Why do the job?

Evil8Beezle:

Juddian:
To be fair Evil, i suppose i come from the previous generation (or maybe the bugger before cos i was old fashioned as a youngster and seriously out of time now [emoji38] ), where the man (usually but not always) went out to work and the wife often stayed at home and raised the family.
I know the nuclear family has come in for ridicule from the feminazis the hip media and other assorted people with problems and useful idiots over the years, but, like Christian ideals not necessarily involving religion, it wasn’t a bad way to guide your life.

Unfortunately the only way the average working bloke could make that happen was by earning serious money, hence the two weeks worth of work every week became the norm.
Basically why i followed the route i did throughout my driving years, always followed the money.

In many ways i’m glad people don’t usually have to do that any more, but whilst you are young, and if you’re careful with how you spend the extra, ie shovelling as much as possible against the mortgage to get that paid off early, then i think its still a valid work ethic, if for no other reason that if you don’t ■■■■ it up the wall then once you have your house paid for and have no debts they, the govt, employers etc, no one has got you by the ■■■■■■■■, the day that last payment goes to the building society is a very good day indeed

I think the problem for the youth of today is even dreaming of getting on the property ladder. A young lad (that you also know ) had to raise a stupid amount in deposit before he could get close to qualifying for a mortgage. And how many young people can do that with rents what they are? You, and to a degree me are from an age where mortgages achievable without having to scrape every single penny together, and with terms where we could see an end of actually paying it off. Today I fear most will never get to own their own home, and those that have stretched themselves thin to get on the ladder, may yet fall off it if interest rates change/rise!

As you’ve said before, this country is screwed…

One of the reasons I’ve gone into Trucking. Got a far better chance of getting a mortgage with my wage now and to boot I get a nice 39 percent discount on my house.

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