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‘The problem is your expectations’ people say as mum moans it’s ‘impossible’ to live in the UK without inheritance
The mum's comments have divided opinion
A MUM has been told to lower her expectations after stating that it is impossible to live without inheritance.
She said that her parents had a much better standard of living than she does, despite the fact that her mum didn't work, whereas she earns a really good salary.
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Taking to Mumsnet, the mum complained: "I think it’s very hard to live in the uk without inheritance or family money.
"Social mobility seems almost impossible at the moment without a head start.
"I earn a decent salary (my husband doesn’t but that’s another post) but my standard of living is so much worse than my parents and my mother didn’t work until we were in secondary school and even then it was part time."
The mum revealed that nursery fees and paying for the mortgage leave her and her husband with little to spare.
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She said: "I haven’t inherited any money and feel a bit stuck. Why is our society geared up this way?"
The post was flooded with responses from mums many of whom were unsympathetic to her plight.
One person suggested: "I think the problem is with your expectations of social mobility rather than cost of living and yuor lack of inheritance.
"Our expectations are of a nice car, foreign holidays, a mortgaged home and the latest mobile phones and gadgets, when actually our parents generation had none of those things and didn't expect them either".
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Another person said: "I don't find it hard and I don't have an inheritance.
I inherited a 97-year-old home that was demolished by mistake - we did everything we could to save it
"I think it depends on your lifestyle surely.
"I have no childcare costs, and I'm not bothered about a big house so I rent a little flat."
A third person noted: "There must be many millions of people living in the UK without family money or inheritance.
"I don't have any and neither does my husband and we are fine".
Another person chimed in: "We don’t have family money or inheritance but have a good standard of living.
"Most of my friends haven’t got family money and haven’t had any significant inheritances, but most have decent lives."
However, some people agreed with the mum's statement.
One person said: "Most people won’t ever have a decent house unless they inherit one.
"They might be able to stretch to a starter home but thats as far as they’ll ever get."
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Another person said: "Plenty of people manage but yes it is harder than it was and living standards have dropped rapidly, with a widening gap between those able to rely on family money and those without."
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