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All i cansay is DON'T DO IT it takes over your life you spend the whole time arguing with your other half and what little time you have left is spent cleaning and tidying up after strangers.
We had a pub for 3 years it was he hardest job i have ever done and with a small child (8) is ######hard work, im not saying i dodnt enjoy it but god it does test yuour patience and your pocket , they are like bottomless pits,
My advice is think very carefully we got out just b4 the smoking ban can into force and as all our customers were smokers we would have been empty, also in this age of the credit crunch money is tight and i for one dont go out as much as we used to for the simple fact that what you pay for a glass of wine in a pub you could have bought a whole bottle.
Please think about it very carefully


julia xx

Caz

DON'T DO IT!!

Your life is not your own. Did it myself for over 8 year. Worst eight years of my life. OH and I leased one so business was our own. Left in 2002 but it has left a blot on our lives that I don't think we will ever get over. Kids suffer, mine were 11 months, 13 years old and 14 years old. The 11 month year old hardly saw her dad and myself together for over 5 years. Marriage pressure, not sure even now if we will ever get over it. Know loads of landlords and not one of them is in their first relationship, some are on their 3rd/4th. Plus loads of "fair weather" friends.

Plus points: apart from the banter over the bar there
arn't any!!

Libby

Oh cousin ran a pub with first wife, they broke up, married again, second marriage broke up.

He got the message, married again got himself a different job, they have been happily married for a few years now.

Mo

What would you like to know Caz?
I have run pubs both on my own and with OH.
I;'m third gen publican lol and apart from working on and off in them and then running them I was in the trade for about 30 years !!!!
Retired now but still have friends in the business.

Lin x

Caz, all I can recommend is that if you are interested in doing this then sign on with an agency and go try doing reliefs in a couple of pubs and then decide if it is the life for you. I managed a pub for 3 years and it is hard work, enjoyable but hard. But it would be harder for you as you have young children and something always has to give in the pub trade.
Whatever you decide to do - Good Luck.

MY COUSIN RUNS ONE 24/.7 HARD WORK

My aunt and uncle had a pub in Chalfont for many years....until they split up
My cousin and husband ran one in Thame...until they split up but now she runs a bar in Spain
My sister was the first ever Sussex solo female to run a pub ...met her husband there...then they split up lol
Hard work and lots of pressure!

Think you have your answer Caz, lol

Lizx