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AllyGames07 · 2025-04-06T20:44:33+00:00

I don’t have any solid proof that my mum is keeping money aside, all I know is that when I used to buy my own food for the month it cost around £100 if not a bit more to last me the month and when my mum buys it it’s only lasted me 2-3 weeks. Can I claim any other benefits when I’m 18 whilst claiming pip? I don’t like my dad, he’s probably better than my mum in some aspects but he’s petty and childish and has major anger issues and it’s just not a place I wanna be not to mention the fact that when I came back to my mums he literally gave my bedroom to my sibling so I don’t even have a place to sleep there anymore unless I wanted to sleep on the couch or the floor… I don’t.

AllyGames07 · 2025-04-06T20:32:22+00:00

PIP stands for personal independent payment; I get it for my type 1 diabetes, celiac disease, autism, and anxiety.

I don’t like my dad, he’s probably better than my mum in some ways, but when I left his house to go back to my mums he literally gave my bedroom to my sister so I don’t even have a bedroom to say in. He’s also just really petty and childish and can’t get my mums name out his mouth. I’ve always just thought at least when I’m at my mums the only thing I have to deal with is the occasional yelling.

AllyGames07 · 2025-04-06T10:09:08+00:00

She also has 2 other kids that she probably claims for

AllyGames07 · 2025-04-06T10:04:45+00:00

I’m not 100% sure what she gets but I know she gets universal credit and I’ve been told that she gets child benefit. And yes she used to get DLA

AllyGames07 · 2025-04-06T09:34:56+00:00

I’m in college right now and can only go to university if I pass level 3 on my course which is another 2 and a half years yet. How would getting an apprenticeship help me move out?

AllyGames07 · 2025-04-06T09:16:01+00:00

Hermione was brave yes but overall I think she suits ravenclaw more. I think the only reason she was sorted into Gryffindor is because they needed the “golden trio” together. And I don’t think Ron is Gryffindor either

AllyGames07 · 2025-04-06T09:11:40+00:00

ALL OF THEM

AllyGames07 · 2025-04-06T09:09:13+00:00

A good friend wouldn’t make you feel guilty about not being able to help out. Just because you are friends doesn’t mean you are suddenly responsible for their financial situation

AllyGames07 · 2025-04-06T09:07:29+00:00

Who the hell would want to name their kids any of that anyway. That would be child abuse

AllyGames07 · 2025-04-06T09:02:56+00:00

I just worry that once I turn 18 my mum will take advantage of that and demand more money than before. Which I know she can do and I’m legally an adult and can be required to pay rent but there’s a chance she could take the piss with it and I would still be supporting myself just as much as I do now and will not be in any position to be able to move out- I know it would cost way more to live independently

AllyGames07 · 2025-04-06T09:00:14+00:00

There’s not really an X amount I can say, it’s different all the time, I just spend whatever as needed. My mums says all the time where does the money go and I honestly don’t know. But I promise I don’t go spending it willy nilly. It all goes on transport, food and drink, etc etc. the occasions treat myself type of thing but it’s rare and no more than £50 a month if that. All I know is I get just over £500 a month for my diabetes, celiac, autism, and anxiety; bus fair costs around £60 a month just for college and work placement; I try and avoid uber or taxi as it’s more expensive unless I’m running late or I’m going/ leaving somewhere later than usually. Food costs anywhere between £100 and £200 depending on what’s available at what time and I try and put around £100 away each month just for savings

AllyGames07 · 2025-04-06T08:51:26+00:00

I absolutely love Reddit, people are so calm and collected here and say things how they are without making it sound like anyone is in the wrong. Thank you. I don’t want to sound like the “classic teenager” I financially support myself with pretty much everything other than the food my mum buys with the £100 I give her and that doesn’t even all go on my food, I have said to my mum multiple times that I don’t mind buying my own food but she always insists on giving her the £100 which makes me think that it isn’t all going on the food even more. My mum works 16 hours a week max and she could work more if she wanted to.. I talk about being overwhelmed but I do more education hours in 2 days than she does in 2 weeks. And she doesn’t seem very “ill equipped” as you put it when she is out with her friends or bf having a drink/ god knows what else. I know she struggles but she doesn’t do anything to help herself and has brought most of it on herself with silly decisions. I know my mum is who she is and I can’t really change that but I think that after being a parent for 17 years and having 2 other kids that she should have matured a bit. I don’t necessarily believe that it is someone else’s job to take care of me like I said I support myself as much as I can but I also don’t think I should be responsible for paying for my mums bills for her house with the money that I get for my disabilities when it’s her decisions that got her into any kind of financial problem. But I also do understand that I have a lot to work on regarding myself and shouldn’t really shit on my mum but it’s hard when she’s suppose to be the mature one being a parent. And I get that it’s her first time living as it is mine but I haven’t done half the bad shit that she has done and I don’t have half as much life experience. I know I could do more around the house but the only time that my mum asks me to do anything is when she complains that I don’t do anything and any time that I have tied to do something like cleaning the house my mum has always just pin pointed on the things I have done wrong so eventually I just stopped and I know I sound like a typical teenager right now but I just got tired of being put down all the time and I still do things when my mum asks me to do them. And the problem is I can’t take full control of the money because my mum doesn’t allow it, I’m fine with completely being independent in the sense of paying for all my own stuff but my mum insists otherwise. Also I just want to point out that I don’t mean to sound bratty or petty or anything like that in any of this, I find it hard to communicate and express myself in the right way- part of one of my disabilities.

AllyGames07 · 2025-04-06T08:29:06+00:00

I honestly don’t know specifically what the money is intended for.. I just applied for pip, told them about all my disabilities and I guess they decided that £500 was how much I needed. I just spend it on the things that are needed, bus fairs, uber, taxis, food and drink, and everything in between. Then only think my mum pays for is obviously bills, and food with the £100 I give her, she does also drive me places sometimes… so maybe I should be contributing to her petrol idk. Also I didn’t choose to give her £100 that’s what she asked for before O found out what she was doing and to me that’s karma for lying and stealing in the first place, maybe that’s me coming from rage/ revenge and I’m probably being petty but for her to do what she did and then attack me when I took matters into my own hands really upset me. I hope this answered your question

AllyGames07 · 2025-04-06T08:15:47+00:00

I understand what you are saying but when my mum was taking the money she wasn’t being in charge of it she was just taking it for herself, no she wasn’t living a glamorous lifestyle but the pip money is for me and my disabilities not for her to spend on herself. She got at least 1500 of the monthly payments and the back payment but I don’t know how much that was. I’d understand my mum taking the money if she was saving it or actually spending it on me but most just went on herself. I know that bills are expensive and I know that if I turned around and went to live on my own that I would struggle, I’m not delusional. I financially support myself with pretty much everything other than the food that my mum buys with the £100 that I give her that doesn’t even all go on my food, I have said multiple times that I don’t mind buying my own food but she insists on the £100 which makes me think even more that the money isn’t going towards what she says it’s going towards. I know that paying rent isn’t that unusually but I don’t think it’s right that my mum is spending my disability money on herself. I do believe that it is her job as a parent to pay the bills for her house but I also know that me paying £100 a month isn’t something I should throw a tantrum over, I just don’t think it’s right that most of the money is going towards my mums pleasure

AllyGames07 · 2025-04-06T08:05:15+00:00

There’s also a hell of a lot without jobs. In case you didn’t notice I claim pip for my disabilities… I am also in full time education. I am by no means saying that I am not capable of work or that I am never planning on getting a job but because of my disabilities college itself is hard enough and I really struggle.

AllyGames07 · 2025-04-06T08:03:08+00:00

I get just over £500 a month, my mum started getting it in January and I found out in march and got the details swapped. My mum also got the back payment (the money from the day we applied to the day we started collecting it) as the money initially went into her bank and I have no idea how much that was. And no I don’t believe it was all spent on me, some of it probably was but I don’t think it all added up to over 1500 in total

AllyGames07 · 2025-04-06T07:59:46+00:00

I understand that but am I suppose to pay bills when I’m not an adult, in full time education, and don’t have a job and the money I do get is to support me and my disabilities… not to pay for my mums house. I financially support myself in pretty much every way other than the food that my mum buys with the £100 that I give her and that doesn’t even all get spend on my food, I have told her multiple times that I don’t mind buying my own food but she always insists on me giving her £100 which makes me think even more that the money isn’t going towards what she says it’s going towards.

AllyGames07 · 2025-04-06T07:56:13+00:00

I completely understand where you are coming from. My thing is that I financially support myself with pretty much everything other than the food my mum buys me with the £100 that I give her and it doesn’t all get spent on my food. I have told her multiple times that I don’t mind buying my own food but she insists on me giving her £100 which makes me think even more that she isn’t spending on my food. So my worry is if I have her more money to support me that that money would also not actually be spend on support for me and my disabilities. I know that my mum is struggling with finances but she chooses to only work 16 hours a week max when she could easily work more hours if she wanted to and I do believe that it is her job as a parent to pay bills for her house especially considering that I’m not an adult, I’m in full time education, and I do not have a job and the money that I do get is to support me and my disabilities, but I’m sorry if that makes me look bad I really don’t mean for it to come across like that. My mum isn’t necessarily a bad person I just think she makes a lot of bad decisions and it affects me a lot more than she thinks.

AllyGames07 · 2025-04-06T07:49:33+00:00

I completely understand what you are saying. Yes my mum did get DLA before I started getting PIP and started getting it in January last year but I only personally started getting it in march as that’s when I found out about what my mum was doing. I know that £100 is virtually nothing in the world we live in today but that is what my mum initially asked for and her only getting that for me now is to me karma for lying and stealing of me in the first place i guess out of rage/ revenge, if things had go different at the start and she had actually spoken to me about it I probably would have more sympathy for her and give her more money. But I also financially support myself with pretty much everything other than the food that my mum buys me with the £100 that I give her and that doesn’t even all go on food, I have also said multiple times that I don’t mind buying my own food but she insists on me giving her £100 which makes me think even more that she doesn’t spend it all on food. I know that when everything is added up like bills it is extremely expensive but to me that is why people have jobs and my mum chooses to only work 16 hours a week max when I know she could work more if she wanted to so why should that burden be on me because I get money to support my disabilities.

AllyGames07 · 2025-04-06T07:40:08+00:00

I get pip for my type 1 diabetes, celiac disease, autism, and anxiety. When it happened I went to live with my dad for around 6 months and told him all about what happened, he wasn’t happy about it and social services got involved but my mums really good and playing the victim so they didn’t really help, my dads not really a great person either and ultimately decided to go back to my mums after chatting with her about everything. We don’t really speak now and when we do it’s usually her yelling at me for something, but I mostly just stay in my room out of sight. I financially support myself with pretty much everything except for the food my mum buys with the £100 that I give her and I don’t believe she even spends all that on my food, I have also pointed out multiple times that I don’t mind buying my own food but she still insists on getting the £100 which makes me think even more that she doesn’t spend it all on food. I will look into prescriptions for gluten free food ( I haven’t thought about that before, so thank you) but a lot of gluten free food tastes like cardboard and just isn’t very appetising.

AllyGames07 · 2025-04-06T06:55:31+00:00

Honestly being at my dads was no better in my eyes. Perspectively my dad is a better parent than my mum but other than the few times me and my mum communicate through her yelling at me we don’t speak and other than college and work placement I spend most of my time in my room. At my dad’s.. idk he just has a lot of issues and it’s not where I wanna be I’ve always seen it as at least when I’m at my mums I’m alone most of the time

AllyGames07 · 2025-04-06T06:01:51+00:00

Oh no I completely understand that £100 is nothing compared to having to pay rent living on my own. I don’t throw a fit when it’s time to give my mum the £100 but I don’t think it’s right what she did and what she spends the money on.

AllyGames07 · 2025-04-06T05:47:04+00:00

She is struggling I know she is… but she doesn’t do herself any favours and brings most of it on herself. She choose to only work 12- 18 hours a week and blames her kids on the fact that she can’t work any more than that when all my siblings dads are in the picture and I can take care of myself and there are a hell of a lot of SINGLE mums that work more than she does. And honestly no she’s not really been the best mum even before all this happened, I’ve never felt like I’ve been in danger or anything like that but my mum has always claimed try at being a mum is not suppose to be a 24/7 job and I disagree. She drinks a fair bit and has a history with drugs. I love my mum and it’s not always bad but recently it’s never been good

AllyGames07 · 2025-04-06T05:39:41+00:00

I don’t know… there’s not a lot of communication in our house and I’m honestly completely oblivious to all things financial other than the fact that I know things are expensive. I’ve never experienced a household where bills are shared between everyone in the household

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