Tv 's Large Families On Benefits

[Dee Sa]

this programme makes me spit feathers ! how the other half lives eh ?
this moronic Essex woman [ yes I am an Essex girl but with principlesl] with umpteen kids has known a homeless Polish guy for only two weeks and says he is her soul mate ! really ! and is anxious to marry him so he can be included in her benefits , what is the world coming to ? it disgusts me that we pay our dues all our working lives to support scum like these. What is the world coming to ?

[Old_Geezer]

Sounds ok to me, when is she getting her boat ticket to Poland ?

[sandyRoe]

But he comes from a relatively backward country. Wouldn't he expect to have control of the family finances once they'd tied the knot?

[saintpeter48]

Sterilisation comes to mind ....... also, give her 6 months to get a job then stop all benefits or make her do voluntary work to earn her keep. It also makes my blood boil the way they expect a living from the state!

[silliemillie]

Next week she will pregnant (another mouth for us to feed) and he will be long gone. Stupid woman.

[RandyMarsh]

Don't watch the poor porn.

[BRIGHT SPARK]

These people dont make the rules...they just know how to work them.Its a bit like tax avoidance only on a much smaller scale.

[pusskin]

She was so angry that her boyfriend didnt get benefits.
He's only been in this country for one month!
They both deserve to lose all benefits, lazy pair of scroungers.
They both come across as really really stoopid. (Met up 2 wks ago) lol

[Dee Sa]

I bet he already has a wife & family in Poland, has she thought of that ? it really gets up my nose that she thinks its her right to milk the system.
Years ago if you had a large family then you had to provide for them you did not get any help, kids had hand me downs were worn and the family all pulled together, these days they all own Nike trainers and have "attitude".

[Mamyalynne]

'All have Attitude' is a generalisation too far.


There are many well behaved children and young adults who appreciate what they have.

[chaptazbru2]

This is why I don't watch these programmes, I couldn't take the stress !!

[ummmm]

That doesn't make good TV though, Mamy.

Dee...you do realise that these programmes are highly edited?

[Mamyalynne]

Exactly Ummmm, they hope people will make sweeping generalisations and by gum they're right.

[Dee Sa]

sorry but edited or not, this woman had 15 kids, all well dressed and expensive trainers and two flat screen tvs in one bedroom ! when I hit hard times and had three kids I ended up with 3 jobs to keep our head above water, I cant feel sorry for this woman I would like to give her a good slap.

[clara55]

i dont watch these programs as i would end up throwing something at the telly and as a working taxpayer i dont have the money to buy another !!

[andy-hughes]

This 'point and rant' TV is among the worst of the cheap 'reality' shows that populate our airwaves.

It provides nothing of any redeeming value for the participants, or the viewers, it simply winds people up, with no result - if we stopped watching them they would stop making them - the solution is right there.

[ummmm]

Dee....the old flat screen TV nonsense.

I had run a very successful business. My kids had very nice clothes. We had a TV in each room and every games console. Things went tits up and I left (chucked out) the abusive partner.

No one came round and confiscated my TV's or my 'latest' mobile phone, or my kids trainers.

Wanting to slap someone says more about you than her!