29th March, 2008 (5:22 pm)
The Bit About Drifting Apart
I went out for dinner with some friends last night. They’re old friends; people I grew up with post-school, friends who’ve pretty much seen me at my worst - drunk and irritating, vomiting in nightclubs, stumbling into gutters . . . you get the picture. I was looking forward to catching up - we all have kids now, mostly all married, and it’s harder to accommodate friends as you get older; inevitably your free time shrinks, and what time you do have seems committed to boring adult things like decorating and cleaning and goddamn ironing. We only seem to see each other at kiddie parties, so I always grasp at the chance to sit down with them outside of a venue with climbing equipment and a day-glo interior.
It was all very lovely; calm and relaxed, lots of laughter. We caught up on love and life and all the bits inbetween. The friend to my left told us all about her Easter weekend, during which she stayed at an exclusive, cosy little vineyard, just her and her husband, and spent £275 ($550) on a ‘few’ bottles of wine. I almost choked on my steak.
Last weekend I was coding websites, playing Guitar Hero and eating my own body weight in chocolate. There’s the distinct possibility that I didn’t change out of my PJs the entire time. Any “spare” £275 I have lying around and catching dust either goes towards my credit card debt or my PS3 fund.
It was at that point that I realised that I no longer had anything in common with this woman.
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Comment by Amanda — 29 March, 2008 @ 11:58 pm
Can I assume that she doesn’t have a kid? Cause honestly, would anyone with a kid actually spend $550 on a few bottles of wine?!
Comment by Vixx — 30 March, 2008 @ 11:01 am
She has two, believe it or not!
V xx
Comment by Jem — 30 March, 2008 @ 8:11 pm
I vote for your weekend, it sounds more fun to me. Except swap Guitar Hero for a random DS/Wii game.. that’s better :)
Comment by Jamie — 30 March, 2008 @ 9:08 pm
Wow, that’s crazy! I don’t like wine that much but even if I loved it, I wouldn’t spend that much on wine..ever. I can’t imagine a time when I would think that spending that much would be “okay”.
Comment by Char — 31 March, 2008 @ 6:49 am
Yes $550 is quite much and with 2 children humm, I hope they were some damn good wine. Hell the wine club I subscribe to gives me 4 bottles for no more then $100.
Comment by Vixx — 31 March, 2008 @ 8:38 am
I heart my DS, but GH still beats it every time, Jem!
I’m not sure that I even know the difference between good wine and bad - but surely there’s no drink known to man worth that kind of money?!
V xx
Comment by valerie — 3 April, 2008 @ 3:42 am
I feel ya. Sigh.
Comment by sharon — 4 April, 2008 @ 8:55 am
Give me Guitar Hero and chocolate any time. Seriously, what is the point of spending that much money on wine? pffft.