Well, I suppose Rocco, it just depends what you want to spend your money on!!! I don�t think, for example, Juliettes get together sounds expensive at 10�, nor Chicas dinner for that matter!! I would willing pay, say, 25� a couple of times a month to have good food, good company, and a good old chat!
Of course, if it�s too expensive one can always stay in and watch SKY TV......which costs what per month?
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the 10� per head wings&beer gathering sounds pretty reasonable to me.
yes, the 21� per head madrid chicas mixer dinner is steep but that is something they do but once a month as Chica said. besides, it should be great for the single guys to hook up so that is a value added bonus for the price
yes, the BRUNCH thang is also not cheap at 17� per person but it is also a special treat and not a weekly thing.
come on man! live a little and spend some of that big cash you make
hey madsue, we posted in the same exact minute and we think alike, scary eh!!!
oh, and your sky comment was ON THE MONEY!!! one of the best comments i have ever read on the board.
at today's exchange rate, sky tv comes in at 60�/month. that's more than the 21� Chica mixer dinner + the 17� brunch + the 10� wings&beer gathering combined!!!
I must re-inforce Jer's comment about 'the single guys hooking up'. The last Madrid Chicas event was in October I believe at Mai Thai. I did meet someone then and well it is a good opportunity to meet someone if ur single.
Mike
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it just depends what you want to spend your money on!!!
sooooooo true. Rocco, what is better, spending 21� to have a nice meal in the company of a group of lovely young ladies (eg. the madrid chicas dinner) or sitting home alone and watching sky.
hmmmm....haven't you posted regularly about the lack of decent women out there?
well, being a decent woman (debatable as you may find that), i can assure you....we don't want to date someone who can't afford a decent meal out here and there.
oh...okay...let me clarify...we don't want to date anyone in their 30s who can't afford to eat out a decent place once in a while. poverty is cute on those under 30 and, of course on artists of all stripes, but after that and it gets tiresome.
you think that by the time someone reaches 30-plus, they have some idea of what they are doing, where they are going,and how much they have to spend. also usually by the time someone reaches that age, they have learned to appreciate a really good meal, an amazing bottle of wine, the value of good company lingering over the dinner table.
of course...you can probably find a slew of 22 year olds (didn't you once specify blond, tall, and young)...more than willing to split a Pans&Co. value meal.
don't get me wrong, women aren't all out just looking for moneyed men. but there is something intrinsically unattractive about a man post-30 who can't splash out once in a while on a decent meal.
at least keep your money woes to yourself. no one other than your best pals want to hear it.
finally, you busted your own chops up above...you mentioned the outings and football, etc...which are mostly free and lots of fun (jers leg notwithstanding)....and as you are well aware, this forum is free and open, post your own event...whenever you want...
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one thing, i�m pretty sure Rocco can afford the dinners out, it is just that he does not want to spend the cash, not that he can't.
again, it is all about priorities. madsue put it perfectly when whe said that it depends what you want to spend your money on. to each his/her own.
for example, i have a friend who buys new clothes every month, spends at least a few hundred euros monthly on them.
i personally hardly ever buy new clothes and, as many who know me can confirm, i do not exactly dress "fashion" but when it comes to technology (computers, cameras, cell phones, etc...) i am addicted (actually an illness in my case). so, i choose to spend my euros on a few BIG tech purchases per year rather than spending on clothes every month or week.
some people are clothes horses, i�m a tech horse :jeje:
ya gotta choose your battles (or sometimes they choose you).
Although I am quite thifty when I can be, I was not talking about myself.
I was just trying to encourage more people to come up with a wider assortment of ideas that more people could take part in.
As far as me spending money on Sky... I need it for my work research, etc. Also, I do not like going out to smoke filled bars to go drinking and what have you. Like someone else on this board said in another thread. You have got to choose your battles.
In my humble opinion, the brunch, even for once in a blue moon is too expensive. The Madrid Chicas dinner is fair if that is what you are a part of or looking for. I have no problems with the Wings & Beer get together.
I am sure that I have missed one or two other high priced gathering proposals as well, but I probably was not interested in the first place.
You say that I need to live a little, maybe I do, but I can afford to. What about everyone else who barely scrapes by doing English teaching, bar work, babysitting, etc. who compose a large part of this board's community?
You do not need to focus on me (I have enough fans and adoring public :jeje: ) or personally attack me every time that I post. Especially a community or for the betterment of the general public post.
Not attacking you at all Rocco, you know me better than that
:jeje: Sorry didn�t mean that to sound like it does, but will leave it up anyway :jeje:
I was just taking the mick out of your attitude! Other people can post if they think things are too expensive.........but it�s always you that does it
I will take you to task about needing SKY for research though! Elucidate my friend!!!!!! I need it cos..........umm I like rubbish TV...I would only talk to my dog at night otherwise......I have to watch UK Food and UK Style because.......I do!! And although I watch spanish TV, I do find it much easier to watch programmes in English!! Those are my reasons for having it!!!!! And yes, I am ashamed!!!!!
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I think the nice thing about multimadrid is that there is usually something for everyone.
So, as Rocco said, there are plenty of low/no cost activities such as football sala, volleyball, hiking trips etc. Heck, even Juliette's proposed wings and things was acceptable by his standards.
So, what's wrong with a few "higher end" activities such as the brunch or the occasional mixed dinners. If people think they are too expensive, then they have some options. Either don't participate in them or, as Candy said, post their own economical activities.
Yes, 21� might be "steep" to some people. However, I don't think the "poor English teacher" bit works here as a good percentage of the women who do participate in the dinners are English teachers. Granted, the monthly dinners do not usually cost 21�, but all the still. As jer and many others who have mentioned, you have to choose your battles. Some of us don't go out every weekend night (read, I am an old married woman so my once a month dinners are my respite!! ).
Mike wrote:
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I did meet someone then and well it is a good opportunity to meet someone if ur single.
Yeah... I heard all about it Mike!
Besides, rather than hooking up, the Madrid Chicas dinners are more about enjoying a good bottle of wine, languishing over a nice dinner in the company of good people as Candy so eloquently put it.
So, three cheers for multimadrid and the multitude and variety of activities for its participants!
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