Jennifer Aniston plays Olivia - a teacher who's had enough of horrible children and who now works as a maid. Her friends are filthy rich and all think she's wasting her life.
Hmmm... does it ring a bell? It could be me. Fair enough, I'm not working as a maid - haven't got a job at all but I am a teacher who got disillusioned on my first encounter with the British school system and British children. There's a limit on how much s*** I'll allow myself to take and I would rather scrub loos for a living than putting up with a job like that again. There's a difference in taking s*** and cleaning s***, if you know what I mean.
My friends, or the friends I know through Boyfriend, are all making loads of money working as doctors and have no problems taking a week off and going to the Caribbean on holidays, rent villas somewhere fancy and nice. I can't and I know Boyfriend would pay for me if he wanted to go but I would like to be able to pay my own way and not make his life twice as expensive.
I know I say I use Boyfriend's creditcard and I do, but I have my money on there as it was too much hassle getting my own account as I had to have a monthly income and a National Insurance No. And I had to put down the NI no. on my job applications... A vicious circle.
Anyway, I don't like the way money dictates how a person is perceived but that's the way the world works and I'm on the lower end of the stick. But I really shouldn't complain. I'm healthy, I have a Boyfriend I love and who loves me back, same goes for family and friends. I'm living comfortably compared to a lot of people so I really, really have nothing to complain about. I don't need a holiday in the Caribbean, it would be nice but I don't need one.
What made me think about all this is that I saw myself in Olivia and also how people around her saw her and the comments they made. And it made me wonder if that's what the people we hang out with say about me. Do they comment on the fact that I don't have that many different outfits to choose between when going out etc etc. It's an interesting thought, don't you think? A thought that could and most surely will make me slightly paranoid. Our friends are lovely people and I really should give them more credit than this.
Is this post making any sense at all and how did I get on to this subject? Oh yeah, the movie - it was alright, a bit different to what I had expected. It was thankfully on sale...
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Perhaps you have too much time on your hands? Well, if it hadn't cost you loads to get here I'd tell you to move your behind and show up at the drink fest we are having @ my place tonight. Will be fun I hope! Everyone who comes are to bring ingredients to at least one drink (and the recipe of course). Just have to clean the place, take out the glasses and prepare the snacks, and then I transform myself into the lovely queen of drinks I imagine I'll be tonight... Sounds good doesn't it!?!
it doesn't sound bad at all! I hope you had fun.
I bit too fun I'm afarid... Am a bit worried as to my status tomorrow when the father and brother and others are coming over for birthday cake. Let's just hope for the best...
By the way, how would you interpret a friend of yours (male) saying it's nice to hug and kiss you (on the cheek!!...and neck...)while intoxicated? We've both discussed how people might misunderstand the way we are physical (hugs and such) with eachother, and decided it's their problem not ours. We are physical with our friends and that's that! Please give me some input 'cause I'm a bit confused. Should I go by what he says while sober or should I rely on what he says while influenced by alcohol?
hmmm...maybe he used alcohol to dare kiss you in such a manner?! Sometimes we do crazy things when we're drunk and sometimes we do what we actually want to do. A tricky one! I honestly don't know so perhaps it's better to ask him for a coffee or smth and sort of lead the conversation in that direction or you could simply just ask him. I think, however, the most important question is how do you feel about him and do you want to take things further or have them stay the way they are?
You're probably right. The problem is that I don't feel like that for him. I like it like it is but at the same time I don't want to take advantage if he feels something I don't. A discussion is a good solution then... Just that I don't like haveing those kind of talks.
Thanks for the input!
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