I was talking to someone about money and things last night (you know who you are, even if you don't read the blog no more...:-/). This song came to mind...
Sometimes,
I find another world inside my mind
When I realize the crazy things we do
It makes me feel ashamed to be alive
It makes me want to run away and hide
chorus
Its all about the money,
it's all about the dum dum duh dee dum dum
I don't think it's funny
To see us fade away
It's all about the money,
it's all about the dum dum duh dee dum dum
and I think we got it all wrong anywayWe find strange ways,
of showing them how much we really care
When in fact we don't seem to care at all
This pretty world is gettin' out of hand
So tell me how we failed to understandchorus (x2)
Meja - Its All About The Money
I somehow sense that that may all be lost on you if you don't know what we were talking about... I'll elaborate :)
Well we were talking about girls always caring loads about their boyfriends by default, and yet boys can only be really caring about their girlfriends if they constantly shower them with gifts, and never let the girl pay for anything... which to anyone with like a tiny notion of logic is bullcrap.
To me, if the girl insisting that she pays nothing (or is moaning to people that he's not paying for everything) then it's showing me that she doens't actually care about the bloke, and all she is actually caring about is freeloading... maaaaaaaaaaan this is not real love, it's not even close.
Yeah, you can call me new aged or something if you like.
And noooooo, it wasn't a conversation with Amanda.
girls don't like boys girls like cars and money.
i believe good charlotte helpfully told us.
its kinda relevant...
It's not about Amanda either, so don't think that either!
As some of your readership might know, I am a giver of gifts. It is my nature to do so, I'm not sure why.
I am of the opinion that the gift of gift giving is in the giving. Giving a person, man or woman, a gift is as much about how it makes you feel as how it makes the recipient feel. If you do not feel comfortable, or happy, to give something, then do not. Simple as that really. If keeping your money makes you feel happier, then I'm certain that the recipient (especially if they are someone who loves you at all) would rather you kept your money.
So.. what does everyone want for christmas anyway?!?
Posted by: Owen on November 7, 2003 11:39 PMBut of course giving things because you expect to recive back is wrong, giving should be about showing you care about the other person.
Posted by: James on November 8, 2003 3:09 AMHummm, I so wasn't clear with what I was ranting about :)
"If keeping your money makes you feel happier, then I'm certain that the recipient (especially if they are someone who loves you at all) would rather you kept your money."
Basically the above keeping money scenario was happening, but it wasn't making the none recipient (who also wants to keep her money) happy, because she thought her boyfriend was cheap, and wasn't sure whether she could live with this blatant show of none love... :-/
Yes, I thought it was fucked up too...
Sorry for not being clear :)
Posted by: Ed on November 8, 2003 12:53 PM