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Connonym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 10:37 PM Original message |
What do you do when your friends invite you to do stuff you can't afford? |
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Dangerously Amused (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. All I can think of to suggest is |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 10:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I second that |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 09:36 AM Response to Reply #1 |
13. "Do you want to go out to the woods and collect pine cones with me"? |
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Dangerously Amused (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 01:13 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. See, your mistake there |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
3. you politely decline and wish them lots of fun |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
4. tell them that you can't afford it |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 01:15 AM Response to Original message |
5. I whip out a gun, demand their wallets, grab their cash, and say "OK! But I'm payin!" |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 09:37 AM Response to Reply #5 |
14. HAH! Perfect. nt |
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Finn Polke (82 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 04:18 AM Response to Original message |
6. Have sex with them |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 11:45 AM Response to Reply #6 |
19. ... |
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Finn Polke (82 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 02:00 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Oh, hi |
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tjwmason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 04:30 AM Response to Original message |
7. If they're close friends |
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khashka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 04:37 AM Response to Original message |
8. Be honest |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 09:40 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Sounds like me and my sister. |
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khashka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 11:40 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Don't feel bad |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 11:50 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Thanks, khashka. And yes, she is a cool sister! nt |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
9. That happens to me a lot. |
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BarenakedLady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
10. Friends? |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
11. I would suggest talking to your friends about this |
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huskerlaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
12. I'm often in the opposite situation... |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
16. Tell them you can't afford it, suggest a cheaper alternative. |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
18. i just mooch off of them |
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yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
22. so all the other answers are good. here are ways to reciprocate not expensively |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-28-08 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
23. Tell them where you're coming from. |
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