{ "publishedBy": "VGUFPe3nFNgil5NsKp6svTSFl5x1", "auditedBy": "VGUFPe3nFNgil5NsKp6svTSFl5x1", "type": "video_response", "video_response": { "question_thumb": "https://media.videoask.com/transcoded/6bc44573-3488-4392-a156-5c3304c49fc4/thumbnails/preview.gif", "question_title": "How are you managing with Christmas preparations?", "text": "I feel this year is harder than any other. I can see the rise in gas and electric prices and I can feel the pinch in my purse due to rises in food costs. I am feeling a bit low and depressed at present as I feel poor now. As an ex teacher this is hard to swallow all these feelings. I feel like I can’t provide for my children. What government willingly plummets thousands of families into immense poverty overnight and during the worst times in our lives - during the pandemic. It’s been a hard few years. I came out of teaching to deal with family court so my mental health is already suffering tremendously and now financially I feel at strife. I’ve had to ask for food help and help with Christmas. I don’t have a family who can support me in this way. I am having to rely on very good friends. Although I have one child who believes in Santa I also have a 12 year old girl who is on the cusp of teenagehood but she is still only a child. The pressures of her friends getting the latest technology or the latest iPhone and the best, top quality make up and £75 perfume - it’s hard to watch her world crumble around her. Even if I had that kind of money I don’t think I would spend that much on a simple perfume. I’ve had sleepless night including last night and I look haggard as I’m worried about what Christmas will bring. On Dec 23rd Last year I caught COVID and for the first time in my children’s lives I didn’t have them for Christmas and now the threat of this new variant terrifies me and I hope that I get the Christmas I didn’t have last year this year.", "answers": [ { "created_at": "2021-12-20T12:55:44.425520Z", "question": "How are you managing with Christmas preparations?", "type": "text", "text": "I feel this year is harder than any other. I can see the rise in gas and electric prices and I can feel the pinch in my purse due to rises in food costs. I am feeling a bit low and depressed at present as I feel poor now. As an ex teacher it is hard to swallow all these feelings. I feel like I can’t provide for my children. What government willingly plummets thousands of families into immense poverty overnight and during the worst times in our lives - during the pandemic? It’s been a hard few years. I came out of teaching to deal with family court so my mental health is already suffering tremendously and now financially I feel at strife. I’ve had to ask for food help and help with Christmas. I don’t have a family who can support me in this way. I am having to rely on very good friends. Although I have one child who believes in Santa I also have a 12 year old girl who is on the cusp of teenagehood but she is still only a child. The pressures of her friends getting the latest technology or the latest iPhone and the best, top quality make up and £75 perfume - it’s hard to watch her world crumble around her. Even if I had that kind of money I don’t think I would spend that much on a simple perfume. I’ve had sleepless night including last night and I look haggard as I’m worried about what Christmas will bring. On Dec 23rd Last year I caught COVID and for the first time in my children’s lives I didn’t have them for Christmas and now the threat of this new variant terrifies me and I hope that I get the Christmas I didn’t have last year this year." }, { "text": "Yes, please share it", "type": "poll", "created_at": "2021-12-20T12:55:47.114075Z", "question": "Can we make your entry public and anonymous?" } ], "question_share_id": "f6mupqwh8", "mixed": false, "type": "text" }, "tags": [ "x8sRKvNILaRESuvP8TkJ", "rYRaGJHckg4JC3dciB8U", "rxIZylCneOYSlhDIh4tG", "8o2Y49rU7fVcYSvx7gl9", "M8EdxxrgE6CMj0Sf8uBB" ], "privacy": 2, "audited": 1642001358246, "updatedBy": "VGUFPe3nFNgil5NsKp6svTSFl5x1", "id": "vfOqy91uF3Pkl47TOjda", "created": 1640004944425, "user": "cYcCZutTEnNx1ovAEgrgDhyAdnD2", "updated": 1642001389527, "published": 1642001358246, "alias": "Lolarose J", "random": 20, "objectID": "vfOqy91uF3Pkl47TOjda" }