OK. I shall rephrase it.
My GF is paying for Sky and BT. I am buying food and electricity. HAPPY??!!
I'm sorry, have you ever bought food and paid an electricity bill before? 53 pounds to feed two people for a week? And then add in in the electricity bill every month, which seeing as you're unemployed, I'm assuming as you'll be at home the majority of the day, the Infinity and HD box won't ever be turned off, stacking up the bills even higher.
I think you've been dealt a blessing with the house, and will take a HUGE amount of financial strains out of your and GFs relationship in the future, and if a great investment to have at your age.
Whilst you and many are right, JSA is your money to do what you want with, the fact that you are spending it on top of the range cable and BB packages, just goes to show that unfortunately you aren't ready to own your own house. You need to start thinking about future planning. Yes, its great everything is looking great today and you have enough money left over from JSA to spend on these luxuries, and even better, your not going out and spending it it drink and drugs. However...What are you going to do tomorrow if the boiler breaks down? Ask your Dad for the money to fix it? What are you going to do if the washing machine packs in? Ask your dad for a new one? What about if you get a pest infestation of some sort? Ask your Girlfriend to pay to have it sorted?
Owning a house isn't smooth sailing. As you have already said yourself, you have had it easy, growing up at home with your parents, having the luxuries giving to you. However, that isn't the case now. If you think you're grown up enough to own your own house, you need to start acting like a grown up would. If you have enough money spare to spend on luxury cable and BB, then you should be putting that money aside for a rainy day, treating your girlfriend to something small, taking your dad out for a beer or two as a thank you, spending money on getting yourself employed. I mean hell, what if you need a haircut? New clothes for an interview? Books to study from for an interview? If you're getting sky HD you obviously have a HDTV. Just enjoy free view for now and catch up services on a basic internet connection, and when you do become employed full time, go crazy with your spending, hell put Sky HD in every room...But whilst you're unemployed, you're already being sensible enough to cut back on certain luxuries, now do what any sensible adult would do in your FORTUNATE position, and get rid of all luxuries.
If you do, it will possibly give you even more added motivation to get a new full time job, so you have something extra to aim for.
Not that any of this will make a blind bit of difference, you'll still keep the luxuries, you'll still live out of your Dad and GFs pockets, and when they finally have no more money to give you...maybe then, you'll finally get rid of that HD sky package!
Come on son.
I forgot to say, all of that aside, I hope all the job hunting goes well and you find something sooner rather than later. I think you are more than entitled to the JSA that is being offered to you, and you clearly have the desire to want to work and I'm sure it will all work out for you. However, you just need to get some priorities in place chap, so you can make the most of this amazing opportunity your Dad has given you. As unfortunately, and touch on wood, not any time soon, but unfortunately your Dad isn't going to be around forever to pay your mortgage. If the worst came to the worst and something terrible happened to him next week, don't mess up what he has given you, by not having enough foresight and planning for a rainy day, and have to sell the house because you can't pay the mortgage yourself in a worst case situation.
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