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Earning a Living
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 02/05/2008, 11:13
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blackcat
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Re: Cost of Living for familes in France?
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Hi
I dont think that the cost of living is much cheaper in France, I just wanted an realistic idea of how much families in France do manage on.
We are a family of 5 and spend £2500 each month living in the UK, which includes a monthly mortgage payment of £1,050 each month. Now, if we lost the mortgage why on earth couldnt we manage on £1500 in France each month, regardless of where the income came from.
We have been a family of 5 for some time, I manage the finances in our house very well and have a very realistic view of what it costs to keep a family as I actually do it every day.
The question I posed was just a cost of living query. I have been used to my husband working away for many years, its nothing new to me and I didnt ask for anyones opinion on how our income will be generated, not did I ask how my children should be educated, which someone was keen to offer advice on.
When I posed a question on another forum about residency for my elderly mum, people seemed to want to tell me I shouldnt contemplate living with my mum, which wasnt the subject up for discussion either.
I am grateful for the advice being given but I just wanted a couple of simple questions answered.
Thanks for your help anyway.
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02/05/2008, 11:24
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Benjamin
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I can understand your frustration sara77 when you ask what appears to you to be an isolated question or two and people introduce other topics as well in replies.
Realistically though it is a little too simple to look at things in isolation as so many things are interlinked. The answers given by posters reflects their overall experience of living here which they are trying to share with you. Ignore the bits that you already think you have sorted but bear in mind there is probably a very good reason why people have mentioned them from their own experiences.
Benjamin
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02/05/2008, 11:51
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blackcat
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Re: Cost of Living for familes in France?
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Hi.
I totally understand that. But no-one else knows your own circumstances, how much money or assets you may have, your knowledge and experience, your families individual personalities, what they are capable of etc.,
Having given out only as much info as I wanted to, I didnt feel that the questions I posed warranted knowing the full picture. Maybe the area we intended to move to, yes, thats relevant.
I appreciate people want to share their own experiences, but there is a way of wording things tactfully so as not to be patronising or condescending.
Thanks for your time.
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02/05/2008, 11:52
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blackcat
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Thanks Will, that information is very useful. Much appreciated.
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02/05/2008, 11:59
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Albert the InfoGipsy
 
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Sara,
"Having given out only as much info as I wanted to, I didnt feel that the questions I posed warranted knowing the full picture."
Giving a bit more background when you post a question helps everybody, including you. Similarly, responding to posts avoids people going off at tangents because they are guesing at what you really want/need.
One of my favourite sayings is that any idiot can find out answers; the difficult part is knowing what the questions should be.
If people give you advice about things you are sure you already know about then you can thank them and say you don't need any more. If you read all the answers you get in your threads you may well identify things you do need to learn more about.
This is a forum; nobody 'owns' any of the threads and often a question will trigger off a discussion that doesn't relate to the original poster's enquiry. People answer questions out of the kindness of their hearts. If you want a professional advice service you're at liberty to pay for one.
Albert the InfoGipsy
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02/05/2008, 12:25
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oscar
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 Albert the InfoGipsy wrote: | |
If people give you advice about things you are sure you already know about then you can thank them and say you don't need any more. If you read all the answers you get in your threads you may well identify things you do need to learn more about.
This is a forum; nobody 'owns' any of the threads and often a question will trigger off a discussion that doesn't relate to the original poster's enquiry. People answer questions out of the kindness of their hearts. If you want a professional advice service you're at liberty to pay for one.
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I agree and I think Sara your reaction to the comments that you didn't "need" is a little aggressive itself. No one needed to answer you and it appears that you are pleased with some of the information you received. I suggest that no one was rude to you as such, just maybe in your eyes interfered a little too much in your personal lifestyle. I should take care in the way you respond to such things or you may not get any comments to future questions for fear of over-stepping the mark and then you won't have any information.
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02/05/2008, 12:39
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blackcat
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Thanks again to anyone who replied. I wasnt being knowingly agressive and apologise if I offended anyone. Maybe Im a little too sensitive when it comes to my personal life and family and perhaps I should stay away from forums.
Regards.
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02/05/2008, 12:47
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blackcat
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Re: Cost of Living for familes in France?
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You're absolutely right, perhaps I'll just become a 'lurker' from now on!
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02/05/2008, 13:07
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Ron Avery
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| sara77 wrote: | |
Hi
I dont think that the cost of living is much cheaper in France,
Don't you really? That is not what you appear to have thought from your posts up to now![Confused [8-)]](/cs/images/emotions/confused.gif)
why on earth couldnt we manage on £1500 in France each month, regardless of where the income came from?.
Because in France they don't have £s even in Eymet so it will not be £1500 will it? My £1500 last August is now £1375 and you were talking about 5 people living on 1500 euros
"1500 euro was the figure I had in my head and was hoping someone would confrm that".
not £1500
The question I posed was just a cost of living query. I have been used to my husband working away for many years, its nothing new to me and I didnt ask for anyones opinion on how our income will be generated.
and you didn't get it, you were advised that the £ against the € is variable and that the £ has weakened by 17% in 6 months to an all time low of 1,24 which would affect any income generated fronm the UK.
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In posting this I missed Sara's later posts, I fully understand there is a balance between privacy and not enough information to enable informed anwers to questions but equally if you ask people's opinions that is what you get and you can take them or leave them, in all the posts to Sara's questions people wrere only giving opinions based on the incomplete information provided.
Driven away by an idiot
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