I Hate To See The Poverty In My Country

There is so much of it too but people walk through their lives wearing blinkers, ignoring the injustices happening within the UK right now.

I speak from experience, I live in poverty. I live in a one bed flat with a housing association with a part-time job which pays above the national average, while doing a part-time degree with the aim of bettering myself and getting myself out of this survival.

I have never been at all materialistic, living frugally and by my means. My only expenditure this month that wasn't a necessity was a night out with my friends. My rent and council tax is cheap and I've chosen my suppliers with care, finding the best and cheapest for my situation.

And yet, I am utterly broke and it is three weeks until payday.

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Pherick · 41-45, M

I hate to sound like a jerk here, but this,
[quote]I speak from experience, I live in poverty. I live in a one bed flat with a housing association with a part-time job which pays above the national average while doing a part-time degree with the aim of bettering myself and getting myself out of this survival.[/quote]
really isn't poverty. You have a house, you have a job and you are in school getting a degree. You certainly may not be well off, but I am not sure you can call that poverty.

WorldlyWoes · 36-40, M

@Pherick: University fees here are just an acclamation of debt, I pay nothing until I earn a high wage. Not having enough money to feed myself properly from month to month is poverty.

SugarRush · 31-35, F

@NocturnalNomad: when you tell your children to sleep with a jumper on because you can't afford another high bill.. and a friend kicks off because her ex bought her son trainers that aren't a well known make yet your kids are being made to wear hand me downs because you know September is coming and 3 school jumpers are £60 because the school demands they wear logo ones and not asdas. 😅 This is where I remind myself I'm still richer because at least my kids have clothes and aren't rummaging through trash for food - that day may come though.

WorldlyWoes · 36-40, M

@AutumnxRayne: Yeah, this happened to a friend of mine. She had to get one of the kids grandma's to buy the special PE kits.

No, you won't need to route through bins, you can join me in the queue for the Food Bank. Not been to one yet but I can feel the pinch with the rising food prices.

SugarRush · 31-35, F

@NocturnalNomad: and the government wonder why people deal drugs or sell their bodies. They wonder why people steal food. I heard a snob of a woman passing comment on a guy giving someone homeless a cup of tea. It was a cup of tea for peak sake, he wasn't contributing to an "addiction" and if she wasn't so well off and ignorant, she would have shared a moment of her time to listen to the guys story because he was actually explaining to the guy that he has mental health problems due to an abusive upbringing. He lost his job through the company going into administration, had a break down and there for couldn't afford the rent on his flat and there was no room in the hostel. Sometimes my faith in humanity is tested.

WorldlyWoes · 36-40, M

@AutumnxRayne: I continually hear of stories like this and it is so sad. I wish I could do something to stop this madness..