Louisa Britain

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Profane. Poor. ME/CFS. Unashamed. Veteran of the free school meals shambles and now editing an anthology of truths on poverty. Is @RoadsideMum on Twitter.
Show threadLouisa BritainNov 21, 2022
@silentia7 Some more that have been said to or about me - makeup, cakes/sweets/dessert, any branded item regardless of what brand or function (includes shirts/ food/ toys), any cultural or social engagements (eg. no attending birthday parties or celebrating Halloween), Netflix, new or matching bedlinen, veterinary care and my personal all time favourite - nevermind the gin, what about the tonic that went with it, tonic was excessive, could/should have mixed my drink with water.
Show threadLouisa BritainNov 21, 2022
@acid @magnatom @KaraL 2 days per load in winter if there's no rain.
Show threadLouisa BritainNov 21, 2022
@mrcopilot I can't decide if you get it but that was meant to be a joke, or if you genuinely can't recognise the characteristics of a shit neighbourhood. Which means I am uncertain of your intentions in making such a weird, dismissive comment.
Show threadLouisa BritainNov 20, 2022
@Mrs_Moons It is awful isn't it, and it takes so long to recover properly.
Show threadLouisa BritainNov 20, 2022
@clairecansick No one knows more about making money work well than Martin Lewis and he tipped into "this can't realistically be done anymore" at least a year or two ago.
Louisa BritainNov 20, 2022

I asked my kids "what sucks most about being poor". Answers below in no order.

"Kids making fun of me because I didn't know what a PlayStation was".

"It's always cold".

"You're never able to afford anything nice".

"People are constantly mean about everything".

"The government is always trying to kill you".

"I don't know it's just horrible".

"You can't get enough food sometimes".

"The barking dog and the car alarms, the fighting and the creeps outside... And when there's broken glass".

Louisa BritainNov 20, 2022

I am so incredibly tired of writing posts about what actual poverty looks like only to get replies saying words to the effect of put a jumper on, eat porridge, how dare you have any source of entertainment or pass-times, a dangerously bad home is still a roof over your head, if you were actually poor you wouldn't have a car, etc.

It's ignorance masquerading as informed perspective, it insults the intelligence of >14 million UK residents and it's blamey as fuck.

I've no patience with it.

Show threadLouisa BritainNov 20, 2022
@fibri I am not talking about your slight inconvenience I am taking about the kind of cold in which people are getting sick and slowly dying. They aren't in a position where a couple more layers will help them. If you think they are you aren't listening.
Louisa BritainNov 20, 2022

My kids are angry at me because Daddy was going to take them swimming today and I said no.

The youngest has a bad cold and I don't want the middle one in the pool and the changing rooms alone.

I said Daddy could take them to the nice warm indoor cinema, provided the kids wear masks but Daddy didn't rate any of the films available as worth the fee or the inconvenience so Daddy has left without them and they are staying in.

No one is talking to me beyond a grunt 🙄

Louisa BritainNov 20, 2022
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