran lives on just £65 per week, I suppose her clothes (very nice by the way)were found in a charity shop?, although she has no budget at all for them? Maybe a skip then. And her highlights and haircuts are all free? And make up too? I guess I could go on....

But she has discovered that having money doesn't necessarily make you happy, and she and her little girl look genuinely happy.