i was/am
so extravagant with money that my dad used to pay my allowance weekly when i was at university. one month he was away and so paid all 4 weeks in one instalment on a fateful friday.

even way back in the dark ages, or 1997 as we called it then (fuck i'm old), £150 a week didn't really go very far in london. i woke up the next afternoon having spent all but about £30 of my entire month's allowance in the bar. the bank wouldn't extend my overdraft any further and i was already over the limit.

for the rest of the month i lived on slices of economy white bread sprinkled with herbs, salt and anything else i had left in my cupboards from the beginning of the year...

edit: i should point out that £150 a week wasn't hard times, i just had to watch how much clubbing/shopping i did. and if i fucked up i only had to wait a couple of days for more cash. it was only when i spent it all at the very beginning of the month that things got desperate!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 15 Nov 2007, 11:10, 10 replies)

I like the fact that £150 a week allowance was hard times
I get £1k a term student [b]loan[/b] (this is 2007)

My rent is £250pcm, you do the math.

Students these days have to get jobs...
(Son of Sam-i-am We're all as mad as hatters here, Thu 15 Nov 2007, 11:19, closed)

Something very similar...
I feel your pain there, I really do.

Coming to the end of my first year in halls, one of my flatmates and I has so expertly thrown our cash down our throats, we were reduced to living on pasta sandwiches (with no sauce) or dry bread for four weeks.

That kind of stuff is character building!
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Thu 15 Nov 2007, 11:21, closed)

You could've always...
..pimped that ass, yeeaaahhh :)

Or maybe not.

You've couldv'e taken up busking.
( Jeccius Steam Borderlands 2 junkie, Thu 15 Nov 2007, 11:26, closed)

feel your pain???
spoilt git!

My family couldn't afford for me to go to further education so I went straight out and got a job to help pay the mortgage. I don't think you realise how lucky you were...
( Firkinfedup last shat on your wife's tits at, Thu 15 Nov 2007, 11:27, closed)

poor little you
bonjour from me,
never had you down as a little rich girl! still nice to be able to catch up your adventures!
(The kneeling rifleman Is slowly getting there.., Thu 15 Nov 2007, 11:44, closed)

Maybe
you could have sold the big issue. Got a membership form for Class War if you want Rswipe
( Trollman, Thu 15 Nov 2007, 12:22, closed)

Actually, Firkinfedup,
I worked my entire way through University, with nothing except a means-tested loan which I'm still paying back. And that's the case for most students.

Anyway, it's horses for courses, isn't it - and it wouldn't do if we were all the same...
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Thu 15 Nov 2007, 12:34, closed)

I always knew you were bloody posh...
When I went through uni this last time I got divorced partway through my second year, and ended up as the third roommate in a small basement apartment.

Wouldn't have been so bad but for Anthony's habit of bringing randome men home with him and leaving used condoms in the shower...
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Thu 15 Nov 2007, 12:51, closed)

Instead of
Paying me an allowance, my parents just bought me a house to live in for the duration of my studies. Since it's rent free, the rent I charge my flatmates could be considered the 'allowance' I guess...
Between that, eBay, the Government and my actual two days a week job, I make about as much as someone working 9-5, five days a week for a good solid ten hours a week work.

So, long story short, no white herb bread here thank god. Rachael's story and your comments give me scope of how lucky I am to be me and not born into a worse off situation.

University is fantastic.
(Leyxia, Thu 15 Nov 2007, 16:43, closed)

Wow
Geez...and I thought it was a big deal in college (1995ish) to spend $3 on Sunday to get Taco Bell or a personal-sized pizza.
(chase, Mon 19 Nov 2007, 15:08, closed)