A 24-year-old woman who spends hundreds of pounds on takeaway coffees broke down in tears after visiting a food bank.
Sophie swapped her luxurious life to spend one week with a family-of-seven and had a piercing wake-up call.
Pete and Mandy live with their five children in a council house. With the mother unemployed and father in the process of starting a business, the family-of-seven are currently depending on benefits and had to go to the town’s food bank.
Sophie, who said she “doesn’t normally get emotional,” broke down in tears when Pete said it was “the hardest thing he had to do.”
The dad wanted to show Sophie, who runs her own online fitness coaching business and is studying dentistry, the food bank after she said that she spends £100 on a meal only for herself.
“I spend a lot of time being vain, doing my hair, getting my hair done and wearing nice clothes,” Sophie expressed.
“I’m not even bothered if the food is s*** as long as it’s got a nice interior and I can get a good Instagram pic.”
The 24-year-old admitted she gets a monthly allowance from her mother. “I get lip injections, botox and I’ve had breast augmentation, the boobs set me back about £8,000.
“£200 for my lips, £150 for my botox – I get that done every three months, it’s actually quite a cost to keep up.”
Sophie also said that her Givenchy bag is her ‘pride and joy.’ “It’s worth the money because it makes me look 10 times better.”
But she said that her biggest expense is buying takeaway coffee. “I get at least two coffees a day, that’s like £400 a month,” she admitted.
Pete took Sophie to work and showed her the football training business he wanted to start.
“I get to work around family life and do the school runs and see a lot more of the children, but I’ve only had it since November and I’m still not taking a wage,” he shared.
At the end of the week, Sophie gave him a £50 voucher to buy some equipment for his business. She also treated Mandy to a pampering session and also gave the children vouchers for trips to the cinema.
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