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  • LondonManc
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    Originally posted by clearedforlanding View Post
    So not letting her look at pictures of naked men?
    Up to her. I don't manager that tightly and the internet's already paid for.

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  • clearedforlanding
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    Originally posted by LondonManc View Post
    Managing my wife, keeping her expectations at the correct level
    So not letting her look at pictures of naked men?

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  • LondonManc
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    Originally posted by clearedforlanding View Post
    Ah, managing your spending to keep your wealth under the threshold? There is a tipping point for divorce.
    Managing my wife, keeping her expectations at the correct level

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  • clearedforlanding
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    Originally posted by LondonManc View Post
    I'm still with my wife. Cheaper than a divorce so far.
    Ah, managing your spending to keep your wealth under the threshold? There is a tipping point for divorce.

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  • LondonManc
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    Originally posted by clearedforlanding View Post
    Like a rat with electric shocks, I conditioned my ex with the embarrassment of having her card declined. This had an interesting side affect of giving her a tic whenever she enters a PIN number.

    Even though she fleeced me at the divorce I have great pleasure knowing that she looks like she is having an epileptic fit at the Harvey Nick's cashier.
    I'm still with my wife. Cheaper than a divorce so far.

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  • clearedforlanding
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    Originally posted by LondonManc View Post
    My wife needs to know that there's a limit to what we can spend. See BP and others who let their ex-wives think otherwise.
    Like a rat with electric shocks, I conditioned my ex with the embarrassment of having her card declined. This had an interesting side affect of giving her a tic whenever she enters a PIN number.

    Even though she fleeced me at the divorce I have great pleasure knowing that she looks like she is having an epileptic fit at the Harvey Nick's cashier.

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  • mdhd
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    Originally posted by clearedforlanding View Post
    More fool you for letting your wife know.


    Seriously, all OP needs to do is to learn how to smile politely while thinking '**** you' and get on with his work.
    Instead of "calculate", I meant "speculate".

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  • LondonManc
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    Originally posted by clearedforlanding View Post
    More fool you for letting your wife know.


    Seriously, all OP needs to do is to learn how to smile politely while thinking '**** you' and get on with his work.
    My wife needs to know that there's a limit to what we can spend. See BP and others who let their ex-wives think otherwise.

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  • clearedforlanding
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    Originally posted by LondonManc View Post
    More fool you. Apart from my wife, no other relatives know how much I earn.
    More fool you for letting your wife know.


    Seriously, all OP needs to do is to learn how to smile politely while thinking '**** you' and get on with his work.

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  • LondonManc
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    Originally posted by mdhd View Post
    You talk about permies, I have relatives who calculate for me how much is my take home

    Answer is: Just smile and wave boys.
    More fool you. Apart from my wife, no other relatives know how much I earn.

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  • mdhd
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    You talk about permies, I have relatives who calculate for me how much is my take home

    Answer is: Just smile and wave boys.

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  • Yonmons
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    Oh come on, if it wasnt you this gob on a stick was picking on it would be someone else, look at it this way, whilst he is picking on you he is giving some other poor sod a rest. I suppose its down to personalities, if you give it out you have to be prepared to take I could have fun here, and wouldnt have to post in contractor uk how to handle it ! Dont they call them bullies or something like that ?

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  • TheFaQQer
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    Originally posted by seanraaron View Post
    Hire a limo on your last day and wave a fan of £100s out the window at them as you leave.
    That way, the permies will take pity on you for having to use Scottish or Northern Irish notes?

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  • TheFaQQer
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    Originally posted by ELBBUBKUNPS View Post
    I'm surprised this is still an issue as these days a lot of permies earn more than contractors do anyway even if its £500 aday as most really fail IR35, expenses are going, permies employers pay there pension etc etc I thought contracting these days not about the £ but the flexibility to be your own boss.
    If that were true, there would be no need to try to clamp down on IR35, introduce a dividend tax, and attempt to force people into being paid as a permie after one month with the same client, and HMRC would be shouting from the rooftops.

    But it's not.

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  • LondonManc
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    Originally posted by TheFaQQer View Post
    He didn't take offence. Some people will believe even the most stupid of excuses though.

    HTHBIDI


    Anyone who buys a yellow Hyundai Coupe then puts a private plate on it needs blanking.

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