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Posts: 6752 (04/16/08 10:59 AM) Registered User |
wait wait wait if you go the nice route you ARE going to make them pay for half, right?
because, seriously, I would never, ever ask to freeload on my so-called "friends" like that. |
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ilikelissie |
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Posts: 11230 (04/16/08 10:59 AM) Registered user |
No sharing.
Ever. |
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merkyl |
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Posts: 51476 (04/16/08 11:00 AM) Registered loser |
So a birthday gift is the same thing in your mind as having to pay a friend to stay around?
That's real sad. It is not uncommon for money to be burned in the name of friendshipMaybe the friends you keep. |
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itsakat |
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Posts: 6753 (04/16/08 11:01 AM) Registered User |
seriously, if mrkat and I shared a room with another couple and mrkat got even the tiniest inadvertent glimpse of weiner, he'd be scarred for life.
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r |
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Posts: 1747 (04/16/08 11:01 AM) Registered loser
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There are some boundaries you shouldn't cross. Her friend is way out of line even asking. Yeah not really. It is common to assume that others think things are expensive if you do. The friend may have thought with the room being so "expensive" she was doing everyone a favor by sharing the cost. |
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BlackCatTux |
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Posts: 2161 (04/16/08 11:01 AM) Registered user |
What they are asking is extremely presumptuous. You don't have to give in to this. There are other hotels between Delaware and NYC, so they wouldn't
have to make the whole drive home. Tell your wife to blame it on you. She can just explain to her friend that you (Powers) are not comfortable with the idea of
sharing a room with another couple.
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zippityboomboom |
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Posts: 6549 (04/16/08 11:01 AM) Registered User |
Tell them the rooms with double beds are all booked.
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r |
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Posts: 1748 (04/16/08 11:04 AM) Registered loser
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merkyl wrote:
Actually I never buy birthday gifts or giftmas presents except for my nieces and nephews and then only until they turn 18. So if your friends are in financial trouble and you have plenty to spare you just leave them to hang? What a good friend you are. |
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Posts: 3619 (04/16/08 11:04 AM) Registered user |
r wrote: What kind of friends are they if they don't even know that Powers can afford the room by himself ? I'm not even close to being his friend and I know that. |
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Posts: 1749 (04/16/08 11:06 AM) Registered loser
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Endofthread wrote: They are the friends of the wife. She may not boast about money as much. |
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Penelope McBagpipe |
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Posts: 1277 (04/16/08 11:06 AM) Geenyus extraordinaire
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Even I knew that eot.
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merkyl |
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Posts: 51478 (04/16/08 11:06 AM) Registered loser |
So if your friends are in financial trouble and you have plenty to spare you just leave them to hang? What a good friend you are.That's not what I said. Yes I would help a buddy out if he was in real need, but not if our friendship was contingent upon it. Plus this is a fucking wedding, not like they are going to be kicked out of their house or something. |
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Powers |
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Posts: 2913 (04/16/08 11:07 AM) |
merkyl wrote: I'll let rowbear speak for himself, but I know that I'm no as hung up on the financial aspect of this as you are. If she's reaching out
because she can't afford the room, I'm more than willing to pay for hers.
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Posts: 1750 (04/16/08 11:09 AM) Registered loser
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merkyl wrote: I never used contingent either. That was made up by you to take this to the bitter extremes (probably because you are bored). The money they save on the room can be used for something else. |
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Posts: 3620 (04/16/08 11:09 AM) Registered user |
r wrote: I doubt that; what else is there to boast about when you're married to Powers ? |
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Penelope McBagpipe |
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Posts: 1278 (04/16/08 11:11 AM) Geenyus extraordinaire
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Merk, are you saying that if you go out to dinner with another couple that you ask for separate checks or itemize the bill and only pay your portion instead of picking up the check every once in a while? Honestly though. That's pretty cheap. |
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speedyforme |
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Posts: 7222 (04/16/08 11:12 AM) Registered user |
Dr Weems wrote: I dunno, these people sound old... |
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merkyl |
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Posts: 51480 (04/16/08 11:13 AM) Registered loser |
I never used contingent either.Yes, you did, go back and read your post. I have no problem with picking up a check with friends, but if I had friends like rowbear that would only be my friend if I pay them to be, then I probably wouldn't. You dudes are male doormats. |
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Posts: 3622 (04/16/08 11:13 AM) Registered user |
:pumpsfist
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blondemss |
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Posts: 7509 (04/16/08 11:14 AM) Guttersnipe |
what eot meant was:
:penispump |
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