... you can get a wee flat in a good area in Glasgow for 80k.
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Replying to @hisotalus @sledgeamar1 and
Fair, but my point was do PhD students really have 10% of that even?
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Replying to @o_guest @hisotalus and
I just don't think PhD students can save. Like I already said I am really surprised you could.
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Replying to @o_guest @sledgeamar1 and
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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Replying to @hisotalus @o_guest and
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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Replying to @hisotalus @o_guest and
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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Replying to @hisotalus @sledgeamar1 and
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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Replying to @o_guest @sledgeamar1 and
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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Replying to @hisotalus @o_guest and
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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Replying to @hisotalus @o_guest and
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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I haven't had any support, literally any, from my family at all other than what I described. Growing up was really hard because lack of emotional support had led to some very deep, and sadly very serious, issues in my later life. So yeah, I feel you.
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Replying to @o_guest @hisotalus and
I'm gonna mute this thread, nothing person it's just too overwhelming how many replies I'm getting. If you need me though please feel free to tag me back in or DM me.
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