Is £50 a lot too you

struggler07

My mums on benefits and she says £50 is a lot of money I think it's normal amount I don't think it's too much

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Reply 1

username904959

It's a lot of money if you don't have it, and not that much if you do.

Reply 2

Crystalz

I can get through £200 a week (18, live at home. have no expenses) because i'm incredibly reckless with money and like to go out every day if i can :/
I have friends that spend more than £50 every time we go out.
It doesn't go very far because of the things i want to do...
I wish i could appreciate it more so it's good that you do, less likely to end up in debt in the future.

Reply 3

balkanlad

I'd rather have £50 than not have £50, put it that way.

Reply 4

Swanbow

£50 is two weeks food shopping for me. If you don't have a lot of disposal income then £50 is quite an important sum of money.

Roughly a day's wage on minimum wage.

Reply 5

the bear

you can do quite a lot with £50

Reply 6

SiminaM

50 pounds is my pocket money for a month

Reply 7

ProNoob

Original post by the bear

you can do quite a lot with £50

True
For me that is a months transport :tongue:

Loving the 16+ oyster cards :tongue:

Also can buy 10 footlongs from subway

Reply 8

ProNoob

Original post by SiminaM

50 pounds is my pocket money for a month

Wow
The strugle is real
my pocket money per month is £120 woo
End up saving half of it every month though

Reply 9

Lemon Haze

£50 can be a lot for a little depending on who you are, the live style you live and what you are trying to buy.

For some people £50 is only enough for half a nice pair of jeans or a small night out. For others £50 needs to feed them and their family for a week or more...

For me personally I get £25 a week for transport and food from my parents. Around £400/month from work and up to £100/month from my little graphics business.

Reply 10

SiminaM

Original post by ProNoob

Wow
The strugle is real
my pocket money per month is £120 woo
End up saving half of it every month though

Doesn't bother me. I live with my parents so I only pay for bus tickets and drinks when I go out. I barely buy food.

Reply 11

PinkMobilePhone

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It depends what it's for.

I spend around £120 for a week's shopping for the family if I'm careful. So in that sense, £50 wouldn't even get us through half a week. So for a family weekly food shop, no it's not a lot.

For a single item of clothing? Hell yes it's a lot.

Really depends how much you've got to begin with, how many people you're having to budget for (in my case there are 6 of us), and what you're planning on using it for.

Reply 12

ProNoob

Original post by SiminaM

Doesn't bother me. I live with my parents so I only pay for bus tickets and drinks when I go out. I barely buy food.

Oh ok cool
Same but i pay for my phone bill, transport, and food for myself when in college.
I just realised that i am extreamly stingy with my money :frown:

Reply 13

the bear

Original post by ProNoob

True
For me that is a months transport :tongue:

Loving the 16+ oyster cards :tongue:

Also can buy 10 footlongs from subway

you could buy 50 £1 frozen curries/chinese from Tesco :yep:

Reply 14

Green22

In my eyes it is a lot of money.

Reply 15

xx-Samantha-xx

When i was 17, in my first job at £3.95 an hour then £50 was about 12 hours worth of work, so three shifts and seemed a lot more.

Now, after uni and getting my qualified job, its one fifth of my Car finance payment or a full tank of diesel. I'd still rather have it then not to be fair.

So as other people have said it depends on the person and their situation.

Reply 16

Octohedral

As a student? It's an appreciable sum, and I wouldn't spend it every day, or even week. However, my accommodation is paid by a loan, and I earn a few hundred pounds a month, and have some savings from teenage weekend jobs, so I would be happy to spend it on something I wanted that might be non-essential.

Never on clothes, though. Books > clothes :tongue:

Reply 17