yeah i hear what you are saying DOA. was just a shocker.. as in grief one worries, and one feels that life MAY be ok (ish) ,with a combination of Government help.
last thing ya think of is money. but lets face it i was left with 2 kids. My man paid ALL his life into Tax..as did MY father and HIS father before him. a woman has to be 45 when her husband dies,, to get state “widows” . and because my man was only 38,,they seen him as a young man and i would marry again !
on arriving on my 45th birthday,,i assumed widows benefits would be mine..
NO !
surely the case would be that younger widows are as entitled to older ones.
it annoys me as i get his works pension, but thats deducted from any disability benefits paid to me.. yet he literally ruined his knees as a motor Mechanic/engineer , so the pension is a pittance.
not to worry,,in this cruel world i shall survive,as im a strong beatch. ( I think)
it annoyed me at the years of wasted tax revenue !