Quote Originally Posted by Gavanddal View Post
Just watched that programme on BBC iPlayer.
Quite shocking that a woman would be bankrupted by sending home remittances!! Now obviously she was careless with her use of credit cards, but if her family back home were putting her under pressure to pay for all their expenses then that is wrong. Apparently she has 11 siblings. How can they stand by and watch her end up £40,000 in debt?
I guess she must have kept it a secret from them.

If you've got the disposable income to send to family then fair enough. But OFWs should never make themselves suffer eh?
Now she has nothing so she's no use to her family. I bet they don't show any sympathy or ever repay the debt to her.

Poor woman.
I totally agree, disposable income is one thing, but borrowing money to that extent to help those back home is absolutely ludicrous. She has obviously been here for a while and it looks like she is here for the long term working for the sake of her family, but she ought to think of her own wellbeing as well as her family in phils.

Iain.