Also I don’t know how you afford it on the benefits. I get pip, esa and universal credit and I only just finished paying off the holiday I went to in May. I didn’t pay my partner in full he offered to pay most of it. I don’t pay house bills either.
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After bills on benefits I am £500 short per month
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Good luck to you! Enjoy your experiences. If you can afford it and with the inability to save more than £6k due to benefit restrictions, go ahead and enjoy your life.
I do not begrudge you at all.
You are not Elon Musk which most people aspire to and could actually do something to change the world with your money. You owe no explanation for your holidays… Take them and enjoy them.
Life has blighted your existence with sz, and I don’t see people here complaining about other people with fancy cars or expensive toys which other people can also not afford on here, so worry not. One rule for one, but not another is the hypocrisy.
Cheap holidays is the same as that! Enjoy!
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Thank you for that. That is a really good point.
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Wow. I didn’t know that. Is that only liquid assets?
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Savings in the bank account. If you own a house, I don’t think it counts, but saving to buy one used to not be allowed. Recently though the notion was proposed that benefits can be paid towards a mortgage which contradicts the initial law. But it is a good one.
I think if you own a house it affects the amount you get paid in benefits though. I am not sure though.
I think @Naarai knows the ins and outs of it all, especially since his inheritance. Perhaps, he can tell you.
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Bragging is poor taste. Ive even caught myself doing it. Its just a me me me world. But this guy brags about vacationing more than the taxpayers that pay for him. Thats just poor taste.
I am not jealous at all, gloating in this particular way just makes you look bad.
You probably missed the part of him forcing his support worker to watch some tv show she hates for 6 hrs a day and maybe thinking of opening a window for her cuz it might be too hot lol.
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I will be honest, I haven’t read any of the vacation threads so I don’t know how they come off. It is possible that they are worded obnoxiously. I read the thread about the support worker being forced to watch My 600 Pound Life and thought he was being obnoxious. But my general point of jealousy trumping being happy for someone else remains.
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Yeah again i have no jealousy. Maybe cuz ive already been on many trips so it doesnt bother me. I imagine it may bother others in a jealousy way though
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Ok. And I hope you didn’t think I was trying to single you out. I wasn’t singling anyone out. I was actually getting a general vibe from many threads and my real world life too. As I have a friend who is going through extremely hard times who is very angry and jealous at her friends and family for having it better than her and it’s so hard to watch because she’s doing very little to better her situation and standing there with her hand out.
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I dunno.
I mean, it’s really amazing that you are fortunate enough to be able to travel— both from a financial and health point of view.
Some people here struggle monthly with finances, and some of us can barely muster up the strength to leave our homes most days.
In some ways, your travels may serve as inspiration to others that also have similar goals, but may have difficulties in getting there right now.
It’s quite an accomplishment that someone diagnosed on the SZ spectrum is able to venture into the world like you do. Not to mention you receive enough funds to actually travel internationally to begin with.
Personally, I’m not knocking you for the travel.
However, I think perhaps some tact would go a long way when speaking about your journeys, as well as the amount of money you receive from the government on a monthly basis.
There are some members here who can’t afford groceries on what they receive, and with the economic climate the way it is, perhaps it rubs some salt in the wounds so to speak.
Your travels may come across as rather superfluous expenses to others.
Again, not knocking you for seeing the world, but just remember that some people here are struggling to simply stay afloat with the benefits they’ve earned.
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I’ll admit to be annoyed by your vacation threads.
There are so many people here struggling,
It really seems inappropriate.
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He is receiving more money because he is also diagnosed with intellectual disability.
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There are so many factors going on here. We all are in different countries and financial situations different social disabilities / medical benefits systems.
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This. There are members here who are really struggling with food and shelter security. Hearing over and over and over that someone has enough excess disability dosh to travel extensively really salts their wounds.
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Ok, then anyone sharing that they cooked a nice meal is bragging. Anyone saying that they had enough extra gas in their car to take a ride out to the beach is bragging. Hell, anyone with a car is bragging. Hell, there are homeless people in the world, so anybody living in a home is bragging.
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I’ll readily admit that financially I could afford a cut price holiday every now and then. Difficulties wise though there’s no way I could cope with one. My sense of direction is so poor, and fear of getting lost so strong, that even pre pandemic I didn’t venture far from my flat. When I did go out it was primarily to have a breakfast in a cafe that I could get to,or to occasionally get something from the local supermarket that’s very near to it.
In that sense I’m much more handicapped than him… To have him then frequently mention all these holidays can be quite triggering. .
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Honestly I am jealous of those who can work, who can have a wife and who are more functional than me.
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Envy and jealousy are natural emotions, like anger. But like anger they are to be controlled, not to be let to control you or dictate the behavior of other people.
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You admit you have not even read the holiday threads
Why are you getting shitty when you don’t have the info
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