Ok well I now see why the OP chose this forum. @david55678 If you can’t kiss and make up which is highly advisable you COULD take the opposite confrontational approach. Most countries including the UK have eviction laws and if that was your place of residence, paying tenant or not, you can’t be ‘evicted’ like that. Refuse to evacuate and if they become confrontational call the police. If you’ve already left, return and if they won’t let you in call the police. I’m not versed in UK law but I do believe their is a notice process.
Needless to say this would result in an extremely uncomfortable and awkward situation. Perhaps not a homeless one. I would beg/plead and swear by changing your ways first.
On the off chance this isn’t a troll job. This was literally the first Google result in the UK for “how to get help for homeless”:
In terms of finding food, most Coops in the UK have charity partners that they give waste food to. Find a Coop and you therefore are likely to find a charity that feeds homeless people.
Also:
The UK ain’t that big. I have a hard time believing there’s anywhere in the UK (especially a MacDonalds), that isn’t within easy hiking distance of civilisation.
Isn’t he AT the McD’s, using the wifi? Here’s a thought - why not apply for a job while you’re there?
Also, OP, how is it you’ve made it to 21 without ever really working? Why haven’t you talked to your friends in years? Have you spent the last several years playing video games at your parents’ and they finally kicked you out because they couldn’t get through to you any other way?
Stacking shelves during a graveryard shift at a supermarket.
If you speak some English - and it seems that you do - and do not immediately show signs of severe mental health issues these jobs in the UK are your for the taking.
I’d be embarrassed to be 21 and still living with my parents. 21 yrs old and never held a job? No wonder they kicked you out. It’s called tough love in most places.
Were you born in 1952 like in your username? It is quite common now a days for people to live with their parents much longer. Things seem to cost a lot more (especially college), and jobs that you can get without a college degree don’t pay as much, or the ones that do are hard to find (factory, construction, trucking).
I don’t know man…sounds like excuses to me. I can understand if you are putting your kid through college but what percentage is that? I think kids these days are brought up to remain more dependant on their parents and their parents are too lax to do much to change that. Video games and cell phone addiction is a large part of the issue. I worked at menial jobs since I was 16…shagging shopping carts, stocking shelves, groundskeeping, janitorial service and then joined the military at 19. I didn’t go to college until after I got out.
This is true, they are the “boomerang” generation. I don’t think it’s about cost though. I think they were raised less willing to start out with “Less”. Most seem to want a pretty high level of accomodations and lifestyle right out of the gate, and don’t seem aware that previous generations started out basic and slowly worked their way up. My nephew doesn’t want to put down on a house because it would kill his party budget to make the payments. We just knew that that came with the territory and was part of becoming an adult.
I think the reason most people live pay check to pay check is almost always their own faults. That doesn’t mean that things like wage stagnation are not real, and that expenses have grown.
It is hard to say if kids are trained to be more dependent, or if it is outside forces. In countries were things are harder, kids lived with their parents until later in life, and that was decades ago.
That’s true, but when my parents were buying their first house many of those accommodations didn’t even exist. They didn’t have an internet or cell phone bill. My dad’s whole engineering degree cost about a third what mine did adjusted for inflation.
Now some things were more money. I have 10 years left on a 15 year mortgage (that I owe 97K on, house is worth a bit over 200K) at 2.875% interest. My parents bought their house for about the same amount of money in the late 80s, but their interest rate was 8% or something absurd.
I am financially ahead of where my parents were at 32 by a long shot. It is possible to be successful, but generally most people have to do things that others wouldn’t do for that to happen. For me it is being a professional driving a car I bought 3 years ago for $1500, my wife drives the fancy $3500 car, and living in a house that is much less than I can “afford”. I have several friends that have bought houses that are 2-3X what mine cost, and they make less. I don’t see them getting ahead until their 50s or 60s.
The willingness to make short term sacrifices for long term gain. Not a hallmark of many people, and not taught as a positive trait at the moment. Everybody want everything right now. It is not in the best interests of the younger generations that they are raised without an appreciation for the benefits of short term sacrifice.
Well the economy needs those people. If me and a few others basically buy nothing, or buy everything used the economy keeps rolling. Not sure that would be true if everybody did what I do.
I think for me, my financial super power is not buying shit. When I do buy stuff it is usually used. I basically never go shopping, even online. If I buy something it is because I need it (no shopping required). Maybe something is broken in my brain (along with the ADHD) that makes me okay with what I own. I must be somewhat different. I see every week that my neighbors have overflowing garbage bins with Amazon boxes and such. Some weeks I have one measly bag in my bin and don’t even bring it out.
My wife on the other hand. It is best if her account doesn’t have much money in it. She will shop online if she has money.
Investors like myself are important (savers). I don’t think it would work if everybody was like me though. The auto industry would sure have a hard time.
With the way most countries’ economies are now with COVID I’m sure it will soon be much more than 50%. Aside from that, things are more expensive these days and wages haven’t gone up much in recent years, I had my own place since I was 22 but the way it is now it might not be worth it. Wages went up a bit since then but rents are close to double.
One of my friends just got herself a condo. It ends up cheaper than renting. She just moved out at 29 from her parents place. IMO, it was a smart move. She paid off her college loans, and car, so she can make sure she has enough to pay all of the bills.
Rent has really gotten crazy. I could not rent my place for what I am paying on a 15 year mortgage (I think I would end up spending 3-400 more a month).
Might be worth looking into buying a small house or something if you can swing it? Depends largely on the market where you are, but at least here it seems owing costs less and you build equity.
