Nice people thread part 4 - sugar and spice and all things

michaels

I'd be thinking is that the best way to spend the 63 quid and for me there would almost certainly be a better option than an overpriced cup of tea and a scone - but then I don't think any of my friends would think that was a sensible investment either...

misskool wrote: »

Been invited to go out with some friends I don't normally spend time with tomorrow. OH won't go but still it's high tea at a posh London hotel at £50 a head. and my train fare for the day of £13. My MSE money dilemma. Answers nice peeps?

JonnyBravo

michaels wrote: »

I'd be thinking is that the best way to spend the 63 quid and for me there would almost certainly be a better option than an overpriced cup of tea and a scone - but then I don't think any of my friends would think that was a sensible investment either...

Sure, but that's hardly the question is it?
You've never paid more for something than you normally would to make an occasion special or whilst at a social gathering etc?
We'd all be in 24/7 and only ever shopping at Asda.

michaels

And?

I think I scored high 70s% on the tight test

JonnyBravo wrote: »

We'd all be in 24/7 and only ever shopping at Asda.

JonnyBravo

michaels wrote: »

And?

I think I scored high 70s% on the tight test

I think you need to get that new job/more hours as recently discussed.
You're morphing into SuperMartin.

lostinrates

we have a friend coming tomorrow with their partner who we can't stand. tbh, wouldn't have invited them, but invited themselves (I suggested meeting with friend on a date I knew partner wasn't available, but partner wanted to come so they asked if they could come.....what does one say?)

tomterm8

lostinrates wrote: »

A once reknowned male therapist once told me that (in general) men fall in love once in a way they can';t repeat: this might be with their mother, a teacher, a first girlfriend, or in some rare cases their wives...forgiving terrible behaviour and comparing all future women subconciously to ''the One''.

Sounds like a load of b****cks to me.

zagubov

misskool wrote: »

Yes
Ish

Guess I will go. I do dislike expensive things just after Christmas though. At least I'm using the free £10 rail voucher Martin got for us.

I feel experiences are the best presents so one way to think of this is that you're giving your friends your company as a present. You'd spend that much on a group of friends (I guess):D

LydiaJ

tomterm8 wrote: »

Sounds like a load of b****cks to me.

Well, it certainly wasn't true of LNE. He fell in love with "the one" every few years, and "realised" that he "had never loved" any of the previous "ones".

misskool

lostinrates wrote: »

we have a friend coming tomorrow with their partner who we can't stand. tbh, wouldn't have invited them, but invited themselves (I suggested meeting with friend on a date I knew partner wasn't available, but partner wanted to come so they asked if they could come.....what does one say?)

grin and bear it. We have a mutual friend we both like but her partner is a very anti-social/shy person who doesn't do small talk. But hey, she must see something in him!

misskool

zagubov wrote: »

I feel experiences are the best presents so one way to think of this is that you're giving your friends your company as a present. You'd spend that much on a group of friends (I guess):D

These lot certainly aren't getting anything else. They are friends from school and ones I only see every 6 months or so. I've avoided the others for years and intend on doing so for much longer.