I'm skint - Oh no your not.

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Can we have your stories of people who claim they are skint but are clearly not.


My mate has a nice big house, 2 kids in private school, has cars on leases, ownes his own business.

Everytime I see him he moans about being skint, he then tells me about a horse they just bought, a family holiday they just went on for £1200 and about another holiday they just booked to go on in the same year that is costing £2000. thats 2 holidays in 1 year.

WTF - Am I missing something here.

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el stovey said:

Isn't he just saying he's skint because he has spent his money on all the stuff you mention?

I'm not sure, I think he has debts, business Loan, credit cards. So why keep adding to them. I bet they could pay off an extra 5-10k If they just had one year with no holidays/horses and rest.

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Pixelpeep7r said:

Skint = lack of immediately available cash

Everybody has their own struggles, just because the things they have are nice/nicer it doesn't mean they have any more available cash than you do.

if you've ever said to someone that you're skint i wonder if they've thought 'well, you could always sell that car or that TV and surround sound system if you were that desperate..'

OP - You budgeting £250 to spend on sinking some speakers into a wall might seem a bit frivolous to some, does that mean you're 'rolling in it' ?

Thanks for looking me up.