[Borderline]

If I was going to give up spending money on food, I certainly wouldn't be going through that to buy cheap Topshop crap - oops, I mean "Topshop glitter". If you really care about clothing enough to sacrifice for it (which I do not), surely you would be the kind of person who desired nicer clothing than Topshop?

[North Irelandman]

(Original post by milesofsea)
You probably look quite boring, and aren't so fussed about going out all the time, so you don't have the exciting life of facebook photos and gossip and popularity.

I'm afraid I would substitute "exciting" with shallow and meaningless. If you go out with the only reason being to upload photos of your night in an attempt to be popular I feel sorry for you.

Anyway I doubt I will look after my eating habits much at uni, when I get hungry I'll eat (probably from the nearest cafe / shop) and I'll probably end up skipping meals all the time. I'd say I'll strike a balance between money spent on eating out / cheap food and money spent on whatever else I want... probably clothes.

[milesofsea]

(Original post by Brighten)
This post is just you (the latter category) trying to assert your superiority over the former category.

Why do you care so much what other people spend their money on? You prefer the quiet life and saving, they prefer partying. You're both free to please yourselves. Why does TSR act like it's shallow and terrible for people to want to dress up and get drunk when they're 18-21 and have no responsibilities? You like living a puritan lifestyle, fantastic. It doesn't make you better than anyone else.

No, I am not the latter.

EDIT: and also, I never said person number two lived like a puritan or never got drunk. Those things done occassionally don't really cost that much.

[annony]

(Original post by milesofsea)
Which do you choose?

To spend your money on clothes and a MILLION pairs of shoes and make up etc. Then live off toast, or scrounge others for food or eat whatever you can, however crappy the food is. When people visit, your fridge is empty and they have to wade through shoes. You're always "poor" and have never saved a penny in your life.

But you look like the stylish skinny girls from the magazines. You look good, and go to parties and clubbing twice a week to show off your topshop glitter to the world.

Or would you be one of those that rarely buy new clothes and therefore are seen wearing the same clothes often, and buy second hand from charity shops. However you eat a varied and good quality diet and buy lots of fresh ingredients to cook with. You always buy free range eggs that cost twice as much as value brands, because you can afford to and you feel sorry for the chickens. You would rather pay for a packet of good coffee beans instead of a new pair of shoes. You have money spare and might spend leftovers on a hobby or sport or whatever.

You probably look quite boring, and aren't so fussed about going out all the time, so you don't have the exciting life of facebook photos and gossip and popularity.

Who is better?

with the spare money as youve said i can so whatever i like (as youve just given an idea/example) so clothes being bought is a good idea.. therefore the second option

[devstudies]

just because food is cheap, doesnt mean its crap.
we rotate with 5 ppl, taking turns to cook. we manage a good and healthy meal for 1-1.50£ a head, all vitamins etc included.
means more money for beers etc xD

[Anna150]

I'd be in the middle but if i had to go with one extreme i'd go with the latter.

No matter how stylish and cute your clothes are you're still going to look like a tramp when you're scrounging and begging your friends for food.

[_music<3]

I'd get a part-time job and do both

[NokianTrouble]

Okay, a £50 dress from Monsoon that lasts about a week before it all goes frayed and comes apart and ends up being thrown away.

(This happened to my mum, so I'm not making this up!)

OR a proper beef chow mein with spring rolls and EVERYFIN that might only last me 15-20 minutes but is worth every mouthful!

I'll stick with being a greedy bitch, I never could get into skinny jeans.

[Bey Taco]

Food, every single time.

[milesofsea]

(Original post by North Irelandman)
I'm afraid I would substitute "exciting" with shallow and meaningless. If you go out with the only reason being to upload photos of your night in an attempt to be popular I feel sorry for you.

Anyway I doubt I will look after my eating habits much at uni, when I get hungry I'll eat (probably from the nearest cafe / shop) and I'll probably end up skipping meals all the time. I'd say I'll strike a balance between money spent on eating out / cheap food and money spent on whatever else I want... probably clothes.

Why do people think I'm describing myself, or these are my opinions??? The title is in quote marks for a reason!

[North Irelandman]

(Original post by milesofsea)
Why do people think I'm describing myself, or these are my opinions??? The title is in quote marks for a reason!

Haha! The "you" of my post isn't directed at you, but more in the way of "if this applies to you".

Sorry about that

[Crimmicy]

Like others have said a mix of both, to live a balance life and spend the money being conservative on food but also update my wardrobe every so often and occasionally splurge on big good nights out

[milesofsea]

(Original post by North Irelandman)
Haha! The "you" of my post isn't directed at you, but more in the way of "if this applies to you".

Sorry about that

It's more the neg I've received for this thread.

I'm not sure what exactly people are negging; person A for being superficial (and therefore, me, even though they've missed the point if they think I am that person)
or person B for being boring, (...also me apparently?)
or actual ME me, for making a thread they find too confusing.

[North Irelandman]

(Original post by milesofsea)
It's more the neg I've received for this thread.

I'm not sure what exactly people are negging; person A for being superficial (and therefore, me, even though they've missed the point if they think I am that person)
or person B for being boring, (...also me apparently?)
or actual ME me, for making a thread they find too confusing.

I see what you mean, maybe edit the first post to make it a little less example based. Last time I tried to make a thread in the Oxbridge subforum I lost 12 points in about half an hour - the difficulties of being OP.

[Genocidal]

(Original post by Mr Dangermouse)
Doesn't that bore you though?


I mean it's just a means to an end. The work side is obviously important but if you don't have any fun at all then this will continue into post uni life.

That's the beauty of it. I love what I do. I've never really been this happy in my life, and I played computer games for eight years before this. This was the best decision I've ever made.

[milesofsea]

(Original post by North Irelandman)
I see what you mean, maybe edit the first post to make it a little less example based. Last time I tried to make a thread in the Oxbridge subforum I lost 12 points in about half an hour - the difficulties of being OP.

Pfff. I'm not promoting anything that's objectionable (not promoting anything at all in fact) so I don't see why people are taking objection to it.

[dulciemae]

No one is entirely person 1 or 2, this is stupid.

[milesofsea]

No one agrees entirely with Labour or the Tories, voting is stupid.

[Firecrackerchild]

I like my food too much to consider spending it on an excessive amount of clothes......

[apackofcards]

Food > Anything else. Apart from possibly sleep.