The Money Controls Me! | Spendaholics | Only Human

I was a single mother. Saved, never spent on myself - worked to pay mortgage, bills and spoilt my daughter. Now I realise I don’t know what is best....at least she socialised and went out. I never did anything. It’s depressing both ways, the middle road is best.

Idk why these shows never bring up the fact that popular culture is constantly shoving hyper consumerism down our throats.

Sharron, you will ALWAYS be your sons Mom. NO ONE can replace you. Enjoy your life, giving your son a chance to spread his wings. When he comes to visit, just love him and be a supporting Mom who will respect his room to grow his wings. HE WILL always love you. You will have a relationship, don't worry. He also has a need to know his father, this will fill a void in him also.

Have watched 11 episodes and Sharon is by far the most grounded and warm person I’ve seen. I hope sue and her son are reconnecting :)

Unlike so many of the others on these programmes, Sharon actually seems like a nice person. She isn't living off someone else and abusing their finances, like for eg the blonde girl in Poynton who was living rent free with her parents and making them work long shifts to fund her spending, or the lad in Manchester using his sick mother's retirement savings to buy Vivien Westwood, or the woman in Kent spending 23k of her mum's money. She clearly works hard, is intelligent, has a really good job (£39k would be a decent salary for a legal secretary even now let alone in 2005). Her friends and family comment on the fact that she's generous with her money. She was clearly grieving the departure of her son which must have been bloody difficult given that she appeared to have raised him by herself. And I'm gonna say it...unlike so many of the others on here...it's easier to see how she got into so much debt without realising, cause she had a decent salary and was buying discounted items and second hand. Given that her net pay was 2400 and she probably mixed with people who had similar jobs, she was likely copying their habits and then some. Unlike some of the women who earned 14k etc and were buying designer clothes and make up etc knowing full well that they couldn't afford that lifestyle on their salaries. And unlike them...it wouldn't have taken her long to sort out her finances either and wouldn't have needed to be bailed out. I really hope things worked out for her and that she paid off her debt, repaired her relationship with her son, got the house in St Lucia and is happy now 😊

The word "void" spoke to me. Several times in my life, a void has been left by a death of someone close, a break up of a long-term relationship, the loss of a job, etc. We have to fill the painful void and sometimes it is not in a positive way. I've gone the route of buying clothes and then I realized that I was spending all of my salary on items that I would throw away in a year or two. I had nothing to show for all of my hard work and salary, so I turned my attention to saving for a home just like she is. It worked.

Really amazed at how cheap things were back then

Rent in London went from £290 a month to like £500 a week

I’ve watched a total marathon of these and a lot of people have inspired sympathy but this one is quite clear why things went off the rails and as I’m watching it I found myself actively rooting for her.

As soon as they said that her son had chosen to stay on the other side of the world, it all made sense to me!!

This was filmed in 2005, and I so hope that she's gotten her St Lucia dream!

Lovely lady, best wishes to achieving her goals. God Bless her.

Mama lost her baba.. its understandable she feels lost herself.

Bless her heart, when she let go of the balloon it made me cry. I SO hope everything worked out Sharon in the end.🎈❤

Wow.I feel like this show really helped her in so many ways.

I love this show🥰🥰🥰, I've seen the series before but it is worth seeing again! They come up with some of the most unique ways to refocus the spender!

Those banks really sucked for not consolidating their criminal interest charges.

I just want to give Sharron a big hug!

im a nail tech not licensed but i do my own acrilycs so its no wonder she spent a huge chunk of her budget on nails and me in my head "okay well thats understandable." hahahaha

Buying multiples is not always about indecision; I know that tall-size 3/4 length sleeve front-button cotton or linen blouses from Lands End will always fit & look nice on me. That’s why I buy them in multiples about once every two years.