Sorry to keep harping on about my personal
tit financial situation but I think a lot of people are in my situation and some of her followers will be too. My husband worked zero hours but had to stop two weeks ago as the business was forced to close, no sick pay as his boss couldn’t afford it, no pay at all. We’ve had to put in a claim for Universal Credit (I am still being paid but only work a handful of hours a week so it’s not nearly enough to live on) which has meant our tax credits have been stopped while the claim is processed. This usually takes five weeks. I don’t know if current situation will mean we will be paid quicker than that or if it will take longer as more people are forced to claim due to being out of work. Our current weekly income is the £34 child benefit that goes in on a Tuesday. As of now, we have nothing. We aren’t even entitled to the food parcels the kids’ school is handing out because they previously weren’t receiving FSM so aren’t eligible.
As I said, some of her followers will be in a similar situation. The last thing they need to hear is that she’s had “mum-guilt” to the tune of £300+ because her precious child’s mattress wasn’t soft enough. Try not knowing how long you can feed your kids for. Not knowing whether the electric and gas will be able to be paid next month. Not knowing whether the landlord will be pissed off when we can’t pay the rent.
My 11 year old’s bed the other day had a broken slat but we couldn’t afford to just buy her a new one so we had to try and fix it.
Keep telling me about mum guilt, Rachel, I dare you