Financial Confessions
Stories, dilemmas and personal opinions from the GFY community
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'How I’ve learnt to love single & renting life’
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Can you describe a bit about you and your life in London Fields? I'm a 29 year old single female, working full time in the charity sector and also studying part time in the evenings for an undergraduate degree. I've lived in London since I was
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‘Are we the a**holes for spending gifted wedding money on our honeymoon?’
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Can you tell me a bit about you and your life? I’m a 31 year old woman working in the Civil Service, engaged to my 33 year old fiancé, who works in commercial finance for a software company. What's the dillemma you would like to share? Our
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'My dad died and left me £400k in inheritance'
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Could you tell me a little bit about yourself? I’m 33, single, and live alone in Wales (where I also grew up). I currently work in insurance and have a property portfolio on the side. I left a higher paying job last year and took a 6 month career
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My friend’s fiancé asked me for a Rolex watch as a wedding gift
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Can you tell me a bit about you? I’m in my early - mid 30’s and am currently in between jobs (changing career). I live with my partner who earns about £250k annually. What happened with your friend and her partner? Earlier this year one of my close
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'Gifted house deposit from father-in-law was too good to be true'
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Can you tell me a bit about you, your life and your relationship? I live with my husband, our newly adopted daughter, and our dog and cat. We own our previous home, but it's no longer suitable as my husband is now a wheelchair user, so now live
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'My ex-boyfriend owes me £10K. I’m moving on'
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Could you tell me a little bit about you and your life? I’m a 31-year-old Irish woman, now living on the Lincolnshire coast with my boyfriend of 5 years. We bought our home here 2 years ago and live with our dog. Could you share a bit about the
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A four day work week changed my life. Here's how...
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On Sunday afternoons I would still have a tiny bit of ‘blues’ that the weekend is over, but I can honestly say I don’t get that anymore. I have Mondays off and by the time I reach Monday afternoon I feel I’ve achieved everything I want to and therefore I’m ready to hit the next working week.
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My husband makes over 10 times my salary.... here's our story
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We like to treat our families to one nice holiday each a year and that is probably what brings us the most joy. I never in a million years thought he would be earning what he is now.