Jenni_
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I'm amused how so many have read the guesstimated tax and reputed it
I'm a Payroll Person, Its in my nature to know rough figures after tax!
Sad life I live
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Letter to parents- potential pony
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I'm a Payroll Person, Its in my nature to know rough figures after tax!
Sad life I live
DabDab
Thinks the luddites had a point...
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xspiralx
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I've read this thread torn between feeling sympathy for a pony mad young girl with big dreams, and feeling slightly frustrated at the OP's apparent unwillingness to temper or tone down her plans at all.
Sez, you're very young so it is understandable that you don't really have a full understanding of money and finances and tax and all the rest. I don't think it is any harm to dream big, but you should also have a plan b, that's a bit more realistic.
Even if your parents bought the pony and paid for everything you wanted, you still might well not get on the teams - it's very competitive and you would be at a disadvantage due to your lack if experience.
If I was you, I would present a plan for a pony to do PC with. If you are an amazing rider then you will have success and you will be selected for PC teams - and that's a much stronger position t be in to ask your parents for more money and a bigger investment to do affiliated. And if not, and the reality is that you're not actually ready, then you can keep working to improve yourself and your pony, and aim towards being a professional eventer in the future if that's what you want to do.
Sez, you're very young so it is understandable that you don't really have a full understanding of money and finances and tax and all the rest. I don't think it is any harm to dream big, but you should also have a plan b, that's a bit more realistic.
Even if your parents bought the pony and paid for everything you wanted, you still might well not get on the teams - it's very competitive and you would be at a disadvantage due to your lack if experience.
If I was you, I would present a plan for a pony to do PC with. If you are an amazing rider then you will have success and you will be selected for PC teams - and that's a much stronger position t be in to ask your parents for more money and a bigger investment to do affiliated. And if not, and the reality is that you're not actually ready, then you can keep working to improve yourself and your pony, and aim towards being a professional eventer in the future if that's what you want to do.
Chopandchips
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Have you given them the letter yet OP?
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RunToEarth
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OP - those of us who have had ponies since childhood have usually got there through parents being horsey - they are a life and a lifestyle in themselves and what you are asking your parents to give is far far more than £30k a year, you are asking your parents to shift their whole life.
My parents must have gone without no end of things to keep me in ponies, my mum used to sit in the freezing stands at Westfield until silly o'clock on a worknight instead of going out for evenings with my dad, and I was only ever in it at PC level... just think about what you are asking for.
My parents must have gone without no end of things to keep me in ponies, my mum used to sit in the freezing stands at Westfield until silly o'clock on a worknight instead of going out for evenings with my dad, and I was only ever in it at PC level... just think about what you are asking for.
Puppy
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But both you and your sister are into horses. When I was a teenager, on the very rare occasions that my parents hired a trailer and took me showjumping, just to a local venue, then my 2 non-horsey sisters seriously resented it.