Thanks, yes, it's not been easy to save up but I feel it's been necessary so that when I finish the PhD a small gap between study and work is not going to tip me over the edge. I want a month off!
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I just don't think PhD students can save. Like I already said I am really surprised you could.
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I could only save because I get additional pay from teaching and because I feel like I have *had* to. I have not enjoyed saving whilst doing my PhD but I have nothing to fall back on and in my first year when I had no savings this caused a lot of sleepless nights.
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And to be clear, my savings would not stretch toward a deposit - I have different goals. I.e. my first lot of what I managed to save went all toward my citizenship, majority of other savings have been spent on travel. It costs me ~£700-1000 every time I see family
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Another big expenditure was when I was a bridesmaid for a good friend. It feels awful to say this but as the whole thing cost me ~£800, I wish I had declined that invitation. It really set me back and it was something I couldn't have afforded as my brother got married same summer
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Yeah, I couldn't afford to pay the 800 quid to see my family during my PhD either. Thankfully they covered it.
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I have had my mum and dad pay for things before but now they’re both retired and in ill health, they need all the money they have for themselves
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Which is actually bad on two fronts:I get very little empathy from my family for only visiting once a year and the cause of our annual argument among siblings is how I claim to be too busy and too poor to contribute. It creates a lot of tension and my family has no idea what it’s
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like to be doing a phd. I do envy people who get support from their family, in my family the roles are reversed and I am under constant guilt for not being supportive enough
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