# Single-parent family and Manchester studies: she explains her finances - Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2112620076708802844 - Source account: [@rymoutof](https://x.com/rymoutof) - Source language: French - Target language: English - Duration: 3:00 - Published: 2026-10-21 - Machine translated. Check the original before quoting. - Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9Co6bcUZqkOh/en/single-parent-family-and-manchester-studies-she-explains-her-finances - Original-language version: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9Co6bcUZqkOh/fr/famille-monoparentale-et-%C3%A9tudes-%C3%A0-manchester-elle-parle-de-ses-finances.md ## Transcript [0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9Co6bcUZqkOh/en/single-parent-family-and-manchester-studies-she-explains-her-finances) Well, given the crazy things I hear about myself since yesterday, I feel I owe you two or three things. I’m absolutely not here to wallow in self-pity. [0:06](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9Co6bcUZqkOh/en/single-parent-family-and-manchester-studies-she-explains-her-finances?t=6) I’m very lucky, I’m very well supported. [0:08](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9Co6bcUZqkOh/en/single-parent-family-and-manchester-studies-she-explains-her-finances?t=8) Truly, I’m extremely grateful. Now, I got personal yesterday, and I understand that raises questions. So, I feel somewhat obliged to elaborate. [0:16](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9Co6bcUZqkOh/en/single-parent-family-and-manchester-studies-she-explains-her-finances?t=16) I live with my mother and my three siblings. [0:18](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9Co6bcUZqkOh/en/single-parent-family-and-manchester-studies-she-explains-her-finances?t=18) I hear a lot about my father. Clearly, you have more information about him than I do because he’s no longer alive and hasn’t been for a few years. We often forget how difficult it is for single-parent families, which are by no means an exception. [0:28](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9Co6bcUZqkOh/en/single-parent-family-and-manchester-studies-she-explains-her-finances?t=28) A quarter of families are single-parent families. [0:31](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9Co6bcUZqkOh/en/single-parent-family-and-manchester-studies-she-explains-her-finances?t=31) And at eighty, ninety percent, obviously, they are single mothers. My mother, as I said, she is an English teacher, she is overdrawn every month. From the tenth or twelfth, she is overdrawn. [0:40](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9Co6bcUZqkOh/en/single-parent-family-and-manchester-studies-she-explains-her-finances?t=40) Once again, this is absolutely not an exception. [0:41](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9Co6bcUZqkOh/en/single-parent-family-and-manchester-studies-she-explains-her-finances?t=41) This is the case for thirty percent of French people. [0:44](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9Co6bcUZqkOh/en/single-parent-family-and-manchester-studies-she-explains-her-finances?t=44) My mother does not buy bin bags at Lidl, she goes to Action because it is cheaper than Lidl. And that, is one example among many others. [0:51](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9Co6bcUZqkOh/en/single-parent-family-and-manchester-studies-she-explains-her-finances?t=51) Then, I heard a lot of things about my studies. [0:53](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9Co6bcUZqkOh/en/single-parent-family-and-manchester-studies-she-explains-her-finances?t=53) So yes, I went to study in Manchester. I am British, I have never lived in England, so it mattered to me, in fact, to go and study there. [0:58](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9Co6bcUZqkOh/en/single-parent-family-and-manchester-studies-she-explains-her-finances?t=58) First of all, I heard stuff about 29 thousand pounds a year, I do not know what. [1:01](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9Co6bcUZqkOh/en/single-parent-family-and-manchester-studies-she-explains-her-finances?t=61) Since I have citizenship, in my case, it was 9,000 pounds a year, which is very expensive, let's be clear. But still, there is a bit of a gap. [1:07](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9Co6bcUZqkOh/en/single-parent-family-and-manchester-studies-she-explains-her-finances?t=67) Also, it wasn't my mum and dad who paid for my studies. [1:10](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9Co6bcUZqkOh/en/single-parent-family-and-manchester-studies-she-explains-her-finances?t=70) I took out a loan. I'm up to my neck in debt. [1:12](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9Co6bcUZqkOh/en/single-parent-family-and-manchester-studies-she-explains-her-finances?t=72) Not only did I take out a loan for my studies, but also to pay for my accommodation, because I had to pay my rent. [1:16](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9Co6bcUZqkOh/en/single-parent-family-and-manchester-studies-she-explains-her-finances?t=76) So, I paid for my accommodation. As many have pointed out, I worked alongside my studies. [1:21](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9Co6bcUZqkOh/en/single-parent-family-and-manchester-studies-she-explains-her-finances?t=81) I believe that students absolutely shouldn't have to work. But anyway, I gave French lessons. [1:26](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9Co6bcUZqkOh/en/single-parent-family-and-manchester-studies-she-explains-her-finances?t=86) I absolutely did not make 90 grand or whatever it was that some people claimed. I wish, I wish. [1:32](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9Co6bcUZqkOh/en/single-parent-family-and-manchester-studies-she-explains-her-finances?t=92) No, no, not at all. I started giving lessons, they were free to attract students. [1:36](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9Co6bcUZqkOh/en/single-parent-family-and-manchester-studies-she-explains-her-finances?t=96) Then, they went up to ten euros, twelve euros, twenty euros an hour. Keep in mind, there is the price listed, but the platform I'm on takes one hundred percent commission on every first lesson, then thirty-three percent, and then it goes down depending on the number of hours of lessons you've given. [1:51](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9Co6bcUZqkOh/en/single-parent-family-and-manchester-studies-she-explains-her-finances?t=111) Basically, when you work it out, I was making between fifteen and twenty euros an hour, which is very good, let's be clear. [1:55](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9Co6bcUZqkOh/en/single-parent-family-and-manchester-studies-she-explains-her-finances?t=115) This money was used to feed me, first of all, and pay for my phone plan. Everyday things, really. [2:01](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9Co6bcUZqkOh/en/single-parent-family-and-manchester-studies-she-explains-her-finances?t=121) Another thing, during school holidays, I got my BAFA qualification. [2:04](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9Co6bcUZqkOh/en/single-parent-family-and-manchester-studies-she-explains-her-finances?t=124) I worked at a nursery school as an activity leader. [2:07](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9Co6bcUZqkOh/en/single-parent-family-and-manchester-studies-she-explains-her-finances?t=127) Honestly, I find it so sad to have to explain all this. [2:09](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9Co6bcUZqkOh/en/single-parent-family-and-manchester-studies-she-explains-her-finances?t=129) Then, what else was there? Oh yes, my vacations. Several things. [2:13](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9Co6bcUZqkOh/en/single-parent-family-and-manchester-studies-she-explains-her-finances?t=133) I was incredibly lucky, I was in a wonderful relationship, with an incredible family, and so on, who very often invited me on vacation. [2:19](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9Co6bcUZqkOh/en/single-parent-family-and-manchester-studies-she-explains-her-finances?t=139) I have really wonderful memories of it. Another thing, I have friends all over the world. [2:24](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9Co6bcUZqkOh/en/single-parent-family-and-manchester-studies-she-explains-her-finances?t=144) It’s great. So, actually, it really doesn’t cost me much. [2:27](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9Co6bcUZqkOh/en/single-parent-family-and-manchester-studies-she-explains-her-finances?t=147) I deleted photos from my vacations, and so on. It wasn’t out of shame at all. [2:31](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9Co6bcUZqkOh/en/single-parent-family-and-manchester-studies-she-explains-her-finances?t=151) It’s just that I was receiving disgusting, sexist comments about my appearance, my body. So, I preferred to delete them. [2:38](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9Co6bcUZqkOh/en/single-parent-family-and-manchester-studies-she-explains-her-finances?t=158) I want to be very, very clear. I’ve been incredibly lucky. [2:40](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9Co6bcUZqkOh/en/single-parent-family-and-manchester-studies-she-explains-her-finances?t=160) I'm on a scholarship. I'm on a level-seven scholarship, for those who know what that means. [2:43](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9Co6bcUZqkOh/en/single-parent-family-and-manchester-studies-she-explains-her-finances?t=163) So I receive financial aid. I'm Parisian, I'm bilingual. [2:46](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9Co6bcUZqkOh/en/single-parent-family-and-manchester-studies-she-explains-her-finances?t=166) I grew up in a family with books. I know the right codes. [2:49](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/9Co6bcUZqkOh/en/single-parent-family-and-manchester-studies-she-explains-her-finances?t=169) It's awful to say. That's also why, today, I'm invited onto TV panels. Really, I've had an enormous, absolutely enormous amount of luck and privilege. Anyway, look into things before you speak.