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Hi, I’m new to this site and thought I’d say hello. I’m mid 50’s, living in Hampshire and currently going through a full life reset, lifestyle, work and relationships. Guidance and advice for making positive changes would be most welcome. Let me know what bought contentment to your life in your 50’s.
Hi all just a quicky.How many of you listen to Boom Radio?
Hello! having tried and closed three other chat accounts elsewhere I'm hoping this site will be an improvement, there's not much choice out there is there?
Any Female PenPals out there in terms of over 60 years old from anywhere.
It is an unfair tax for the less well off who just come into an income band, it punishes the people who live in new builds as they are put into a band higher than necessary because of property price rises whereas at the time the bands were done they wo... I now claim state pension and wish I still claimed Universal Credit. I have lost all CT benefit and my bill is over £1400. My weekly income was lower on Universal Credit but I was financially better off. I am just £2 over the limit for Pension Credit or for any additional help WOW. All thanks to the government who changed the rules so the wealthy can gain more riches. I have to pay the same council tax as someone who is working or lives in a house. I live in a one bedroom flat. Council Tax is the most unfair, regressive tax and how much income people can have before they have to pay is seriously flawed. Once again the better off benefit. Look at what Wales is doing. I have to pay the same as a working person or a pensioner with other pension income. What a person pays is judged on one block that covers an income from to high. My pension is reduced to pay for my carers allowance. I have no means of increasing my income so roll on death. If I do not pay the full monthly amount the council will probably claim it at source either way I am screwed. There is supposed to be a law against this. Why pay a State Pension when you are claiming a big chunk back? Your government is amoral, the budget was laughable but has not fooled anyone. It punishes the poor and less well off all the time. Hunt kept talking of what good he has done. Get real whatever has been 'given' has been more than paid for by what has been taken off us. Your government has made it harder for anyone to claim any help where they used to qualify they now find out they do not. All this whilst all you wealthy rich people carry on living the good life which the poor have funded and looked down upon for doing so. Well enjoy your wealth whilst the world burns. What good will money be when the earth is destroyed? You will not adhere to green policies or cut the funding. Does a couple with children on high incomes really need all the child benefit payment? I have studied Tax, Economics, Law and Financial & Management Accounting. This government and your DWP are uncaring and to both we are just the peasants who should be content with our lot. We do not live but exist I do not drink, smoke and rarely go out if it was not for family & friends life would be more unbearable. Another example of your attitude to us is my daughter. She acknowledged she was young and foolish but has gone on to achieve a 1st class degree in Environmental Science and has finished a Masters whilst working and caring for me. She has been paying the money back, has never missed a payment but without any consultation, DWP have started taking £90 per month off her already low income. My son has a degree and 10 years experience but still earns less than £30000. He is looking to try and move on. His colleagues at work calculated they will be worse off from this budget whilst bills are all set to rise once again. Ever since Thatcher was PM it has been a downward slide. I know fossil fuels are on their way out but everything has been sold off even the oil look at what Norway achieved from their oil and the man who started it all was willing to advise us. This government is all short terminism policies. You probably will not even read this but you should I am far from alone thinking like this. You should read the attachments as people are extremely fed up and want change. People want to pay fair taxes in exchange for good services, look at how several countries are run and weep, but council tax is so unfair. I did not mind paying income tax when services were better.
Hello, I just joined and am hoping to make some friends to chat with. 😊 I am 54 and live in the US.
When I was young I thought it was a real army that sold gently used bullets
I'm new here, looking for conversation that means something, - I am 66 and live in the Netherlands, I am bilingual and my favourite language is still English. I have also recently joined a new sports centre to meet people, It's true what they say - you reach a certain age and suddenly you become invisible. My husband still works so I'm alone a lot. I paint and write and am mostly a housekeeper. Love to travel, especially France where we have family, (an older aunt) we have dogs and cats and koi in the pond. - we walk a lot in the woods, love birdwatching and photography, meditation and yoga and weight training, I always hoped I would be a famous artist one day or publish a novel....
Hi there. Irish guy, 55, recently seperated. Just looking to see what's out there....
Hi! I am 54 and live in Colorado. I am hoping to make some friends on here to chat with.
Hi, I'm Barry, age 68 from the Isle of Wight. I'm keen to hear from anyone who'd like to chat.
I'm starting a paranormal YouTube channel and hopefully a podcast too and I would be really grateful if you could please share any paranormal experiences you may have had. This has been a lifelong interest of mine and I've been thinking about doing this for a while. Now my kids have flown the nest I'm just going to do it instead of thinking about it. I've had some replies from other sources and once I have enough I will be reading them out. If you could share anything with me and are ok with me reading your story out on the channel could you please email your experience to: [email protected] . You can leave your name and location or be completely anonymous. Thank you so much if you can help x