To think that people have the principles they can afford?

[Hullygully]

Do you have, or know anyone that does, principles that would absolutely not be ditched in the event of greater wealth?

Oh gawd that's reminded me of a small house we rented in Greece. It was so crammed with antiques and tasteful objets d'art that we had to pile them all in a corner, then the people across the TINY courtyard had loads of terrible fights and then wild sex and then in our bedroom there was a huge telly with 72 channels, 71 of which were porn - as the dc discovered when channel-hopping as we antique-piled.

I always thought that too Noddy

I spent the whole holiday scrubbing. Draped sofas in towels, after scrubbing them. Owners were very nice about Visitor's Book. They said they'd put a note in explaining why it was covered in black scribbles. We spent most of our time in the garden. Antique piling and porn sounds like a winning combination.

We once went to a barn place in France which had been converted with no soundproofing. Not only did the newly-together couple have to dismantle their bed because we were all, you know, doing it with them, the dc threw sticky lizards at the ceiling where they stuck and when they came to see us out we had to stare at them like loons so they didn't look up and see the lizards.

Several of us have had more money wise than others but several times we have all been fingers crossed for one of the others re a job/house/etc. One of my friends became mega wealthy and influential in the music industry but she likes nothing better than to come to me get sozzled sleep on my sofa with the cats and have a good gossip. I will never have her £ or status but its not my thing so I suppose I am not bothered. Life is too short let people like that go you will find there will be someone else where they stood fairly soon wanting to be your mate for teh right reason

Do you really love her Hully?

If not, then let it go is what I would say.

None of this "look you just don't like me do you?" cos if she does or if she doesn't, either way its just going to be a tiny bit embarrassement.

Can I channel Richard Curtis and Notting Hill and get the brownie?

My Dad died last year and my parents really do/did live on a croft on a remote Scottish island. Mum is still there and for four fecking years when Dad was ill/dying ALL of or holidays were spent up there painting fences, mending fences, painting walls, getting bitten to death by midges, cutting back the garden etc etc

I was/am a regular at the Crofter's Supplies in the nearest town buying lighthouse paint and barbed wire by the roll. The crofters on the island buy in bulk once every few months but even I blanched when I saw a FIVE GALLON tub of coconut conditioning shampoo and thought who the feck could use all of that!

I looked closer at the label and it was for Highland Cows.

I shudder to think at the size of the straighteners.

I don't care about embarrassing, mintyy. It's not straightforward, she's like family, plus she is involved with my other friends, blah blah ramble. And there is so much history, I'm not very good at letting things go. Plus, I am so disappointed that friendship doesn't trump all the crap...

ruby that is most intriguing

Sounds like you really love her then.

I suppose I think that once you have a friend, especially for a long time, that that's it. You will always be friends no matter what. I dunno.

It's more, well bloody hell if I can't trust and rely on her who the hell can I?

still

happiness is but the occasional episode in a genreal drama of pain

Aye.

The moving finger writes and having writ moves on. Nor all thy piety pecans can lure it back...

Edgar I am now a bit in love with you, having caught up.

losing friends is horrid, specially when you haen't got to a Proper Full Stop (blazing row, leaing country etc etc)

do feel for you , Hully. It's wuss than boyfriends and that, i'e

and ruby I would pay LOTS to sell a coconutty cow, I would

AND NOW I' OFF TO ARGOS TO GET YSELF A FUCKING KEYBOARD WHAT WORKS PROPER

if you see e on here again with issing consonants, boot e the hell off

I think the whole thread has been greatly enhanced by the absence of Ms and Vs

Can someone please summarise this thread?

Ok.

Pore ol me

is the gist

with some sandwiches, pickle and wimpys thrown in

Righto. Chin chin.

On Hully's issue - maybe she is such a good friend she can be a bit of a bitch and know that you'll still be cool. It's not great, but that might be where it's at BUT you need to remind her that it is not actually as cool as originally thought, and you expected more of her.

On fancy hotels - we stayed in a SUPER fancy one after the wedding last week so fancy, that if you started running the shower and then went to go and eat chocolates that they left for us as a gift, the shower would switch itself off until you came back.

AND they had a spa with a pool, with all these different bubbles and jets like a massive jacuzzi with 5 choices of bubble types

I was very disappointed to leave.

I love fancy fancy hotels I do.