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Original poster

To think there's nothing 'only' about £100 odd quid

34 replies

oldbeforetime · 04/02/2011 23:12

I'm fed up with kids coming home with notes from activities, that say:

come and do such and such it's only £100 odd and due in next two weeks.

I'm fed up with companies i.e. garage, saying it's only £100 odd to get it fixed, we'll go ahead and do it then - er no, but why it's only £100 to be done, yes but you are not the first nor last that wants £100 from me.

I'm fed up with friends saying come and do x i.e. hen do's, parties etc, it's only £100 odd - sorry can't make it, oh you are such a party pooper.

AIBU to think it's not only £100?!?!

OP posts:
2shoes · 04/02/2011 23:13

yanbu that is a lot of dosh

Plonker · 04/02/2011 23:14

YANBU!

At. All.

FreudianSlippery · 04/02/2011 23:14

Heck no. In general terms it is a huge amount of money for us.

However in some circumstances it is still appropriate - I'd use it if we were planning a massive purchase and therefore £100 would be a small amount IYSWIM.

NikonNelly · 04/02/2011 23:17

At one time, pre-children, it was only £100 to me, but sadly, these days £100 is £100 is £100!

LoisLame · 04/02/2011 23:23

YANBU

But then again I'm a cheapskate!

spongebobsquareknickers · 04/02/2011 23:27

YANBU!

Have just had to book transport and hotels for FILs wedding at other end of the country. ONLY £250. While I'm on mat leave!

spongebobsquareknickers · 04/02/2011 23:28

Would start an AIBU about it myself, but I know I'd get slated! Wink

tethersend · 04/02/2011 23:32

Depends.

£100 for a six bed house with a pool is a fucking steal, for example.

MorticiaAddams · 04/02/2011 23:48

It's all relative and you need to see it in context.

The garage would say only £100 because in the great scheme of car going wrongs it's not a huge amount.

I would be happy to buy tethersend's six bedroomed house with a pool for £100 and would have enough equity to pay somebody else to clean it forever - bargain!

bubblewrapped · 05/02/2011 00:11

.. if it was a weeks holiday then "only" would certainly apply.. if it is a pair of trainers, then its ridiculous... obviously a pair of leather boots from Dune dont count here

cat64 · 05/02/2011 00:14

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Ladyofthehousespeaking · 05/02/2011 00:16

I would literally wet myself for 100 quid at the moment

MorticiaAddams · 05/02/2011 00:21

Ladyofthehouse I bet we could find one hundred MNers to donate £1 each if you put it on youtube.

Salmotrutta · 05/02/2011 01:12

It is all relative isn't it?
£100 for a car repair is pretty good (unless you have a parner/OH who can buy the part and fit it for a fraction of cost).
£100 for a haircut is mental.
So it's relative .....

spongebobsquareknickers · 05/02/2011 01:20

sigh, i used to pay £100 for my hair....

now my mums friend cuts it for £10 and I plonk a bottle of bleach on myself

FreudianSlippery · 05/02/2011 07:17

My mum cuts my hair for free :o

LisasCat · 05/02/2011 07:22

I know what people mean about it being all relative, but that still doesn't justify the fact that people expect the OP to cough up £100, just because relatively speaking it's cheap. Even if someone offered me a six bedroomed housed for £100, I couldn't produce the money in an instant. And yes, £100 for car repairs isn't as scary as it could be, but it's still £100 I could do without spending on my car.

pantaloons · 05/02/2011 07:31

I think whether it's £100 or £10 if it's money you haven't budgeted for it has to come from somewhere. So I someone has to missout on new jeans something else.

PuppyMonkey · 05/02/2011 07:40

It's only "only £100" if you're talking about a week's wages.

ccpccp · 05/02/2011 09:18

When filling a car now costs 80 quid, 100 quid is looking a lot smaller than it used to.

CrosswordAddict · 05/02/2011 09:26

YANBU because those five crisp twenty pound notes take a long time to earn. Unless you are a high-flier on mega bucks. I tend to think in terms of £5 being quite a lot of money, then I realise it's only coffee money really.I really do think there should be a Mum's Union which puts out info for schools, youth organisations drawing up guidelines about trips etc and the cost. The emotional blackmail can be unbearable at times.

Ragwort · 05/02/2011 09:31

I agree with CroswordAddict that it is useful to think in terms of how long it takes to earn £100 - my friend's daughter was 'moaning' about her Christmas gift - a rug for her bedroom (which she has chosen herself Grin) - my friend was understandably upset as it had cost her the equivalent of six hours work. If my DS asks for an expensive present/outing - I ask myself 'is it worth X hours work'?

Original poster
oldbeforetime · 05/02/2011 11:27

It is the fact that only a £100 is fine if you have a £100 in bank account, and not another 20 things that month that are only £100.

I think what gets to me is the expectation that everyone is assuming there is a spare £100 for their request in my bank account. Now there is a spare £100, but not the spare £500 or £1000 for the 5/10 people who are all asking in a split second for me to produce a £100.

I am goin to take that measure of how many hours work and is it worth it approach, that is a fantastic measure.

OP posts:
Mahraih · 05/02/2011 12:18

It WAS 'only' £100, before mat leave, council tax, baby to think of, broadband bills, etc.

On mat leave, £100 is pretty much a week's wages! Which is a terrifying thought.

TheVisitor · 05/02/2011 12:19

It's a week's food here. Never an "only".