I read a really interesting article in the FT yesterday that went on arguing that the name "Swine Flu" was giving pigs a bad name since eating pork does not spread the flu. It continued to say that it should be called the "Mexican Flu" instead of "Swine Flu" because it comes from human, pigs, and birds but is originating from Mexico. The man supported his argument that the flu back in the late 60's was called "Hong Kong Flu" and it originated from Hong Kong, thus the current one should be "Mexican Flu" since it's coming from Mexico. I never thought of that. My auntie went on a long conversation about how much her friends loved her and etc and they always buy her meals or stuff. She went on saying that she pay occasionally but she knew a 34 year old guy who made people pay for anything/everything even if he was the only one eating and the one who planned the entire thing. Instance 1: He brought a date to dinner and invite another guy over. He made that guy pay for the meal even though he was the one with the date. Tell me, who the hell would want to date him after that? Worse yet, who would want to eat out with him and etc? Instance 2: He called people out to eat at night and everyone were full so they said they'll just keep him company. He was the only one eating and at the end of dinner he made someone else pay for his meal. That's awfully rude, you are the only one eating and yet you mase someone else pay? Saying that you forgot to bring your wallet when you were the one who invited people out in the first place is a horrible excuse. Telling people beforehand that you were hungry and forgot your money and for them to lend you some would have been better. Instance 3: He said he was having a party. But when everyone came there was no food or drinks. He expected people to bring them over. Why the hell would you expect everyone to do things that you don't even want to do? It's rude, not hospitable, and awfully uncouth of a person to not have anything out for friends when you are the one who planned the party. If you told everyone to bring something over because of budget constraints on your part and you, yourself, made/brought something as well, then there'd be a better atmoshpere. But sometimes I think my aunt lives in a "Guy pays for everything" world too much. When I invite people over, I provide the food/drinks. When I call a friend for lunch, I usually pay because I was the one who made the suggestion. But I do have my limits, so don't think I do it all the time. My aunt tends to pay 25% of the time, I usually do about half the time. I think "social skills" is the word my aunt is looking for when she says she should take me out with her more often to know how to interact with people. | 