It isn't for charity, Mate.
Parsimony is usually something to be sniggered at but in the case my Uncle, I don't think so. I, the prodigal nephew finally returned to the cousins household with fond memories of my affluent relatives (my parents were not nearly so wealthy). The cousins had long since left the household, leaving their parents to enjoy retirement. This they did and since Pa was a senior director of an Insurance firm that he had founded he was able to go on some pricy holidays. 2 weeks on a private estate in Wales - £33,000 per week to you. Yes, you read it right, sixty six thousand pounds for a two week holiday. He showed me the brochure and a week in Monaco totaled £279,000.
Now for the news about his offspring, this I expected to be good. Er... no, Daughter #1 had to commute from Coventry to Norfolk each day and was cracking under the strain since she couldn't afford property in the area. Daughter #2 had 3-4 jobs and was inches from welfare. Did he care? did he hell. Didn't even blink just lashed out the cash for his ever demented pleasure. I would have thought that a simple house purchase wouldn't have gone amiss here for his beloved children, but this self made character obviously thinks that middling economic status is a personality defect to be eventually dealt with by an institution.
There is a saying "From rags to riches, and back to rags". In the case of this family it couldn't be more apt.
(luckylife , 0 guests and 3 bots are online, Tue 15 Mar 2016, 19:37, 5 replies)

so you're in favour of egregiously wealthy parents maintaining the status quo of an unaffordable property market by buying houses for their children?

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 15 Mar 2016, 21:51, closed)

if their children are such utter spastics to not be on the property ladder by the end of their twenties then they deserve to live in a housing association maisonette

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 15 Mar 2016, 22:22, closed)

I agree with Dozer (somebody has to, I suppose),
but I'm more taken aback by someone spending £33k on a weekend in Wales.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Tue 15 Mar 2016, 22:01, closed)

I also agree with Dozer on this
My wife and I bought our first house when she was 22. Why doesn't child one move to Norfolk, they need some need introductions to the gene pool. Daughter 2 is so shit she needs 3-4 jobs? Must be shit jobs, perhaps shes uneducated? Gods and Clods mate, to quote Caddyshack "the world needs ditch diggers too"
( Peej, Wed 16 Mar 2016, 8:29, closed)

christ, imagine living in Cov and spending your working days in Norwich.

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 16 Mar 2016, 8:38, closed)

There is a saying about Monaco you know
It runs along the lines of "There are two only types of people in Monaco, the 'Haves' and the 'Have Yachts'.
(luckylife , 0 guests and 3 bots are online, Thu 17 Mar 2016, 20:01, closed)

There is a saying in educated circles, 'luckylife' is a semi literate permarenter halitosis fuckwit serial fantasist

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Thu 17 Mar 2016, 22:29, closed)