We made the trimesters pass quickly!

[UniqueBeauty]

Yeah exactly, she turned round to me and said we don't need to know about money he sends you for the children because that doesn't effect your IS. I've had to make a new claim just to put it in my name because she saw on the system my partner did it when my son was born, back then I didn't have a clue lol. So to get her off my back I did it x

 

[Carlyp1990]

Oh hun they really are awful people!
The woman I had my meeting with was just as awful! Making comments about my engagement ring etc xx

 

[sethsmummy]

aww hun it honestly shouldnt take too long to get back up and running and i dont think you will loose anything as they will backdate it to the day you made the claim.

I dont know what it is with these people.. they think they can say and do what they want without thinking how it will effect people. All they are bothered about is their bloody stupid targets! xx

 

[Carlyp1990]

The woman I met really tried to belittle me for having another child with the same man! I honestly felt if I was pregnant by a different person they wouldn't have questioned me! Xx

 

[sethsmummy]

they probably wouldnt hun. In their eyes all couples should live together .. and it would mean she could take you off income support.. thats their targets.. get as many people off of it as quick as possible! x

 

[Carlyp1990]

The funny thing is if they had told me im actually entitled to maternity allowance then I wouldn't have been claiming income support when I had the meeting and was interrogated! Xx

 

[sethsmummy]

they dont like telling you that you entitled to anything. I was very surprised when dh's adviser actually told him to start claiming carers for Seth so he could claim IS instead of being on JSA as he was really struggling to find a job at the time. So it gives him a little break and some time for a breather before he starts looking again. Also nice knowing he is home as i think i would actually go barmy if i was home alone right now.. Seths Autism is really whooping my ass right now and its soo hard to deal with in this last couple weeks. I think if i were home alone id have gotten severe depression. But its not often you find a nice one around.

 

[Mummy to be x]

Bloody hell UB! What a total bitch, what is it with these people?!? And what has your OHs working tax credits got to do with her anyway? I've never heard that you've got to be a certain age to claim working tax, my friend is 24 and she claims working tax credits. And besides you was there to talk about YOUR benifit claims not your partners. Stupid cow.

Hope your ok Hun xx

 

[sethsmummy]

Amy.. you have to be 25 or over if you have no children. but can be any age if you do have children as long as you work the correct number of hours. xx

 

[Mummy to be x]

Oh right I see, so where they classing your oh as having no children UB?

I seen online last night that a man who had served in the armed forces and then left and got him self a job as a kitchen fitter I think it was had lost his job and he couldn't pay his rent so he lost his home and tried to get help with housing and stuff and they refused to help him, he actually slept rough for a few nights. It's disgraceful how they get away with treating people xx

 

[sethsmummy]

oh my gosh seriously yet the druggies etc are straight away given really nice houses and all the money they could want :S rediuclous!

 

[Mummy to be x]

Exactly Tara, it said on the website that 'he was not alcoholic or a drug addict so wasn't a priority' or something along those lines. He was someone in genuine need if a bit of help, it's terrible. I shared the link on my Facebook if you want to look xx

 

[sethsmummy]

thanks hun ill have a look! I cant get over that.. serve our country and fight a war for us but once you leave your on your own!

 

[Mummy to be x]

I know it's all just so wrong. xx

 

[ab75]

The system in this country is fcked up. When I was pregnant with Zoe they said I was entitled to anything as I was self employed(but was paying tax). This really nice man phoned me and asked me to pay £22 in national insurance contributions as it would help me, I did and he then got my claim changed to £165 a week!! nobody else bothered to tell me that. I had phoned jobcentre and was told because I lived with oh that he had to support me. And because I didn't have an addiction I wasn't entitled to help.
Must pay to be a junkie in this country.

Anyway, ub, I hope it all gets sorted out quickly for you. What a shitty time of year to do that to you xx

 

[Mummy to be x]

Wow that's terrible! Maybe if we where all alcoholics or something we'd get help xx

 

[sethsmummy]

wow Amanda.. thats shocking.. it will have been because that £22 would have reduced your "income" enough to claim. They really dont like telling you what you are entitled to.

fingers crossed next year is going to be a better year for both of you ladies

 

[ab75]

Yeah apparently I hadn't paid enough N.I contributions. That was when I was having Zoe though Tara, I'm fine now.

I need to write my christmas cards tonight when the girls are in bed. My stepmum will deliver family ones and my sis can put in laws thru mil door to save me stamps, lol. grudge paying the price of stamps xx

 

[Mummy to be x]

I sent a couple of cards off funky pigeon to my grand parents and Scott did his mum Xmas one off funky pigeon, I need to start wrapping madeleines presents too. If Scott wakes up in time before he has to go to work I might ask him to get me some wrapping paper so I can wrap this evening, either that or do it tomorrow when he's off. Xx

 

[ab75]

I am so glad my wrapping is done, just need to do things as they get delivered now.
Got one to wrap for dh tonight and one for Zoe.

I like funky pigeon and moonpig cards xx