Single? How to money save as a singleton?

zygurat789

PennyForThem wrote: »

This is my bad. I don't like people that much. I shy away from cheery groups - I know I shouldn't, I know that I should try them but I am not a sociable animal. Yet I am penalsied for being a single.

We all make our own choices and we have to pay for our personal preferences. If you do not want to benefit from quantity discounts that is your choice and you should pay for it.
There are only two of us and we have to pay a higher unit price for a lot of our food because there are no longer five of us. We also do not get the cheaper prices available to parties of 10 or more when we go out to various entertainments, should we complain about this?

Biggles

When Mrs Biggles was alive, we did try some of these 2-for-1 offers but they were too often places where we didn't want to go anyway or they gave you too many hoops to jump through to qualify for their offer, so most of the time we just paid our way as usual in places we liked going to.

I still do try and eat out once or twice a week now. I don't like 'cheery groups' either but I'm quite happy to be the grumpy sod at the bar while I'm waiting for my meal. Much harmless entertainment can be had from annoying other people ;-)

As regards trips etc, yes I do usually have to pay nearly as much for myself as we used to pay for the two of us. But this is balanced to a certain extent by the fact that I can be completely flexible in when and how I go. Sometimes there are benefits to only having one person to please.

PennyForThem_2

Biggles wrote: »

When Mrs Biggles was alive, we did try some of these 2-for-1 offers but they were too often places where we didn't want to go anyway or they gave you too many hoops to jump through to qualify for their offer, so most of the time we just paid our way as usual in places we liked going to.

I still do try and eat out once or twice a week now. I don't like 'cheery groups' either but I'm quite happy to be the grumpy sod at the bar while I'm waiting for my meal. Much harmless entertainment can be had from annoying other people ;-)

As regards trips etc, yes I do usually have to pay nearly as much for myself as we used to pay for the two of us. But this is balanced to a certain extent by the fact that I can be completely flexible in when and how I go. Sometimes there are benefits to only having one person to please.

lol ok - see where you are coming from and maybe I will embrace that - I want to eat out but deterred by fact single - so what do I do as a single at a table - read a book on Kindle? But reading an Italian Detective Novel dramatised on BBC2 I see said detective (and confrmed reading the books) eating alone frequently.

lol going to Austalia - famly not holiday going to be stressful but will have to eat on own ....lol dress rehersal!

Mistral001

Supermarkets design their marketing for customers who will buy at least £20 at a time. At least that is what it seems like when you do online surveys commissioned by supermarkets. The surveys usually ask how much you spent the last time you visited the supermarket and when you put anything less than £20, the survey ends.

Thus if you are single and you want to save money, just ignore those marketing techniques aimed at the couples and families who, I guess, usually will spend at least £20 a visit to the supermarket. That means, in my view, ignoring the two-for-ones, loyalty cards etc. and just do your own thing. Shop in several stores to find the best bargains. Get the discounted food that is near the best before dates and buy own-brands and find the best ones that are just as good as the brands.

Biggles

BBC News article today talks about 'the rise of solo dining'.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28292651.

Farway

Biggles wrote: »

I don't like 'cheery groups' either but I'm quite happy to be the grumpy sod at the bar while I'm waiting for my meal. Much harmless entertainment can be had from annoying other people ;-)

As regards trips etc, yes I do usually have to pay nearly as much for myself as we used to pay for the two of us. But this is balanced to a certain extent by the fact that I can be completely flexible in when and how I go. Sometimes there are benefits to only having one person to please.

I can join you at grumpy sod bar. I now use the local greengrocer & butcher, where can buy 1 sausage, 2 slices of ham or 3 tomatoes, may not be as cheap as Asda, but it supports local business, and I can afford it, I appreciate not all can

PS I use Singles holidays, no single supplement allegedly, I use reputable local coach company, not cheap, but as above, I can afford it & others may not be so fortunate

Biggles

Farway wrote: »

I can join you at grumpy sod bar.

My pleasure (in a grumpy sort of way). Don't expect me to join in with rounds of drinks, that's far too sociable for me, I buy my own. But we'll have fun exchanging tasteless comments about the events of the day and, indeed, about most of the other customers.

zygurat789

Biggles wrote: »

My pleasure (in a grumpy sort of way). Don't expect me to join in with rounds of drinks, that's far too sociable for me, I buy my own*. But we'll have fun exchanging tasteless comments about the events of the day and, indeed, about most of the other customers.

* Unless you turned out to be of the female persuasion, that's where Grumpy clashes with Old-Fashioned; it's always a tough call then, dammit.

The way you're going you're about to find out that it is more expensive to pay for two than to pay for one. I suggest you quit while you're ahead

Biggles

zygurat789 wrote: »

The way you're going you're about to find out that it is more expensive to pay for two than to pay for one. I suggest you quit while you're ahead

I'm not worried about that but, on re-reading, it does make it sound a bit like a proposition instead of the joke it was intended as. I'd better remove it!

zygurat789

Biggles wrote: »

I'm not worried about that but, on re-reading, it does make it sound a bit like a proposition instead of the joke it was intended as. I'd better remove it!

Don't worry, it was obviously a joke.
What you should be worrying about is all those who have had a senseofhumourectomy