Anyone NOT work full time?
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Has anyone out there in PH land managed to arrange their life so that they are not working 40+ hours a week (with a family?)
My other half and myself are basically now in the position to buy a house outright. Now there I was thinking that without a mortgage hanging over our heads we'd be able to get the lifestyle i always wanted which was basically about 3-4 days work from home. However the mrs wants to start a family and estimating about 7K a year for a kid I can see that my dream is perhaps just that.
Anyone managed to set this type of lifestyle up?
I'm not interested in sponging off the government, etc. I
My other half and myself are basically now in the position to buy a house outright. Now there I was thinking that without a mortgage hanging over our heads we'd be able to get the lifestyle i always wanted which was basically about 3-4 days work from home. However the mrs wants to start a family and estimating about 7K a year for a kid I can see that my dream is perhaps just that.
Anyone managed to set this type of lifestyle up?
I'm not interested in sponging off the government, etc. I
Edited by bosshog on Monday 24th September 13:32
Er you don't buy them, kids I mean, they're sort of free, at least the small ones. With the advent of kids clothes/shoes in supermarkets, unless you're going to be sending them to nursery I can't quite think what you'll be spending nearly £600 a month on? We certainly spend nothing like that much. And once weaned they just eat a small portion of what you're having.
Nursey is however expensive, about £50 a day. But that's the only major cost we have.
Nursey is however expensive, about £50 a day. But that's the only major cost we have.
Well according to http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2010/feb/23/child-... it is £200,000 to get them to 21.
If this is remotely accurate then that works out at £9500 per year and nearly £800 per month.
Money grabbing little bleeders!
If this is remotely accurate then that works out at £9500 per year and nearly £800 per month.
Money grabbing little bleeders!
In general it's easier to set up that sort of lifestyle as a contractor/self-employed than it is as an employee as you have more control over when you work and what you do. Bigger risks too of course.
When our daughter was due and for the first few months, I worked 20 hrs/week which was great as I got to see her change quickly, could help out the OH etc. Back to full time now but flexible working as a contractor.
When our daughter was due and for the first few months, I worked 20 hrs/week which was great as I got to see her change quickly, could help out the OH etc. Back to full time now but flexible working as a contractor.
sunoco69 said:
Well according to http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2010/feb/23/child-... it is £200,000 to get them to 21.
If this is remotely accurate then that works out at £9500 per year and nearly £800 per month.
Money grabbing little bleeders!
Total utter load of bIf this is remotely accurate then that works out at £9500 per year and nearly £800 per month.
Money grabbing little bleeders!
ks. You have only to realise it's published in the Guardian to realise that they will have priced in at least 4 weeks in a French Gite per year for the little darlings, piano lessons, and a wholefoods organic diet plus an annual subscription to Greenpeace in that. tts. ewenm said:
In general it's easier to set up that sort of lifestyle as a contractor/self-employed than it is as an employee as you have more control over when you work and what you do. Bigger risks too of course.
When our daughter was due and for the first few months, I worked 20 hrs/week which was great as I got to see her change quickly, could help out the OH etc. Back to full time now but flexible working as a contractor.
Yes as above. I spent a year at home looking after our eldest daughter. I then ramped up my hours from about 24 to now about 45 -50, but with a lot of flexibility. I have spent a lot of time with our two children. I work as a consultant / contractor and am free to a large extent to schedule my own working hours as long as the job gets done. When our daughter was due and for the first few months, I worked 20 hrs/week which was great as I got to see her change quickly, could help out the OH etc. Back to full time now but flexible working as a contractor.
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