This weekend at the seaside we spent one night in a hotel, an ordinary place, nothing special or fancy, just clean and simple. We ate our meals either in a cafe, or in the hotel if they were provided in the hotel price. We didn't do any shopping or pay any entrance fees, just the train and food and hotel.
When D talked on the phone to H last night, she was all breathless, and was in awe of the hotel, as it is different from home - for example it has a tv in the room and all that. Then she told H that we went into a four star place with a swimming pool to enquire about spending next weekend there. (Some others are going again, but I probably won't as D is with H.... but I might.) We did go into a place to ask, as it stays open throughout the winter, but the tariff was way above our budget. But the idea H is probably getting from our nine year old is that we live the life of Riley in fancy hotels every weekend!
I notice that I often hear from H about money whenver he hears that we have done something nice. It seems to get up his nose. Yet when he mentions going away for months, I have just said, good for you! Not, how can you afford it?????
Livnlearn
"The unexamined life is not worth living" - Socrates
