In this current credit crunch recession hit Britain, I have decided to "ban" christmas in my household this year.Unfortunately,I now regard it as a "luxury" I cannot afford and as such has got to go.Fortunately tho,I have no children to worry about,just me and the other half. To reduce expenditure even further,Easter next year has also got to"go".(this one will be a real tuffy for me cos I am a self confessed chocaholic!!)

Since it seems that this goverment is hell bent on the low income(benefit or otherwise) populace not enjoying life anymore,so in order not to do  this half heartedly,intend to go the wholehog! To do this,I need ideas,so I ask,"what would you ban?"

jdbabe:

In this current credit crunch recession hit Britain, I have decided to "ban" christmas in my household this year.Unfortunately,I now regard it as a "luxury" I cannot afford and as such has got to go.Fortunately tho,I have no children to worry about,just me and the other half. To reduce expenditure even further,Easter next year has also got to"go".(this one will be a real tuffy for me cos I am a self confessed chocaholic!!)

Since it seems that this goverment is hell bent on the low income(benefit or otherwise) populace not enjoying life anymore,so in order not to do  this half heartedly,intend to go the wholehog! To do this,I need ideas,so I ask,"what would you ban?"

I could never ban xmas or easter as i have young children.When i move to Birmingham I will be cutting back on using my car as the new school is in with walking distance and the food bill 2! the amount of food i buy! and half of it goes in the bin. I think i will be banning the out of school activites like swimming etc. until i know i am once again financially secure after the move. When i say it i feel really guilty as these activties are part of a child's childhood and am i taking that away from them, maybe i should just live for today and not tomorrow, if its expensive o well it will be well worth it when they look back in later life?!?

As a father i could not with clear conscience ban either Christmas or after school activities. My kids need this and do not deserve to lose out.

What i can stop though is going to the pub, smoking and using the canteen at work (i take sandwiches to work now). That saves me loads over a month.

raging:

As a father i could not with clear conscience ban either Christmas or after school activities. My kids need this and do not deserve to lose out.

What i can stop though is going to the pub, smoking and using the canteen at work (i take sandwiches to work now). That saves me loads over a month.

I know what you mean about saving with sandwiches. I used to pop out to the shop and it would be 3 or 4 pound everyday for a sandwich crisps and drink!

what about holidays??Would you not go abroad and holiday in this country or completly "ban" them altogether??

Christmas seems to be the only thing left to ban - except perhaps for eating & drinking.   I suppose I could get rid of the cats but I love them too much.  Holidays went years ago and I already make my own butties.   I could scrap the odd day out, along with the TV, radio and internet but then that means there's absolutely nothing to look forward except the daily graft of hand to mouth work work work.   

 

Too true Rosie and what would be the point? We all need something to get us through the day.

I already holiday at home, taking the kids camping in the Highlands in August, haven't been abroad for years. Anyway I prefer camping here (if we get the weather, otherwise it is turgid!)

And some of us don't have that much to give up/ban anyway.  Some people don't even have a roof over their heads and yet we're supposedly a "rich" country!