When I was pregnant my friend bought me a gift which cost about £75. I'd never asked for it, she bought it off her own back. She basically saw one and bought it. Don't get me wrong it's proved helpful, but she could have bought a non branded one for £70 less and I would have got the same use out of it.
She's now pregnant and has asked me to buy something at roughly the same value. It's some sort of gizmo. (Won't be too specific). In my mind it's ridiculously expensive and pointless. It feels like she's found something expensive and thought oh chips can get me that. This is the second idea she's given me that falls into the 'very expensive' range .
I've said I'll 'look for one'. I can't afford it, I've just gone back to work part time, so need to pay some bills of. I don't have much spare cash, and with 2 family weddings, 2 hen do's, ds first birthday, and 6 birthdays (mil, sil, fil, dp and 2 other relatives) within two months. I don't have the cash to buy something that's so much.
Am I just being cheap? I also hate buying things I see as pointless (because I'm cheap). I can think of plenty of other things that are much more useful (and affordable) that I can get.
I can afford something up to about £50, but that's a push. Would You be annoyed if as your best mate (of 10'years) I didn't get something you 'wanted'
She doesn't seem to understand the concept of money and that some people don't buy the most expensive thing in the shop.
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chipscheeseandgravy · 22/06/2017 22:03
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