to think this is utterly pretentious and unattractive

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An ex today informed me that he'd spent nearly 1000 euros on crystal tumblers from Prague - 6 tumblers, 6 small glasses and 6 shot glasses.

He thought it made him cool. I thought "WTF?"

And this is why he is now your ex...of course he is utterly bonkers; pity you can't show him the thrifty thread.

i think your instincts are spot on

Why do some people tell you the price of everything? Have a friend who peppers her conversation with how much it cost/vouchers she's used.

He has too much feckin money

Frogmarrier - they're ok. Nothing that caught my eye. He was asking me if they were sexy. Eugh

Now he wants to meet up over Christmas (he's coming over from another continent earlier than needs to, to meet me for a shag I think).

WTF? WAFC (what a fucking cock) more like

sexy glasses?

i'm glad he is your ex!

Yes me too...although was being a complete desperado contemplating giving him another chance

I need to get out more.

That is seriously a waste of money.

Is he a good shag though?

DeckTheHall....that is, of course, he most important question

He was a great shag. Best I've ever had.

Then the glasses issue may be resolvable...

At least for a few heady days over Christmas...FGS it's been 6 weeks since a shag

Ay...'tis the season to be jolly

Oh were you not tempted to drop one ?

oldraver it was a skype conversation unfortunately.

Someone saw him coming.

Conspicous Consumption = YUK

YANBU. How vulgar to try to "brag" about the price

I think there's something a bit trashy about spending a lot of money on glass. The only way you can let people know how much they cost is by telling them. Who can tell the difference between a $500 glass and a Matalan special offer?

Get an Armani suit if you're that desperate to let people know what you earn.

The crystal shops in prague are beautiful, def worth the money, but very tacky to tell you the cost...

He doesn't even earn that much - I earn more than him. But he does spend a lot of energy trying to prove his worth in various ways. Which is actually ridiculous as he's physically very attractive and he's also very intelligent - and can be very sweet and kind. He seems to have missed the point, methinks.

However, vulgar and trashy pretty much says it all.

Tondey - I feel the same about shoes and handbags and clothes and just about everything tbh.

I never notice these things, I have no idea what's what.

I wouldn't recognise a Mulberry bag if it hit me in the face.

I imagine there are lots of people like me, so I truly do wonder why others covet them (in my mind they have been conned).