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bossreggie
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Spoiler Alert. If you read this you are probably going to be bored and you will possibly understand why I am the way I am.
I'm very aware I'm never going to win any popularity contests nor am I likely to enter any! I tend to speak my mind.
I probably have 2 or 3 very good friends and a number of acquaintances. I also have a very sarcastic sense of humour and unless you really know me, I can come across pretty arrogant. I think this is due to me pretty much having everything done for me exactly how I like it. I am also used to receiving the very best of service wherever I go.
As a lot of you know, I moved to Europe. What you may not know is the reason. I was in a pretty happy relationship and quite a few AFF'ers met my ex on a few occasions. Then I met someone else. Never meant for it to happen. It just did. It made me re-evaluate my relationship and I decided to end it. This is when I deleted everyone except family on Facebook BTW. My decision to end the relationship came as a big shock to my ex, as we hadn't been having any issues at all. I felt so guilty about my decision, that against my lawyers advice, he walked away with around $5million because I just wanted it over.
I have NEVER had a partner that has enjoyed travelling as much as I and I really think one day I'd like to. My son tells me it is as I date guys that are too young. My current (& soon to be ex) is a Dr, and at 31 he is the oldest person I have ever dated.
This brings me to the title of my post. We were having dinner 2 days ago and he says he can't be bothered going to Australia for the GP. He doesn't want to go to DXB he wants to focus on his career. I was like. You make £70k what possible difference will that make to our lives. (Not an ideal thing to say as it turns out) he said I was really out of touch with normal people.
So I am back in England. I am with my favourite cousin and I decided I'm changing my lifestyle. I am going to get a job. Actually. I have one starting in May for 3 months in a restaurant. I told her I am going to live on £20k and buy a "normal" car and change my lifestyle. My cousin was actually pretty impressed until she realised the £20k was per month and didn't include travel expenses.(My bad)
But as part of this, me being out of touch. I am actually going to fly in coach from London to Auckland. I want to see what it's like. I want to feel like a usual person. I want to see if I really am as out of touch as even my son tells me I am. (This coming from a kid who learned to drive in a Gallardo)
I think it may well be true that I am out of touch. But I will soon know.
As usual. I don't do trip reports, however I will tweet a picture or 2.
I'm very aware I'm never going to win any popularity contests nor am I likely to enter any! I tend to speak my mind.
I probably have 2 or 3 very good friends and a number of acquaintances. I also have a very sarcastic sense of humour and unless you really know me, I can come across pretty arrogant. I think this is due to me pretty much having everything done for me exactly how I like it. I am also used to receiving the very best of service wherever I go.
As a lot of you know, I moved to Europe. What you may not know is the reason. I was in a pretty happy relationship and quite a few AFF'ers met my ex on a few occasions. Then I met someone else. Never meant for it to happen. It just did. It made me re-evaluate my relationship and I decided to end it. This is when I deleted everyone except family on Facebook BTW. My decision to end the relationship came as a big shock to my ex, as we hadn't been having any issues at all. I felt so guilty about my decision, that against my lawyers advice, he walked away with around $5million because I just wanted it over.
I have NEVER had a partner that has enjoyed travelling as much as I and I really think one day I'd like to. My son tells me it is as I date guys that are too young. My current (& soon to be ex) is a Dr, and at 31 he is the oldest person I have ever dated.
This brings me to the title of my post. We were having dinner 2 days ago and he says he can't be bothered going to Australia for the GP. He doesn't want to go to DXB he wants to focus on his career. I was like. You make £70k what possible difference will that make to our lives. (Not an ideal thing to say as it turns out) he said I was really out of touch with normal people.
So I am back in England. I am with my favourite cousin and I decided I'm changing my lifestyle. I am going to get a job. Actually. I have one starting in May for 3 months in a restaurant. I told her I am going to live on £20k and buy a "normal" car and change my lifestyle. My cousin was actually pretty impressed until she realised the £20k was per month and didn't include travel expenses.(My bad)
But as part of this, me being out of touch. I am actually going to fly in coach from London to Auckland. I want to see what it's like. I want to feel like a usual person. I want to see if I really am as out of touch as even my son tells me I am. (This coming from a kid who learned to drive in a Gallardo)
I think it may well be true that I am out of touch. But I will soon know.
As usual. I don't do trip reports, however I will tweet a picture or 2.
) but i did think at one point that if i was ever rich one day, that mayby 1 month a year or something i would try and live in much cheaper digs, eat at more modest places (where i eat now anyway!?!) and live a much more normal life to help me to continue to appreciate all the other things that i would start taking for granted... So flying in economy, or driving a smaller car or actually doing some volunteer work around people who have a lot less i think could be a very good way to learn to re-appreciate what people have when its starting to get a bit blase which can be a function of human nature... 
