Do you find it difficult to ‘treat’ yourself?

biglouis

My main way of treating myself is that I dont skimp on heating in winter or hot showers twice (sometimes three) times a day. I have very bad arthritis and this helps to ease the pain. I have a bottle of wine every week (shared with my nephew) and spend quite a lot on fruit. As I am not longer able to travel I make sure I am warm and confortable at home. Ive done more than my share for the community.

How will you survive the winter when the winter fuel payment stops?

llizzie2

Dotty123

Is it just me or do others find it difficult to spend money on themselves? I know it sounds mad but I bought a box of fresh cherries in our local supermarket today and with my DH’s encouragement ate the lot! They were just divine. It seemed such an extravagance but we can afford it so why do I hesitate to ‘treat’ myself?

Will we have any money to spend on ourselves now that we have to save extra hard to pay for our heating now that the new Labour Chancellor has taken away the cold weather payment and the winter fuel payment except to those claiming Pension Credit.

What if you have a tenner more coming in and cannot claim Pension Credit?

Attendance allowance, DLA and PIP are not means tested benefits.

Thousands of us died in the covid pandemic. This winter will we have a hypothermia epidemic? How will the NHS cope with that? Will the Euthanasia bill be passed by then?

NO Euthanasia bill is planned or proposed. NONE.

FlexibleFriend

No and I tend to think bigger than a tub of cherries.

Me too Flexible Friend

There are many pensioners who can manage easily with out the Winter fuel payment and I am among them and there are plenty more like me.

The mistake that was made by its withdrawal was the cold turkey effect at the lower end. the Chancellor should at the same time have increased the Pension credit level by £10-15 a week to enable a transition for those just above PC level.