Seriously, I guess I got used to paying $130 to $180 a book. Would you like a more regular accounting of my financial state? I mean, some cultures that might be taken as a courtship ritual...
Like I've said before, I'm ridiculously happy for you with everything that's happening. I just wish I were around to buy you a celebratory drink or three.
...That much per book? I, apparently, don't have much toward which to look forward concerning costs. Damnit.
And only some cultures? Aside from the whole dowry thing, or the whole "I give you a cow, you give me a woman" concept, I'd almost argue that even in America you'd find people who are first and foremost concerned with the financial state of potential suitors. Which, in a roundabout way, I suppose I agree. I mean, would you want to seriously date a girl who lacked any and all ambition, aside from perhaps being a soccer mom? *shudders* (On that note... I will NEVER EVER drive a van
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Goddamn, I actually remember that bitching. Which, obviously, also recalls why I blocked it out... just how horrifying that was to me. And there I had been thinking that I'd never have to deal with something of that nature. Huh. Goes to show you.
weltreisender related to me how she used to laugh at all her science major friends, who once complained about how one book on chemistry, for example, cost $150 while one book in, say, history cost $30. But then she would tell them, sure, it's a low cost, but she had to buy seven books. :D
However!!!! I had a major score moment earlier, when I discovered that a co-worker of my is just about to graduate from the very same program. So, I'm getting both my books for cheap cheap cheap. Thank the GODS.
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Seriously, I guess I got used to paying $130 to $180 a book. Would you like a more regular accounting of my financial state? I mean, some cultures that might be taken as a courtship ritual...
Like I've said before, I'm ridiculously happy for you with everything that's happening. I just wish I were around to buy you a celebratory drink or three.
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And only some cultures? Aside from the whole dowry thing, or the whole "I give you a cow, you give me a woman" concept, I'd almost argue that even in America you'd find people who are first and foremost concerned with the financial state of potential suitors. Which, in a roundabout way, I suppose I agree. I mean, would you want to seriously date a girl who lacked any and all ambition, aside from perhaps being a soccer mom? *shudders* (On that note... I will NEVER EVER drive a van ( ... )
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weltreisender related to me how she used to laugh at all her science major friends, who once complained about how one book on chemistry, for example, cost $150 while one book in, say, history cost $30. But then she would tell them, sure, it's a low cost, but she had to buy seven books. :D
However!!!! I had a major score moment earlier, when I discovered that a co-worker of my is just about to graduate from the very same program. So, I'm getting both my books for cheap cheap cheap. Thank the GODS.
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