{"id":242613,"date":"2023-11-30T13:26:07","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T13:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/?p=242613"},"modified":"2023-11-30T13:26:07","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T13:26:07","slug":"tearful-mother-reveals-she-cant-afford-to-feed-her-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/lifestyle\/tearful-mother-reveals-she-cant-afford-to-feed-her-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Tearful mother reveals she can&apos;t afford to feed her children"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Mother who works full-time for a \u00a323,500 salary breaks down in tears as she claims she can barely afford to feed her two children<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Abbie Palmer, 30, a customer services manager, is struggling\u00a0to feed her kids<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0\u00a0Greedflation! Shoppers pay through the nose for branded items like baked beans, mayonnaise and baby formula<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A mother who works full-time broke down in tears as she revealed she still can&#8217;t give her children the Christmas\u00a0they deserve because money is so tight.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Abbie Palmer, 30, posted a clip on TikTok criticising Rishi Sunak&#8217;s government and other MPs who she says are &#8216;living a life of luxury&#8217; while many in the UK are &#8216;living on their knees&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The mother-of-two revealed she works full-time as a customer services manager, but can barely afford to feed her children, aged 12 and six, on her \u00a323,500 salary.<\/p>\n<p>She explained she is currently on leave from work with sickness and believes she has anaemia &#8211; but added she is too frightened to see a doctor in case she needs prescription medicine, which she believes she would not be able to afford.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With Christmas fast-approaching, Abbie says she had to walk out of Aldi because she couldn&#8217;t afford a festive food shop.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/29\/17\/78384289-12806031-image-a-24_1701280276069.jpg\" height=\"1176\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Despite working full-time as a customer services manager, Abbie Palmer, 30, is struggling to feed her children on her salary of \u00a323,500<\/p>\n<p>She is left with \u00a3600-a-month after all bills are paid &#8211; which is not enough to get by.<\/p>\n<p>Abbie, from Wolverhampton, is well aware she does better than others.<\/p>\n<p>The mum-of-two says she usually spends \u00a3300 on each of her children at Christmas, but this year is reduced to \u00a3100 between them.<\/p>\n<p>Abbie said: &#8216;I was in Aldi thinking how normally this time of year my mum would fill the cupboards with Christmas treats.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Then I suddenly realised I wouldn&#8217;t be able to do that this year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I don&#8217;t have Sky or anything like that. Unless I can pay I don&#8217;t have it. I live completely within my means &#8211; but it&#8217;s still not enough.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Abbie says it is a &#8216;disgrace&#8217; that MPs earn as much as they do and get so many benefits, and energy companies continue to make &#8216;so many billions&#8217; while so many people are &#8216;suffering.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>She said: &#8216;My message to the government is let go of these expenses that the British public are paying for.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/30\/12\/78418045-12806031-image-a-1_1701345756985.jpg\" height=\"1150\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Currently on sick leave from work, Abbie suspects she has anaemia. However, she is unwilling to see a doctor because she fears she would not be able to afford prescription medications\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;m not seeing doctors having expenses paid for, lunches paid for, having second homes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;[MPs] don&#8217;t need \u00a340-a-day for lunch, they should get a sandwich and bag of crisps like rest of us.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Abbie is currently off work due to sickness.<\/p>\n<p>She thinks she has anaemia &#8211; a condition that develops when your blood produces a lower-than-normal amount of healthy red blood cells &#8211; but is scared to go to the doctors as she believes she won&#8217;t be able to afford any prescriptions.<\/p>\n<p>Abbie said: &#8216;I can&#8217;t even afford to keep myself healthy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I could end up with antibiotics and vitamin tablets that could cost \u00a330. I simply can&#8217;t afford that at the moment.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Abbie says compared to lots of people she is in a position of privilege, but says that just shows how bad things have become for people across the country.<\/p>\n<p>She said: &#8216;I&#8217;m not even on minimum wage, but once I&#8217;ve done my food shop and put fuel in my car that&#8217;s basically it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/30\/12\/78418051-12806031-image-a-2_1701346130456.jpg\" height=\"1173\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Abbie said she had to walk out of Aldi recently because she was unable to afford a festive food shop\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I can literally only go to the pub I used to work at on the off chance I can get a free drink or someone buys one for me.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Abbie says she doesn&#8217;t know a single person who isn&#8217;t struggling.<\/p>\n<p>Her rent, in social housing, is \u00a3450 per month, while her gas and electric comes to \u00a3150 and food \u00a3400 per month.<\/p>\n<p>She also has to pay \u00a3130-a-week for breakfast and after school clubs so she can continue to work.<\/p>\n<p>Abbie added: &#8216;Then within that you still want to allow them to do activities like football and cheerleading.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s completely unsustainable.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Abbie is going viral on TikTok for her thoughts on the nation&#8217;s current situation.<\/p>\n<p>Her video has been viewed more than four million times and has sparked thousands of comments.<\/p>\n<p>Some have rejected her claims, saying that \u00a3600-a-month after bills should be enough to live on.<\/p>\n<p>One person said: &#8216;\u00a3600 a month after bills would be a god send so I don&#8217;t understand how your struggling&#8230;. I&#8217;m left with maybe \u00a350 a month..&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Another added: &#8216;If you&#8217;re left with \u00a3600 per month AFTER bills and still struggling I&#8217;d suggest getting help with money managing.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>But others say they sympathise with Abbie.<\/p>\n<p>Someone posted: &#8216;People are missing the point.. it&#8217;s not a competition..people just don&#8217;t have enough to live on!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Another said: &#8216;I&#8217;m so sorry you&#8217;re struggling, and that people are still saying &#8216;I would be well happy with \u00a3600&#8242; like it&#8217;s a competition.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-12806031\/mother-time-tears-afford-feed-children.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mother who works full-time for a \u00a323,500 salary breaks down in tears as she claims she can barely afford to feed her two children Abbie Palmer, 30, a customer services&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":242612,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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