I'm not unique then! WAS gets £700 a month and even by my pessimistic reckoning, she needs £1258 before throwing money about on her extravagances. Then Christmas is coming. Not sure what is going on, she has been in the house for a month now, of a six month minimum agreement. Having broadband installed next week too!
Like you, I don't believe that there has been any thought to what the costs actually are and I don't believe anyone else has offered any help with that. So what is going on in their heads, I do not know. This is someone who struggled to pay me £300 a month toward household costs of £2200 a month, so I am baffled.