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Allotments, chess sets & cutting food spending – this week's MSE Forum highlights

Forum Executive

22 November 2024

This week on the MSE Forum, MoneySavers have posed questions about how to cut their spending and how to make wise choices when picking a product.

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A few of this week's top threads

These are some of the Forum discussions that caught our eye this week:

Money Moral Dilemma

Every week, the Money Tips email features a real-life Money Moral Dilemma (MMD for short). They're intended to encourage debate and, as such, they're usually among the most discussed threads each week.

Should we ask our daughter and her boyfriend to start paying us rent?

My daughter and her boyfriend have bought a house. They're redecorating before moving in, so they've been living between our house and his parents' home. My daughter stopped paying us rent in May, shortly after they got the keys. While I'm happy to help, my husband and I are both low earners and claim a small amount of Universal Credit. My daughter puts £1,000 away in savings each month, and she and her boyfriend earn £120,000 a year between them, so I feel it's unfair she's lived with us rent-free for five months. Should I tell her this?

See what our MSE Forumites had to say and add your own thoughts on the Money Moral Dilemma discussion thread. Do please stick to the MSE Forum rules: keep it kind and keep it clean. Remember, there's a real person behind every dilemma.

Got a Money Moral Dilemma of your own? Email us at MMD@moneysavingexpert.com and it could be featured.

Photo of the week

On our Old style MoneySaving board, Forumites share their latest charity shop bargains. Frith was pleased to snap up this 1930s miniature chess set for a mere £1.50.

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Latest comping wins

Sarah250187 won £170 to spend on a meal in a Brighton restaurant and decided to make a weekend of it. See some snaps of their seaside sojourn. Meanwhile partlydave1 is celebrating winning a whopping £1,500 of Pets at Home vouchers.

Our Competitions time board is the place to discover which prizes could be yours.

Your two cents

Black Friday is coming up very soon. Check out our team's analysis of the deals (and the duds) and do share your findings on the Forum - we'd love to hear about any great discounts you've spotted that might have gone under the radar, or maybe you've found an offer that's not all it's cracked up to be.

As ever, keep Martin's Money Mantras in mind before parting with any cash!

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