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

[belljr]

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.

If the 100 bucks its going to cost the company is an issue then they are in trouble

 

[Apple Jack]

Totally depends on the friend. I have friends I get a hotel. I have friends I stay in the guest room with the the family. Friends without kids where I crash on the couch. Friends I crash in their bed. Totally depends on the friend.

But the answer on work trips is hotel, unless you and your buddy are going to be partying late.

ETA: Scratch that...even if you're partying, just get a cab back to the hotel. This is a strange question.

 

[FUBAR]

Ignoring the work part, the only reasons crashing on a couch would be "wrong" is if you have a bad back or you weren't invited.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

this is a woman thing. men don't care.

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

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: 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.

She's crazy.

There is no age limit.

However at some point, maybe 50+?, your host hopefully should be able to offer you an actual guest bed / bedroom.

football nerd board

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[17seconds]

"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.

 

[SacramentoBob]

"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.

 

[Buckfast 1]

As a 30-year old attorney, I certainly don't feel too old to sleep on a friend's couch. I was actually planning on sleeping on a friend's couch this weekend myself. Girls and some of these old guys are just snobs.

 

[Stinger Ray]

As a 30-year old attorney, I certainly don't feel too old to sleep on a friend's couch. I was actually planning on sleeping on a friend's couch this weekend myself. Girls and some of these old guys are just snobs.

Are you traveling on business this weekend?

 

[Buckfast 1]

As a 30-year old attorney, I certainly don't feel too old to sleep on a friend's couch. I was actually planning on sleeping on a friend's couch this weekend myself. Girls and some of these old guys are just snobs.

Are you traveling on business this weekend?

No. I can't imagine that I would ever do it on a business trip. I definitely don't care about my company's bottom line enough to pass up a free hotel room.

 

[SacramentoBob]

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.

"It's a tax write off" is right up there with ironic in terms of being misused.

 

[Stinger Ray]

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.

"It's a tax write off" is right up there with ironic in terms of being misused.

Aren't ordinary travel expenses a taxable deduction for businesses?

 

[squidrope]

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.

"It's a tax write off" is right up there with ironic in terms of being misused.

He's travelling for work. Get a hotel room.

Did you offer to hitch hike, or take a bus to save the company money too?

You should buy a loaf of bread, and a jar of peanut butter to save on expenses...

 

[belljr]

As a 30-year old attorney, I certainly don't feel too old to sleep on a friend's couch. I was actually planning on sleeping on a friend's couch this weekend myself. Girls and some of these old guys are just snobs.

Are you traveling on business this weekend?

No. I can't imagine that I would ever do it on a business trip. I definitely don't care about my company's bottom line enough to pass up a free hotel room.

so you agree with us snobs

 

[RBM]

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'm sure your friend appreciates you inviting yourself.

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.

You're wife must think they're real losers.

 

[Tom Servo]

I'm 41 and crash on my own couch half the time.

I do it on my own couch every night.

 

[The General]

Your wife seems like a nag.

Aren't they all?

 

[BassNBrew]

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.

"It's a tax write off" is right up there with ironic in terms of being misused.

Aren't ordinary travel expenses a taxable deduction for businesses?

Yup. As are bonuses, insurance, materials, labor.

 

[tommyGunZ]

Never too old to crash on a couch if it's you rolling solo and your friends don't mind.

 

[CurlyNight]

I don't get what's wrong with crashing on the couch at someone's house unless they don't want you on it. How does sleeping on a mattress or in a sleeping bag on the floor make it "over the age of 18 ok" over the couch? Maybe it's the term "crashing on the couch" that in college means you are drunk and unable to move off of it.

 

[BassNBrew]

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.

"It's a tax write off" is right up there with ironic in terms of being misused.

He's travelling for work. Get a hotel room.

Did you offer to hitch hike, or take a bus to save the company money too?

You should buy a loaf of bread, and a jar of peanut butter to save on expenses...

Years ago when the boss was #####ing about travel expense he made receipts for all meals required for 3 months. We took a photo of road kill opossum and sent it to him asking if we should submit the tail in lieu of receipt. A week later they killed the receipt thing. I'm not sure if it was from that incident or us spending more time doing expense reports documenting a 1.49 coffee and pastry and not getting real work done.

 

[coolnerd]

Never too old with friends or family where nothing crazy is going to happen (sexually especially). Beats driving drunks or just too tried or save money or just be near people you give a spit about.

 

[BassNBrew]

As a 30-year old attorney, I certainly don't feel too old to sleep on a friend's couch. I was actually planning on sleeping on a friend's couch this weekend myself. Girls and some of these old guys are just snobs.

Are you traveling on business this weekend?

No. I can't imagine that I would ever do it on a business trip. I definitely don't care about my company's bottom line enough to pass up a free hotel room.

I guess if you travel enough a free hotel room gets old and the prospect of hanging out with friends for a night seems more attractive.

 

[belljr]

Travelling for work , get hotel on company

Social or self employed, crashing is fine

 

[Stinger Ray]

As a 30-year old attorney, I certainly don't feel too old to sleep on a friend's couch. I was actually planning on sleeping on a friend's couch this weekend myself. Girls and some of these old guys are just snobs.

Are you traveling on business this weekend?

No. I can't imagine that I would ever do it on a business trip. I definitely don't care about my company's bottom line enough to pass up a free hotel room.

I guess if you travel enough a free hotel room gets old and the prospect of hanging out with friends for a night seems more attractive.

It's possible to hang with friends and then go to a free hotel room.

 

[CurlyNight]

As a 30-year old attorney, I certainly don't feel too old to sleep on a friend's couch. I was actually planning on sleeping on a friend's couch this weekend myself. Girls and some of these old guys are just snobs.

Are you traveling on business this weekend?

No. I can't imagine that I would ever do it on a business trip. I definitely don't care about my company's bottom line enough to pass up a free hotel room.

I guess if you travel enough a free hotel room gets old and the prospect of hanging out with friends for a night seems more attractive.

It's possible to hang with friends and then go to a free hotel room.

Not if you sit up late and then don't feel like going outside...

 

[SacramentoBob]

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.

"It's a tax write off" is right up there with ironic in terms of being misused.

Aren't ordinary travel expenses a taxable deduction for businesses?

Yes, which wasn't the point.

 

[tommyGunZ]

Agree with BnB here. Especially if you work for a small business (only a few people in the office), crashing on the couch is not a big deal.

 

[simey]

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.

That's news to me.

 

[Stinger Ray]

As a 30-year old attorney, I certainly don't feel too old to sleep on a friend's couch. I was actually planning on sleeping on a friend's couch this weekend myself. Girls and some of these old guys are just snobs.

Are you traveling on business this weekend?

No. I can't imagine that I would ever do it on a business trip. I definitely don't care about my company's bottom line enough to pass up a free hotel room.

I guess if you travel enough a free hotel room gets old and the prospect of hanging out with friends for a night seems more attractive.

It's possible to hang with friends and then go to a free hotel room.

Not if you sit up late and then don't feel like going outside...

That's true.

 

[TLEF316]

Gonna go with the consensus here.

Never too old, but I do think its beyond silly to do so on a business trip. No way I'm sleeping on a couch if I'm wearing a suit the next day.

 

[Gr00vus]

I wonder how the conversation goes when Zowina gets the news that the football board nerds backed Zow up instead of giving him the usual Zow treatment.

 

[Wingnut]

Acceptable of you're a cool person. If you're a jackass, you probably won't be crashing on any couches.

 

[Ray Barboni]

It depends on the friend, the couch, and the if the guy has a wife and or family.

The OP says YOU "offered" to crash on your buddies couch? Is that correct? If so...your kind of a tool-belt. I hope you meant to post that your buddy OFFERED his couch/place for crashing.

Either way, if your wife thinks it's stupid/wrong - she probably has a better perspective of YOU than you do. She lives with you. She knows you. Perhaps she is trying to save you from embarrassing yourself when you ruin buddies couch and are the awkward couch crashing grown man?

Unless it's an old party buddy, that's single....you should get a room for yourself and don't impose.

 

[Abraham]

I don't see the big deal.

 

[Christo]

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: 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.

She's weird.

 

[belljr]

I do agree travelling with an inflatable mattress is odd

 

[Apple Jack]

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: 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.

She's weird.

She's worried about what her girlfriends with think.

 

[Limp Ditka]

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: 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.

She's weird.

She's worried about what her girlfriends with think.

She's worried about the next time she sees the friends and being asked about the 2oz stains he left behind.

 

[snore]

I'm 41 and crash on my own couch half the time.

Yup. Couches are made for crashing on. No age limit.

 

[CurlyNight]

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: 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.

She's weird.

She's worried about what her girlfriends with think.

Probably but more like what will people as in everyone who knows us will think. Why would she need to tell anyone? He's gone on a biz trip period. I may be a chic, maybe, and I am so not into what so and so will think about me if I don't follow the sheep...

 

[FUBAR]

Of course, if on business, a good night's sleep should usually be worth more than the hotel room.

 

[Arizona Ron]

You can crash on my couch any time GB.

 

[stbugs]

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.

"It's a tax write off" is right up there with ironic in terms of being misused.

Aren't ordinary travel expenses a taxable deduction for businesses?

Yes, which wasn't the point.

Yeah it is. Tax deductibility is a gold mine. That's why I had my mortgage company double my interest rate. Doubled my tax deduction and now I am rolling in money every April.

 

[BassNBrew]

Gonna go with the consensus here.

Never too old, but I do think its beyond silly to do so on a business trip. No way I'm sleeping on a couch if I'm wearing a suit the next day.

I guess I'm the oddball here. Used to crash on the couch whenever I got the chance on business. I would cruise out to my buddies farm. We'd fish for a couple of hours, fire up the grill and cook a couple of steaks, and then catch whatever game was on. while killing a 12 pack. I wasn't going to drive drunk or foot a bill for a 20 mile cab trip just to experience a night in a hotel. I'd rather sleep on a beer stained sofa than a sperm stained comforter anyway given the choice.

 

[gianmarco]

Because drunk? I'd put the cutoff at around 100.

Because cheap? 30 is pushing it.

 

[Steve Tasker]

Gonna go with the consensus here.

Never too old, but I do think its beyond silly to do so on a business trip. No way I'm sleeping on a couch if I'm wearing a suit the next day.

/thread

 

[Frostillicus]

I think we've actually reached a consensus: wife is wrong, but you're a weirdo.

 

[Kenny Powers]

1) Youre never too old to crash on a couch.

2) Circumstances certainly dictate when u can/should

3) In general, these instances are usually few and far between once youre past 30

That said, if youre on a business trip I have no ####in idea why anyone would do that.

 

[Michael Brown]

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: 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'd like to hear more about the point that was "besides the point". Are couches just for decoration now? Unless you're 597 lbs and pooping in your sleep, I don't see how you would ruin an otherwise perfectly good couch by laying on it