A fucking good drink and a laugh with a load of mates
Needs no gimmicks, just good company and decent beer
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 23 Nov 2011, 15:16, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

That's my thinking,
it's not his, looks like I have to pay £78 for go karting, £30-40 for that meal, £10 to get into a club, £20 for train tickets. And booze at london prices on the top of that.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 23 Nov 2011, 15:18, Reply)

All stuff like that can be entertaining
I've been paintballing for a stag do which was canny good. Especially when the groom was given his flourescent yellow and green target t-shirt to wear
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 23 Nov 2011, 15:20, Reply)

I agree, but he's also getting married in Malaysia
so I've got to drop £1,500 for that the flash cunt.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 23 Nov 2011, 15:22, Reply)

I'm thinking maybe you should just quietly drop him as a friend.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 23 Nov 2011, 15:24, Reply)

I actually quite want to go to malaysia though.

(PsychoChomp, Wed 23 Nov 2011, 15:25, Reply)

Tell him to fuck off and pay for it himself.

(Bazongaloid, Wed 23 Nov 2011, 15:25, Reply)

He's getting married in Malaysia and he's not paying for you to go?
He's not a good enough friend for it to be worth it. Fuck him.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 23 Nov 2011, 15:25, Reply)

depends
you could make a 2 week holiday out of it or something. can't expect the couple to pay for that!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 23 Nov 2011, 15:37, Reply)

true.
Although it also depends on the reasons for getting married in Malaysia. If it's the bride's home, fair enough. Unlucky for the Brits, although I think most people in that case would have a thing in Malaysia and a party back in the UK.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 23 Nov 2011, 15:39, Reply)

i can see a huge advantage to getting married on a beach
with your best mates and then a big party when you get home.

of course that does mean getting married, which brings me out in a cold commitmentphobic sweat.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 23 Nov 2011, 15:41, Reply)

hahaha.
*the commitmofear*
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 23 Nov 2011, 15:43, Reply)

EXACTLY
urgh to joint bank accounts and having to work out what is in the fridge for each other's dinner and having to listen to each other's days at work and nag him to fix the lightbulb and have him tell me that he has no ironed shirt for tomorrow and......
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 23 Nov 2011, 15:48, Reply)

You know that sharing things with someone you love is usually considered a positive thing
right?

Mind you, if he can't even fucking iron his own shirt..
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 23 Nov 2011, 15:49, Reply)

i'm being flippant naturally
but i dread having to put off going out 7 nights a week in return for a grown-up lifestyle. it seems so........ mundane.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 23 Nov 2011, 15:51, Reply)

doesn't have to be.
live certain lives for certain periods in your life. Eventually even constant partying just becomes wearing.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 23 Nov 2011, 15:52, Reply)

No need to have a joint account. My wife and I don't and there is no way we will.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 23 Nov 2011, 15:51, Reply)

It is, however, massively convenient.
and since you own half of each other's shit anyway it seems pointless not to have one, really. Unless you've got your own business and you're asset protecting.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 23 Nov 2011, 15:53, Reply)

We don't find it inconvenient. I transfer an amount to her each month by standing order. Job done.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 23 Nov 2011, 15:56, Reply)

I guess it depends how you pay bills, buy food, pay for holidays etc

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 23 Nov 2011, 15:59, Reply)

It is taking the piss to expect you to spend that much to go to the wedding.
We went to one in Italy and one in France last year. With the flights, hire car, hotel, new outfit for Mrs Battered and the wedding gift we must have easily spent £800 on each one.

Mind you, we got married in Edinburgh and a lot of London friends came up to that at their own expense, so maybe I am being a little hypocritical.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 23 Nov 2011, 15:28, Reply)

It's an awful lot of money for me.
but that said it's a holiday as well as a wedding.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 23 Nov 2011, 15:35, Reply)

Demand they give you a refund on your costs if they get divorced.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 23 Nov 2011, 15:38, Reply)