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How old is too old to "crash on a couch" (1 Viewer)

For just a night or two - what's the cut off?

  • Never should do it

    Votes: 1 0.5%

  • Always acceptable, it's just one night after all

    Votes: 136 66.0%

  • High school

    Votes: 3 1.5%

  • College

    Votes: 15 7.3%

  • Post-college

    Votes: 19 9.2%

  • >30

    Votes: 17 8.3%

  • >40

    Votes: 12 5.8%

  • When you get married

    Votes: 3 1.5%
  • Total voters
    206
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Have to travel for work tomorrow. To save money, I offered to crash at my friends' house who lives in the city I'm traveling to. I tell my wife and we have the following exchange:

Her: Okay. Well I'll pack you the air mattress.

Me: It's cool, I'm just planning on crashing on their couch. It's big and comfortable.

Her: :confused: What are you, 18? You're not going to crash on their couch. Either take the air mattress or book your own hotel.

Me: What's wrong with just crashing on their couch.

Her: You're 30 years old. You're not in college anymore. It also wrecks the couch, but that's besides the point.

Me: ...

Her: Don't believe me? Go ask your football nerd board. They'll tell you I'm right.

So, tell me.

 
I did this in my late 30s once. I bought my friend and his wife dinner that night. You're fine Woz

Efit. I stayed in a room

 
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Doesn't matter the age or the reasons why. It's acceptable to "crash on a couch". Personally, I've done it many times for varying reasons, all valid in my eyes and the persons eyes whose couch I crashed on. Just a couple weeks ago somebody crashed on my couch. I had no problem with it and neither did they.

 
No age limit. I would never turn any friend away who needed help whether 18 or 80

There is no shame in crashing on a couch

 
If you're going to pack an air mattress, you may as well bring marshmallows and graham crackers so you guys can have a campout.

 
Sounds like a gender gap problem. Guys can always crash on a buddy's couch, no matter the age.

Women? It's a totally different story.

 
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FWIW I still crash on friends' couches on occasion, usually when I'm sauced and need to sober up before driving home. A couch > DWI or worse.

 
43 - I have no problem crashing on someone's couch.

I would not do so for work, however when they will pay for a hotel.

 
approaching 40 and I'll still couch crash. I have some wussy friends in my age group who have outgrown it however..

 
Depends on how tight you are with the friend and what their situation is in terms of family and work.

 
belljr said:
Also why isn't work picking up a tab for hotel?
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Because I'm a kick-### employee and offered to save them the money. This was in conjunction with me asking for an upcoming Friday afternoon off to play in a golf tournament.

 
Limp Ditka said:
Zow said:
Have to travel for work tomorrow. To save money, I offered to crash at my friends' house who lives in the city I'm traveling to.
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i'm sure your friend appreciates you inviting yourself.
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They don't care (married couple). They've crashed at my place plenty of times and vice-versa. They do the same time of work and will travel for the same reasons on occasion too.

 
Zow said:
belljr said:
Also why isn't work picking up a tab for hotel?
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Because I'm a kick-### employee and offered to save them the money. This was in conjunction with me asking for an upcoming Friday afternoon off to play in a golf tournament.
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And they are laughing at you for being such a dumb arrsse

You have to ask to take an afternoon off? You must be some low life at that company.

 
Stinger Ray said:
Zow said:
belljr said:
Also why isn't work picking up a tab for hotel?
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Because I'm a kick-### employee and offered to save them the money. This was in conjunction with me asking for an upcoming Friday afternoon off to play in a golf tournament.
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And they are laughing at you for being such a dumb arrsse

You have to ask to take an afternoon off? You must be some low life at that company.
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It's a small firm. They appreciate me saving them some money. And no, I normally wouldn't have to ask if I set the day out in advance, but when it's short time away and I'd need a partner to cover my court hearings...

 
Zow said:
Stinger Ray said:
Zow said:
belljr said:
Also why isn't work picking up a tab for hotel?
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Because I'm a kick-### employee and offered to save them the money. This was in conjunction with me asking for an upcoming Friday afternoon off to play in a golf tournament.
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And they are laughing at you for being such a dumb arrsse

You have to ask to take an afternoon off? You must be some low life at that company.
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It's a small firm. They appreciate me saving them some money. And no, I normally wouldn't have to ask if I set the day out in advance, but when it's short time away and I'd need a partner to cover my court hearings...
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Travel expenses are tax deductible for your firm. They are laughing at you just like we do here.

 
If the defendants only had access to this site instead of westlaw or some other legal computer in the pokey.....

:lmao:

 
Was it your wife or your mom?

If she was travelling with you I'd see her side, but it's just you. Why is she trying to craft your image to people? Shouldn't you decide where you sleep?

 
If your company will pay for a room - you should always do that first.

That said, when I was relocating to Orange County, a buddy had a spare bedroom and lived by himself. I crashed there for weeks at a time. I gave him some high dollar gift cards and felt fine about it.

 
I'm too old to sleep on a couch, only because I can't get a decent night's sleep on a couch. If you can, god bless.

And count me in the camp that says the office needs to pick up the tab for work travel.

 
A) its a write off

2) stay at a motel 6 or something.

Eta nothing wrong with crashing but I wouldn't on a work trip

 
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I don't know. My former company always covered meal and drink expenses for friends when we crashed at their place. Much more fun partying with friends than sitting in a hotel room drinking alone.

 
For all you guys saying it's a write off...so are employee's salaries. Why not double everyone's salary since it's a write off.

 
Ignoramus said:
I'm too old to sleep on a couch, only because I can't get a decent night's sleep on a couch. If you can, god bless.

And count me in the camp that says the office needs to pick up the tab for work travel.
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This. In a day when companies have zero loyalty to people, there is no incentive to do something like this for their benefit.

 
"My high powered lawyer who flew in to defend me. You guys will never win this case. What? Yeah he slept on a couch in a basement last night. So what?" -- Said no defendant, ever.

 
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