lunchtime meetup

[nextqueen]

if you agreed to meet someone in their lunch hour that you hadnt seen for six months and they had extended their lunch for 1 1/2 hrs, would you expect to be eating lunch together if you knew you were going to a pub for example?

[Scarlett]

At lunchtime people usually like to eat, as they are hungry by then. I would expect to meet the person, get a quick snack at the bar (sarnie or something) and a drink and a chat. Probably soft drink.

[tigwig]

Right come on then why do you want to know what we think?

[Count-A-Strong]

Yes come on reveal all !!!

[nextqueen]

thanks for your views. so, i met up with an ex, my first boyfriend actually when we were 19. hes a good friend but so damn mean with his money and always has been, grrrr. he played a bill trick on my last time we went out to eat one evening, in fact the last i saw him last summer. so this time, i suggest meeting him at lunchtime, he uses his flexi time. he suggest i dont park in the centre as i would have to pay for parking. so i picked him up and we went to a back street crummy pub 2 mins round the corner. not many in the car park, he said it had just been refurbed. i offered to buy him a drink, damn then i asked for the menu at the bar. he said he had already had something so i glared at him and said i thought we were meeting for lunch. the menu was still in handwritten form and very limited. i ended up having a jacket potato. he said he though i would have had something. right. i drove up to my hometown to take some flowers to my mothers grave so thought i would call and see him on way back. so i not only paid for my own lunch but his pint aswell. what a cheapskate, i should have known it. he is so annoying. always counts his pennies and looks for the cheapest option on the menu or adds up a starter and main or main and dessert, grrr! i could go on for hours! am i wrong to be furious. he mentioned a new fish and chip restaurant round corner with free parking. i told him that he owed me fish and chips as i departed. he did buy me a coke but only because i was sucking at the last dregs halfway through his pint. both him and his wife have good jobs. there really isnt any need to be so mean, its a horrible trait. he expects to end up with me one day when we are old and grey, i would kill him in an instant. he has said in the past that he has a reputation with his inlaws for penny pinching, i looked surprised, yeah, right, and have mentioned to him other people who have been mean, pretend, to just drive home the facts!!!!! here endeth the rant. tell me im mean back bu

[DTCwordfan]

I'd expect to be screwed rigid

[nextqueen]

sorry, rant too long! cont/d tell me im mean but im so giving and generous, maybe too much so it could be he takes the mick. he said he had already eaten his sandwiches, thanks!!!!

[boxtops]

Odd one, nextqueen - it sounds as if he met you in a back street pub because it would be quiet and his wife wouldn't find out - that's how I read your story, anyhow. If it were me, I'd make that the last time - he's got his own life, tight fisted or not, let him get on with it.

[Prudie]

Ha so it was an ex!

[grasscarp]

next queen. That is awful. I am absolutely gobsmacked that people can behave like that.

[anneasquith]

mean people are not very attractive. id avoid him.

[DTCwordfan]

Dick

[ummmm]

Does his wife no you were expecting lunch?

[sherrardk]

Does his wife know you were meeting him?

[China Doll]

If he's that much of a knob, why did you meet him?

[sara3]

you knew what he was like. why keep seeing him?

[karenmac60]

Sounds like my ex NQ - only he would tell all our friends that it was me who was mean and if he spent any money I'd give him hell! I never even knew that until a couple of years ago when I met up with an old friend of his and he spilled the beans. I was so bloody angry!

[ummmm]

Sometimes I think it's out of morbid curiosity that you meet up again. I would have thought that was for the single ones though...

[Mamyalynne]

You already knew what his ways were, I am amazed you were surprised.

[ladyalex]

Talk about the triumph of optimism over experience......he's mean....he's always been mean......he's always going to be mean.....you've had a lucky escape.

[nextqueen]

he is a good friend who i can talk to about anything, he just has this awful trait! yes its all kosher, his wife knows, they have 3 kids, i dont know if he didnt think the other day or think, i will make and take sandwiches so i dont have to buy my lunch. we meet up every six months or so when im in the area. when he has come to visit in the past, he always makes sure everything is finished that is put out to eat. he did it when we went to visit his inlaws near to us, asking if he could have the last of everything left, grrrr! he even finished the kids dinner on their plates, i just hate that so much, thats how to pile on the pounds. when we used to go out he would have half a lager when he was paying, when it was my turn he would ask for a whiskey and ginger, grrrr! you are right, he will never change, im guessing its his dad thats the same. i know my ex used to have pocket money when they first got married so hes probably got it all stashed in his counting house and will be a millionaire by the time we are old. maybe i will hang on to him after all and then when he pops it first, i will be rubbing my hands in glee, mwahahaha! here endeth the tale!