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shiva Jan 28th 2014 8:02 pm

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Originally Posted by Irishbeekeeper (Post 11102146)
ha! good one (I read that as shark fisting at first and was mildly interested) :rofl::rofl:
heres another one in the stupid questions category

hey Irish, man im looking for a laptop, which is the BEST one you have man?
well theres this one, costs about 2000 aed
oh no no no, I dont have that much money, I only have 100 aed :frown::frown:
wtf are you doing asking for a laptop anyway?????

and as a rule I do not recommend restaurants because the moment you do, the other person becomes this world class 5 star food critic and will call you in the middle of the night to tell you that the left handed chef's head cost more than 50 aed ;)

this seems fitting here.

http://i.imgur.com/DHyoNqn.png

Irishbeekeeper Jan 28th 2014 8:17 pm

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Originally Posted by shiva (Post 11102153)
this seems fitting here.

http://i.imgur.com/DHyoNqn.png

hahaha!
:goodpost:

and Du wont let me open this clientsfromhell website :(

scrubbedexpat141 Jan 28th 2014 8:44 pm

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Originally Posted by Meow (Post 11102111)
I just see idiotic question asked all over the place, or ones that are so vague they are impossible to answer. Saw one earlier from a woman asking about hobbies she could do early evening, no hints about what she likes to do. So tempted to suggest things like taxidermy or shark fishing.

The other is the perennial 'suggest a nice restaurant - with no clues regarding type of food, area or budget. You suggest somewhere really good and then they say it has to be within 100 metres of their flat, serve only red food cooked by left-handed chefs and cost no more than Dhs 50 a head.

Eurgh. I know what you mean.

Sandboy Jan 28th 2014 9:46 pm

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take the moral high ground Scamp, show her a good time and pack her off home

you'll be scratching your nuts and farting on the sofa before you know it and she'll not be back for years

scrubbedexpat141 Jan 28th 2014 9:53 pm

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Originally Posted by Sandboy (Post 11102282)
take the moral high ground Scamp, show her a good time and pack her off home

you'll be scratching your nuts and farting on the sofa before you know it and she'll not be back for years

This is pretty much what I'm settled on.

Plus, my Dad has agreed to match whatever Mum wants to contribute towards things she wants to do (diving etc).

I love the game of playing parent v parent, it's fun and over the last 20 years I've almost mastered it. :o

OriginalSunshine Jan 28th 2014 11:28 pm

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Originally Posted by Scamp (Post 11102295)
I love the game of playing parent v parent, it's fun and over the last 20 years I've almost mastered it. :o

aren't you meant to be a grown up now???? ;)

scrubbedexpat141 Jan 28th 2014 11:44 pm

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Originally Posted by OriginalSunshine (Post 11102391)
aren't you meant to be a grown up now???? ;)

Nope. 25 is not grown up.

OriginalSunshine Jan 29th 2014 2:04 am

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I was married at 25 :D

Irishbeekeeper Jan 29th 2014 2:29 am

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Originally Posted by OriginalSunshine (Post 11102554)
I was married at 25 :D

I wish I was married at 25, ofcourse then I didnt but now after the 2 kidney stones that I have at home, I wish I had been married sooner and had kids and done with the sleepless nights when I could manage on 2-3 hours of sleep at night and then still function all day!

Quite a few friends of mine got married early and now their kids are relatively grown up so the couple have more time for themselves and can enjoy the small things again, which I think is so so important for a relationship.

Bahtatboy Jan 29th 2014 2:40 am

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I was married at 25 and divorced at 25 1/2.

OriginalSunshine Jan 29th 2014 4:19 am

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Originally Posted by Irishbeekeeper (Post 11102588)
I wish I was married at 25, ofcourse then I didnt but now after the 2 kidney stones that I have at home, I wish I had been married sooner and had kids and done with the sleepless nights when I could manage on 2-3 hours of sleep at night and then still function all day!

Quite a few friends of mine got married early and now their kids are relatively grown up so the couple have more time for themselves and can enjoy the small things again, which I think is so so important for a relationship.

ach - wish I'd had my kids at 25 as well, but sadly took a lot lot longer than anticipated. Those that choose and can have their kids in their 20s have it good :D

scrubbedexpat141 Jan 29th 2014 5:47 am

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Originally Posted by OriginalSunshine (Post 11102817)
ach - wish I'd had my kids at 25 as well, but sadly took a lot lot longer than anticipated. Those that choose and can have their kids in their 20s have it good :D

We are both just too selfish for kids at the moment.

martinbkk Jan 29th 2014 5:01 pm

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You just think you are. Reproductive maturity is not entirely without reason. Perhaps more important is to agree on a date/age that will work for you and then rough out how that might seem looking forward. Hard to do and it will of course change but without a plan you end up waiting too long, as I/we did.

scrubbedexpat141 Jan 29th 2014 5:05 pm

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Originally Posted by martinbkk (Post 11103885)
You just think you are. Reproductive maturity is not entirely without reason. Perhaps more important is to agree on a date/age that will work for you and then rough out how that might seem looking forward. Hard to do and it will of course change but without a plan you end up waiting too long, as I/we did.

Don't get me wrong, I'm probably more keen for kids than she is. At least at the moment. She's a little older (well, only 18 months), but she'd refuse marriage for a few more years yet.

To be honest, none of it really bothers me. We're happy together, we have a lot of fun and haven't finished doing things we want to do which would be harder / different with kiddies.

Also, marriage won't make us any different. I've always had in my head that when you're 30, you're married / engaged and kiddies follow fairly shortly after that. Until then, I'm happy how it is.

However, we're all different eh. At the moment we both enjoy doing what we want, when we want. Kids will make that different - better or worse, depending on the event or how you look at it.

BEVS Jan 29th 2014 5:12 pm

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Originally Posted by Scamp (Post 11103026)
We are both just too selfish for kids at the moment.

I think you'd make a smashing Dad.


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