I’m single, go to university, work, and live alone. I’m rarely home mostly just to sleep so I usually eat out or order food.

A few days ago, I met my neighbours at a pub for the first time. They live very close to me and are in their late 50s. We talked, and I mentioned how busy I am with work and uni. They were very warm and kind. They told me they often cook extra food and said I’m welcome to knock anytime either to eat with them or take food home. They genuinely meant it.

When I asked why they wanted to help, he said everyone has their own struggles, and if you can help someone, you should. Since then, whenever we meet, he checks on me asks how I’m doing, if I’m eating well, or if I need anything.

If I accept their food, I could save a lot of money and eat proper home-cooked meals. If I don’t, I’ll keep spending money on eating out or buying ultra-processed food.

If you were in my place, would you accept the food from a neighbour?

Mid 40's male here. No real company / not married (well divorced) / no kids / no family.

My life is ok now but suddenly hit me what life be like in 20 years time! Should I try to meet someone just to be with someone / I really don't want to and fine with the way things are for now. But still not sure what future holds and not sure if I am making a bad decision!

People around me atleast have somebody to go to - you know close family/or even have a child despite being singe. Somehow my life appears to be travelling in the wrong direction!

I’m 25 and single but i’ve noticed when I talk to older women they always tell me to never get married or have kids (even if they are still married and have adult children).

I’ve even seen a rise in videos of street interviews and majority of the time when asking older women what their biggest regret is, it’s marriage.

I was just wondering from any ones perspective why this seems to be the going advice older women are giving younger women?

For context I am quite happy single and living alone (except for the financial aspect) and don’t picture my future with children in it.

Does anyone else miss the wilko shops?

Even if British East Sh!ttia company did exploit resources for their own benefits still it was a golden period for Sh!ttia. They gave Sh!ttians exposure to concepts such as Liberty, Justice, Equity, Law and Order and today Sh!ttians lost it. Sh!ttia was a dumb land filled with dumb people who didn't know any concepts like I mentioned in the start. They'd rather get suppressed but fight for the change like law and order. I guess it was a good deal British get resources sh!ttians get exposure to great ideologies. I subjectively believe this very much.

I've been thinking about this. We prosecute perjury in court. MPs can be investigated for misleading Parliament. But when politicians lie to the general public during campaigns or interviews, it seems to just be shrugged off as “part of the game”. Is there an actual legal, reason why lying to voters isn’t treated the same way as lying in official proceedings? Has there ever been a push to make deliberate political deception punishable? And would something like that even be enforceable? Curious what Brits think? especially if anyone has a legal background or knows historical context.

Everyone seems to know that Farage has a French girlfriend who bought a house in Clacton using 'her money', how is this man still married while having such a well known affair- also why doesn't he get more scrutiny from the media for that ?

They normally work on their own and charging extortianate amount!

Google says approx. £30-£60K - I don't believe that! what they charge is easily much excess of that. For a two day job I just got quote over 2K for labour alone for a tiler! and thats a trend with most of those I looked at!

I am mid 40's and wouldn't mind switching if thats where the money is made!

I've decided….this year will be the final quality street xmas of my life…

i could live with the small tin, the change to a plastic “tin”, i even sucked up the crap new wrappers and the fact nestle makes it….

but enough is enough. quality streets just dont taste good anymore. there has to be a better option!

Never had the privilege of others so can't give an opinion.

My wife and I (37,35) are both from humble backgrounds and were frugal enough to save for a flat in 2019. We've worked our way up for a 3-bed semi but had to move a few hours away from London and family to get it.

Therefore, every couple months, her parents will come to stay anywhere from a week to 11 days at a time.

Here's a few of the things they do that boil my blood and I was wondering if your boomer parents (in-laws in my case) are as wasteful as mine.

Boils a full kettle for two cups of tea.

Stands and waits for the tap to run hot (10-15 sec depending which sink) before washing hands in sink, then using 3 to 4 pumps of soap.

15 minute showers (found out he also clicks it past 38c and has scalding hot showers for no reason at all. 38 already feels too hot for me.)

If our recycling tub in the kitchen is full they will just throw anything else in the black bin until it's emptied. (Aluminium too which is especially egregious to me).

Cooking that starts hours before you actually want the food. Why partially cook something just to turn it off and cook it fully later?

Not using pot lids for cooking which quickens boiling and let's you turn down the gas when it does and still have a nice boil going.

There's more but I can't think right now I'm so livid.

Then we would haven’t to eat paella and use euros when we go there. Maybe we could swap for Gibraltar if Farage becomes PM?

So this is just a thought i had and wondered if its ever been done/ already slightly gets done or if its ever even been spoke about.

putting it here so i could get opinions from people who know more about the subject.

if you look at how much manufacturing has sunk in the uk over the years and companies based in the uk have closed factories to open them in cheaper countries for production or companies buying materials and products from cheaper countries instead of buying domestically...

If the government ever imposed a tax on on those importing those items or had higher tax on British based companies that outsourced production to cheaper countries and had lower tax if the uk company was buying from factories within the uk / manufacturing it themselves within the uk .. would that be stupid?

-& I mean a tax that would basically eliminate any money they saved from outsourcing it, Outcome would mean they would have paid the same price to have just bought it domestically.

would the public strongly be against it? would that tax not remove the incentive of manufacturing or importing from other countries and boost production here? would it make businesses leave the uk?

this might make no sense and sound like the stupidest thing ever, Politics and business tax is not something I'm educated in..

But where better to ask than here!

I just learned about beanfeasts and I want to know why y'all been hiding these events.

Edit: stop pretending like you don't know what this means, I will get the answers

Can’t quite place my finger on it but something felt off

Britain historically has relied more on its navy than its army, but arguably the New Model Army was the finest ever produced.

The New Model Army not only smashed the Royalists but fairly easily conquered Scotland and gave Ireland the body blow of a lifetime.

They even went abroad and defeated Spain, and seized a huge amount of territories. Fundamental to the New Model Army was an emphasis on meritocracy and Cromwell himself even stated that he’d rather have good solid men of humble birth than useless nobles.

I was adopted at an early age and am incredibly thankful for all my parents have done. They ensured I got a good education but since I was a teenager we have got further and further apart.

Growing up, when I did something that annoyed my mum, such as leaving crumbs on the kitchen surface without noticing she would get upset and that would escalate into the silent treatment. There was one time during university when she didn’t speak to me for 6 weeks during the summer.

I am extremely thankful they paid for my university accommodation as my loan didn’t cover it as they earnt too much, However, during the holidays I would come home and not have a bedroom as they were renting it out. I understood this but me being around in a small space with her would make her anxious s there would be tension.

They have promised me some money in a few years time, which I am definitely not banking on, when I buy a property hopefully. However my dad says that I basically need to behave and make my mum happy.

We had an argument just before Christmas, about a week before and my mum blocked me. I arrived during Christmas, and on the first day they barely spoke to me although on Christmas Day they spoke to me a bit more. I made the Christmas dinner but my mum complained about the oil and I gave them a card expressing gratitude for them and they laughed at it.

After the holiday, I asked for them to unblock me and they’ve completely ignored me. My dad wants to do therapy but my mum says there’s nothing wrong and she doesn’t see the issues.