I have a really good friend. But like every relationship, one has to step back and assess whether this friend is truly worth the effort. This friend is often pushing that envelope with me. She decides she wants to go out, and then will be so broke from buying a dress, she cannot afford breakfast. And since I am out with her, guess who then feels bad and foots the bill? Yep. Every time. I am getting to a point that I don't invite her out often, because this always happens. I get that she has financial difficulties. I do. Been there, done there, bought the t-shirt. But it's the extreme lack of good judgement on her part that kills me every time.
Example: She'll have $100 dollars to her name until the end of the week. We go to the mall for lunch (not the best idea on her part, but I can over-look this), and she decides she HAS to buy $50-$75 dollars on makeup at the counter of Dillards. Why? Because her face keeps breaking out. So she feels that instead of cleaning her face, and taking care of it, she needs expensive shit to cover it up. Not to mention that she needs groceries, and her son's birthday is that weekend.
My friend is 31 years old for fuck's sake. I get that she has financial troubles now that she is divorced. But the fact that a free recliner in good condition (when she only has a beanbag to her name) is not good enough for her, because it's "such a guy's chair" is flabbergasting and mind-blowing. Take what you can get from friends for free, and as you can afford it, THEN you can be as picky as you damn well please!
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