Britains Spending Secrets
Discussion
Just watched it this morning
Benefits woman: Had HP on a fridge with a blue light, but hardly any food in it. Why? Probably poses for selfies with the fridge. If you gave her a Bentley and a house in Hampstead she would still find something to moan about.
Woman struggling on 25k: I thought came across ok
Mr Starbucks: What a sad man! When he went to the other woman's house he did a search for Starbucks and said "the nearest Starbucks is 12 miles away - that's just not aspirational".
Fashion blog woman: Must be doing something right, fair play to her
Telegraph man: seemed like a pompous prat
Alfie: I thought his came across ok - the decor in the house was a bit eye watering though!
Baroness: came across really well - waste not want not. I hope she washed the tights though!
Benefits woman: Had HP on a fridge with a blue light, but hardly any food in it. Why? Probably poses for selfies with the fridge. If you gave her a Bentley and a house in Hampstead she would still find something to moan about.
Woman struggling on 25k: I thought came across ok
Mr Starbucks: What a sad man! When he went to the other woman's house he did a search for Starbucks and said "the nearest Starbucks is 12 miles away - that's just not aspirational".
Fashion blog woman: Must be doing something right, fair play to her
Telegraph man: seemed like a pompous prat
Alfie: I thought his came across ok - the decor in the house was a bit eye watering though!
Baroness: came across really well - waste not want not. I hope she washed the tights though!
.I bet the rich fashion/blog woman couldn't believe her luck getting to be on a programme like that. Like everyone else, I thought the snobby bloke who earned nothing while his wife brought in the cash (nothing actually wrong with that) looked like a right pillock. Alfie Best seemed alright and whilst I do have problem with inherited privilege, the Baroness woman seemed nice. The hippies were quite fun, the £25k woman was OK, the single mum was something unprintable and Telegraph man was slightly annoying. Basically, I agree with pretty much everyone else on this thread so I'm not sure what the point of my post is. 
okgo said:
MC Bodge said:
I would suggest that Most people are not as "well-off" as the image they portray would suggest.
You can have a very nice life on a not massive income. A lot of people always want more, but all they then do is spend more on more expensive versions of what they already have.
No of course, I made a comment on a car finance thread that alluded to that. Amusingly sometimes it works the other way too, a recent example was the sale of my neighbour opposites house, it was not far from a million asking, and the people that have bought it have a mondeo and an audi a1, this isn't the vision most people have of people capable of buying million pound houses, but it goes to show how far people can and will stretch themselves on a mortgage over other aspects of their lives. You can have a very nice life on a not massive income. A lot of people always want more, but all they then do is spend more on more expensive versions of what they already have.
Found this quite cringey to watch..
£2K Fridge Wench - moron, absolute moron.
Millionaire single woman - can't knock her at all, fashion-sense aside she's obviously done extremely well for herself.
Middle-class couple - irritating, especially the husband, just seemed extremely arrogant.
6 kids and £25k couple - idiots. I'm sorry but 6 kids on £25k combined then complain you have to shop in charity shops..?
Millionaire gypsy - can't really knock him, money can't buy taste, but it's money he earned himself, bit deluded though.
Upper-class wench - genuinely liked her, obviously born into immense wealth but he attitude to spending and saving money I quite liked.
£2K Fridge Wench - moron, absolute moron.
Millionaire single woman - can't knock her at all, fashion-sense aside she's obviously done extremely well for herself.
Middle-class couple - irritating, especially the husband, just seemed extremely arrogant.
6 kids and £25k couple - idiots. I'm sorry but 6 kids on £25k combined then complain you have to shop in charity shops..?
Millionaire gypsy - can't really knock him, money can't buy taste, but it's money he earned himself, bit deluded though.
Upper-class wench - genuinely liked her, obviously born into immense wealth but he attitude to spending and saving money I quite liked.
mgtony said:
4 kids.
Didn't realise this was a series, 2nd episode tonight at 9:00.
Still too many it seems, I don't think it's fair to keep having children if you're not in a financially strong enough position to support them.Didn't realise this was a series, 2nd episode tonight at 9:00.
Another episode though? I think I'll pass. It was more like a newspaper article than a television episode. Anne's a bit a stuck up too tbh.
iPlayer blurb:
"In this second episode, Anne wants to know whether we can spend our way to happiness. First Anne meets billionaire John Caudwell, one of the richest men in the UK, who gives her a grand tour of his £90 million home. Surely if being able to buy whatever you want makes you happy, he must be one of the happiest men alive?
Not having money to spend can have a devastating effect on people, as Anne discovers when she helps out at one of the UK's 800 food banks and meets Brian, who's fallen on hard times and depends on the food bank to survive.
Anne meets Rosie, whose husband is a city banker. She needn't be frugal, but Rosie is an ethical shopper, and every purchase has to conform to her ethical rules. Anne is introduced to the joys of fast fashion when she goes on a shopping spree with Amina, who is on benefits and gets such joy from buying clothes on the cheap that she would rather do that than eat.
Anne asks two families to come clean to each other about their spending. They have very different spending philosophies - the James family are bargain-hunting savers, and the Saunders' are label lovers who are prepared to splash out on the right brands. Can they each persuade the other that their way of spending will make the other family happier?
Finally, Anne meets a bunch of skydiving pensioners who believe the key to happiness is to have shared experiences. Can they persuade Anne to join them?"
"In this second episode, Anne wants to know whether we can spend our way to happiness. First Anne meets billionaire John Caudwell, one of the richest men in the UK, who gives her a grand tour of his £90 million home. Surely if being able to buy whatever you want makes you happy, he must be one of the happiest men alive?
Not having money to spend can have a devastating effect on people, as Anne discovers when she helps out at one of the UK's 800 food banks and meets Brian, who's fallen on hard times and depends on the food bank to survive.
Anne meets Rosie, whose husband is a city banker. She needn't be frugal, but Rosie is an ethical shopper, and every purchase has to conform to her ethical rules. Anne is introduced to the joys of fast fashion when she goes on a shopping spree with Amina, who is on benefits and gets such joy from buying clothes on the cheap that she would rather do that than eat.
Anne asks two families to come clean to each other about their spending. They have very different spending philosophies - the James family are bargain-hunting savers, and the Saunders' are label lovers who are prepared to splash out on the right brands. Can they each persuade the other that their way of spending will make the other family happier?
Finally, Anne meets a bunch of skydiving pensioners who believe the key to happiness is to have shared experiences. Can they persuade Anne to join them?"
smithyithy said:
She must have money somewhere unless she's tremendously in debt.
Secret sugar daddy, perhaps?
As far as I can tell, this is her daddy:Secret sugar daddy, perhaps?
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https://www.linkedin.com/pub/stuart-ongley/8/b27/8...
Edited by schmunk on Wednesday 26th August 17:08
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