I'm assuming your parents weren't retards.
And were quite capable of making over £15,000 a year each.
(this is worked out on the stuff they wouldn't be entitled to if they worked, they'd still get child benefit, carers allowance and disability benefit)
(PsychoChomp, Tue 13 Apr 2010, 14:27, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

well, dad was a lawyer
and mum didn't work...
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 13 Apr 2010, 14:29, Reply)

That explains the smug

(PsychoChomp, Tue 13 Apr 2010, 14:36, Reply)

But not the chinflange

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 13 Apr 2010, 14:37, Reply)

to clarify
he worked for the CPS, so we didn't actually have much money. and what we did have he spent on boats. rubbish ones.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 13 Apr 2010, 14:38, Reply)

Ha, my father did much the same.
He also squandered THOUSANDS on near-identical striped shirts, and at one point we discovered he had something like 20 coats.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 13 Apr 2010, 14:51, Reply)

mine changed car too often to be sensible
fair play to him though, his job was stressful as fuck. He left criminal defence and we moved to devon 20 odd years ago. He probably would've died from stress if we hadn't.

Still the paycut from private firm criminal solicitor in Uxbridge to CPS in Devon must have been a hell of a shock.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 13 Apr 2010, 14:56, Reply)