Which One For Meal Tonight?

[abbeylee90]

https://postimg.cc/Lg8ZhQZJ/9ea9b5eb

[scorpiojo]

Can you afford to go out tonight and tomorrow?

[Moorea7]

I'm not getting the link, Abbey.

[newmodarmy]

I think the  tall guy on the left is more suitable than the short scrawny guy on the right

[abbeylee90]

New what do you mean?

[abbeylee90]

Scorpio don't know if I'm going tomorrow 

[MargoTester]

Well if you don't intend to go tomorrow wouldn't it be polite to let the chap know, you don't like it if someone lets you down at the last minute 

[abbeylee90]

I will if I decide not to 

[Neveracrossword]

Your link isn't working now, Abbey, but when I looked earlier I thought two of the outfits were... distinctly unappealing.

[lankeela]

You cannot afford to pay your mum back so don't think about wasting money on a meal out.  You are not being very fair are you?

[abbeylee90]

https://postimg.cc/zb1stGp1/923f1a60

[abbeylee90]

No and I feel so bad and want to whole lot back when  I get full time job 

[Neveracrossword]

Thanks, Abbey. The first one is... the best (of a bad bunch, for me!)

[newmodarmy]

Can you reread that Abbey and see whether it could be written more clearly as I don't understand it.

[Redhelen72]

If you feel bad, you do not go out tonight.

Your mother will lose faith in you if you continue to owe her money and yet you continue to go out.

[lankeela]

Have you been to the interview yet today?

 

As a full time job could well be a long way off why not start paying her back now instead of spending money on meals out?  By the time you get a full time job you could have paid her back in full.

[newmodarmy]

If you wear the first one and you've already got it, remember to take the price tag off

[Redhelen72]

In someway you remind me of my stepbrother - he lives at home, pays minimal rent, and his mother ferries him around.

The big difference is he has a full time job, and a load of savings behind him.

He did not have your education and worked hard to get a job in a pharmacy and is studying in his spare time for his relevant work qualifications.

[Neveracrossword]

Abbey, it's not much use to your mum for you to say you 'feel so bad and want to pay it all back'. I don't think you've had even the glimmer of a full-time job in the past 18 months, so it might a good while before you're in a position to pay the debt off in one fell swoop. Would it not seem fairer to start paying off some of it now? 

[smurfchops]

Don't buy any more clothes, leopard print or otherwise, don't go to bottomless brunches, have false nails, meals out, etc. until you pay your mother back.  Unless someone else is paying.

[newmodarmy]

Agreed smurfchops  but we must have  said that a hundred times on different Abbey threads, but the message isn't received. Lankeela is good at explaining why. It reminds me of trying to reason with young children.