Hey @3boysmum somehow half your first post got lost, isn't it always a perfect shitstorm? I was cheering. A bit inappropriate, as it turns out.
The financial thing is super difficult for people on one income. If you don't earn it, you can't spend it, there is no 'cutting back' or sacrificing a holiday, if there is no money to pay for basics life sucks. It's bloody dire, and I feel for you. As far as anyone else being worse off, that is irrelevant. This is not a competition. If it helps, which it really doesn't, you are not alone. Mxxx