Pick Your Poison: Money or Happiness??

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A digression from my quest to sell some baseball tickets:

One of the people I'm going with this Saturday is well aware that the only offer I've received for the tickets is from my ex and her current boyfriend. He says I should take the money, sell the tickets, and place them as far away from me as possible. I say, fuck the $24 I would get for the tickets, I'd rather give myself a Dirty Sanchez than deal with that sort of angst. Thankfully, my roommate (the 3rd member of our party) has unequivocably stated that he'll 86 the trip if she is involved, making my easy decision easier.

So would you put a price on happiness? When does the money outweigh your personal contentment? I'm happy to note that my happiness is worth more than $24 - gives me something to smile about.

― David Raposa, Thursday, 16 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I would just give myself a dirty sanchez and then sell the tickets.

― nude spock, Thursday, 16 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Money can't buy me happiness, but I'm happiest when I can buy what I want, any time that I want.

― Otis Wheeler, Thursday, 16 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Dude, my happiness is not even worth $24, I'm a mercenary.

― Ally, Thursday, 16 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Daver motherfucking popshots has confused me. 'Dirty Sanchez'? '86'?

― DG, Thursday, 16 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

86 means kybosh
no idea what a dirty sanchez is
and to answer the question i do not have a price.

― anthony, Thursday, 16 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Dirty Sanchez is a "night move". Involves a moustache of questionable origin. I found a list of such odd "night moves" a couple of nights ago. Shocked Ethan silent with it - I was impressed w/ myself at making such a thing happen.

Most of the "moves" called for punching your lady lover, though. That's not nice.

― David Raposa, Thursday, 16 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

i don't do money; i don't do happiness.

― Geoff, Thursday, 16 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I want a lot of money, that would make me happy.

― jel, Thursday, 16 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Hmm. I don't know. It depends on how much you're offering. In your situation I'd go for the angst and the money.

― Lyra, Thursday, 16 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

All right - let's redefine the question.

How much money would you take on to hang out with an ex-lover you're not too fond of? And I mean HANG OUT - talk, schmooze, respond to inquiries about life, etc.

― David Raposa, Thursday, 16 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

A couple of days ago you're all coy about kisses, now you're talking about dirty Sanchez and all. I'm going to start a felching thread and then we'll see where the true, er, adventurers are.

To answer your redefined question -- there's no ex I feel uncomfortable with (indeed, many remain good friends :-)), but I'd have a feeling I'd need a *LOT* of cash. Otherwise I'd be spending the whole time wishing for it to be OVER OVER OVER.

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 16 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

About £100, how bad could it be?

― jel, Thursday, 16 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

$25-50 hourly rate.

― Lyra, Thursday, 16 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Dude, I've hung out with them for free, I'll take a pack of cigarettes and I'll do it.

― Ally, Thursday, 16 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Ned - I'm a fast learner. ;)

And I'm jealous of you bastards with your healthy relationships with your ex. And this will be the last public word I will ever utter about said ex (I hope).

― David Raposa, Thursday, 16 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

And based on her response, Lyra's my favorite IL* poster right now. That is all.

― David Raposa, Thursday, 16 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Who said the relationships are healthy? I hang out with them based on my ability to just annoy them. That's worth more than money.

― Ally, Thursday, 16 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

some of them i would hang out with for nothing
Others i would need at least 1000 an hour paid only by Cashiers Check or Cash.

― anthony, Thursday, 16 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

You must excuse me, David, we want to hear ALL. Sorry, no excuses. Create a thinly veiled roman-a-clef, post it up here and let us revel in your pain for our amusement. OBEY!

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 16 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

four months pass...

Heh heh. I am bored. Very bored and depressed. So looking through old threads, I read this as Pick Yer Poison: MONKEY OR HAPPINESS. This has made me a little happier. Obviously I am willing to be unhappy for £7.50. I am cheap.

― Sarah, Wednesday, 19 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

£7.50 PER HOUR. Before tax. Sigh.

― Sarah, Wednesday, 19 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Well, damn, wouldn't the monkey LEAD to happiness?

― David Raposa, Wednesday, 19 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

And I really hope Ned hasn't been waiting all this time for My Story.

― David Raposa, Wednesday, 19 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Dave, tell us the story anyway! I'm depressed and need something to cheer me up! Unless it is a depressing story than I will revel in it as I sit and stare blindly into space with my eyes forming wet pools but no tears rolling down face on the EVIL HORROR that is the Thameslink and walk home waaaaaaaaaaaaaaah. I think someone has put CRACK in my CRACKERS and now I am haffing a comedown. Waaaah.

― Sarah, Wednesday, 19 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I'd stay with happy and healthy because these are wealth, Really! :)

― Gale Deslongchamps, Wednesday, 19 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I'm always waiting, David. Satisfy me.

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 19 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

two months pass...

I think Ned's still waiting...

― Dan Perry, Friday, 1 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I am a patient man.

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 1 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Oh, that's so last year. Everything's copacetic all around. And, really, if you had a relationship go sour, you've already heard my story, so pheff.

And how stupid was I to use a legit e-mail address in this forum?

― David Raposa, Friday, 1 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

How stupid am I to continue using a valid email address in this forum?

I must say, I really like the idea of asking someone, "What's your poison: or monkey?" If I ever become a bartender, I'm creating a drink called the monkey specifically to aid this.

― Dan Perry, Friday, 1 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

i have only ever used a legit address.

― gareth, Friday, 1 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Yeah, same here. I suspect switching to a Spam-block variant would eventually be useful, but anyway.

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 1 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

six years pass...

it's like, i'm fine with being broke in a bohemian way. i can pay the rent, i can buy a slice, it's fine. then people have weddings. and you have to buy them the big gift, especially if you're close. and if you're in the wedding party, you have to buy the right suit. and then the girls want to plan a bachelorette trip to vegas and you can't even go because you don't have that kind of income. your friend in LA does, but you don't.

that's when it gets tricky.

geez, weddings. and it's even more frustrating as a gay man because i don't want to do it. i don't want to put myself on that pedestal and be the gay couple who gets married. i just wouldn't feel comfortable. so i'm spending spending money on all these weddings, and we can barely afford a cuisinart.

thx for listening.

― Surmounter, Thursday, 24 July 2008 19:55 (seventeen years ago)

what you need to do is buy the gift, break the couple up at the wedding, the gift is returned to you, you return the gift.

― sunny successor, Thursday, 24 July 2008 20:00 (seventeen years ago)

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