My parents,
A fair few years ago, atleast 20, my parents were running into money trouble.

My Dad was working for a small garage making less money then he would on the dole, but he refused to sponge off the government.

However my Dad being the godly nice bloke which he is did some unpaid work for a friend who was in a real gripe, thinking of it being nothing more then an act of selflessness.

Fast forward about a month later and my parents get invited to a social event, they oblige but know they wont be drinking or spending much as they only had a few quid on them and money was needed for more important things.

Once they arrive they start saying hi to people when the guy who my Dad had helped out came over "Here Paul, this is for helping me out a few weeks ago" and my Dad was handed £500, refusing to take it at first the guy insisted and wouldn't take it back.

They proceeded to have a great night out but spent all but £20 of the money on the house/bills and my young older sister, a few weeks later my Dad was also hired by a large insulation company on a wage of about £20,000 a year. For the time this was exceptional and although the site he worked at closed down for budget cuts they were financially secure enough for him to find another job with less hours to see his family more.

I think it's a reoccuring theme with my parents lives, about 3 months ago my Dad found out he was losing the security of his managers job because of a merger with a larger company, although there was rumours of openings available nothing was certain.

This hit my Dad hard, with my Mam being unemployed because of Hypothyroidism and having to leave her teaching job, when an employer who had interviewed my Mam but turned her down for one other candidate phonned up and offered her the job as the guy they offered the job to turned it down.

I think after all that my Dad is going to become a Gentleman of leisure and take up playing Call of Duty 2 full time.
(Vikingheadache, Thu 14 Sep 2006, 22:51, Reply)