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

[Riversco]

Tell your wife you aren't interested in her first world problems about how old is too old to crash on a couch. There's a starving kid in Africa somewhere that will never have an opportunity to do it and now doesn't she feel guilty?

 

[Henry Ford]

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

It flattens the owner's butt groove. Very inconsiderate.

 

[CurlyNight]

So those that are saying no way after age ___, what if you are drunk and not fit to drive and you are a long way from home? Take a cab to a motel rather than stay at your friend's house the night?

 

[TheAristocrat]

Always one night. One.

 

[TheAristocrat]

Woz things are still funny sad.

 

[Henry Ford]

So those that are saying no way after age ___, what if you are drunk and not fit to drive and you are a long way from home? Take a cab to a motel rather than stay at your friend's house the night?

My friends have guest rooms.

 

[Zow]

"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.

"Hey criminal Defendant accused of doing something terribly violent, here is where I sleep at night when I'm in town for your court date in case you wanted to know in the event this course doesn't go our way…"

- said no defense attorney, ever.

 

[Zow]

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.

That's my thought. I get it's a write-off, but it's still an expense. It's not like we get the hotel room for free.

 

[Zow]

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.

Of course. Naturally, I called them first to confirm they didn't mind a guest, which they didn't. I've also stayed with them before when I had court in this area and they've stayed with me when they've had court in my area.

 

[Zow]

Oh, update: I'm sitting on my own couch right now. Due to a higher-priority local hearing I have tomorrow, my trip had to be postponed. But I am glad to know I'm not some grease ball who thinks sleeping on a couch is normal.

 

[xulf]

I hope you slept on your couch to prove a point to the wife.

 

[glumpy]

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.

You really miss the point no matter what our vote. Take the mattress and then decide when you get there. Why are you arguing?

 

[flysack]

Get a hotel room, Woz. You can skeet on the floor in a hotel room.

Advantage > hotel.

 

[Kenny Powers]

Get a hotel room, Woz. You can skeet on the floor in a hotel room.

I like to leave my swim team in the ashtray

 

[T Bell]

To save money, I offered to crash at my friends' house who lives in the city I'm traveling to.

Oh, how nice of you to offer! If you hadn't, I'll bet he wouldn't have had the nerve to ask.

 

[Tom Servo]

"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.

"Hey criminal Defendant accused of doing something terribly violent, here is where I sleep at night when I'm in town for your court date in case you wanted to know in the event this course doesn't go our way…"

- said no defense attorney, ever.

Stay at a Holiday Inn, brah. It'll make you smarter.

 

[-fish-]

Grow the #### up

 

[T Bell]

Quick request: Please bring home some good coffee from the supermarket for a change before you go out of town this time, Woz. That cheap #### you drink ain't cutting it.

 

[Juxtatarot]

"Crashing" to me is an unintended stay. Like you were out most of the night drinking and ended up "crashing" at a friend's. That behavior should be minimized as you get into your late 30s. Since Woz is getting older, he should call it "staying" or "sleeping over".

 

[Johnny Bing]

You're a professional, man. Just book a hotel.

 

[Zow]

To save money, I offered to crash at my friends' house who lives in the city I'm traveling to.

Oh, how nice of you to offer! If you hadn't, I'll bet he wouldn't have had the nerve to ask.

Perhaps offer was the wrong verb there. You know what I mean.

 

[sublimeone]

It depends. If your buddy is married, it's going to annoy the wife. If he's single, it's cool. If he is married, he should have either a guest room or an inflatable mattress.

 

[kupcho1]

FBG have guestrooms. HTH

Correction: FBGs have guest houses.

 

[Wrigley]

Don't even get me started.

 

[CurlyNight]

So those that are saying no way after age ___, what if you are drunk and not fit to drive and you are a long way from home? Take a cab to a motel rather than stay at your friend's house the night?

My friends have guest rooms.

I know some folks who don't because they don't want to be bothered with any friends vacationing at their place. To me that's being real cheap. I like having friends stay with me and insist they don't get a hotel room. It's more fun.

 

[Foosball God]

Also why isn't work picking up a tab for hotel?

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.

Seriously?

 

[E Street Brat]

Will there be any masturbation involved?

 

[Christo]

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.

That's my thought. I get it's a write-off, but it's still an expense. It's not like we get the hotel room for free.

Can't believe no one's linked to this yet.

 

[eoMMan]

Wait, is this a casting couch?

 

[Zow]

Wait, is this a casting couch?

God I hope not.

 

[Zow]

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.

That's my thought. I get it's a write-off, but it's still an expense. It's not like we get the hotel room for free.

Can't believe no one's linked to this yet.

Actually Christo you can offer some good insight here. Let's say you had an associate and that associate had to go to court about 4 hrs. away in a different part of the state for an 8:30 AM hearing. You tell him to give you the info for a hotel so you can pay for it. He tells you he has friends in the area and he has already cleared it with them that he can stay at there place.

I mean, that warrants a giant bonus and time off, right?

 

[Stinger Ray]

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.

That's my thought. I get it's a write-off, but it's still an expense. It's not like we get the hotel room for free.

No. What "giant" bonus do you want for not staying in a hotel for one night? What about mileage? How do they handle that?

 

[Christo]

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.

That's my thought. I get it's a write-off, but it's still an expense. It's not like we get the hotel room for free.

Can't believe no one's linked to this yet.

Actually Christo you can offer some good insight here. Let's say you had an associate and that associate had to go to court about 4 hrs. away in a different part of the state for an 8:30 AM hearing. You tell him to give you the info for a hotel so you can pay for it. He tells you he has friends in the area and he has already cleared it with them that he can stay at there place.

I mean, that warrants a giant bonus and time off, right?

Technically, it's not me paying. It's a cost that I'm going to pass on to the client. I don't consider it overhead. But if you'd like to expense a Grand Slam breakfast at Denny's that morning I'll cover it.

 

[cstu]

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.

 

[Tom Servo]

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.

That's my thought. I get it's a write-off, but it's still an expense. It's not like we get the hotel room for free.

 

[Henry Ford]

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.

That's my thought. I get it's a write-off, but it's still an expense. It's not like we get the hotel room for free.

I stay with people I know in this situation in only a few scenarios:1. The case is iffy and it's a contingency fee case.

2. The case is an appeal on a case I already lost.

3. The friends are people I haven't seen in a long time and actually like.

In the first one, there's a chance that the firm will actually have to pay for it. Number two there's a very good chance that the firm has to pay for it.

Otherwise, why wouldn't this be a cost to the client?

 

[Mr. Pickles]

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.

That's my thought. I get it's a write-off, but it's still an expense. It's not like we get the hotel room for free.

This reads a lot like a Ministry of Pain reply.

 

[Ignoramus]

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.

That's my thought. I get it's a write-off, but it's still an expense. It's not like we get the hotel room for free.

If one of my employees said that I'd say "Eh, ok" and promptly forget about it. Saving the company $120 does not make you awesome.

 

[fantasycurse42]

Good thing for the prosecutor, I hear those guys who stay at a Holiday Inn Express are tough to beat!

 

[got_nugs]

The last time I had a friend crash on my couch it was after a full night of boozing and other stuff. My wife and then newborn daughter woke up to my buddy and his dingdong sprawled on the couch. It was a difficult morning, so hungover, so so hungover, dragging a full sized urine soaked couch out of my house at 7am by myself with this crazy woman throwing household items at me down the driveway.

My couch is still open to any friend at any time but i'd prefer they stay in the guest room and that they not piss on my furniture.

 

[Mr. Pickles]

My couch is still open to any friend at any time but i'd prefer they stay in the guest room and that they not piss on my furniture.

I'll pass on the urine stained couch, thanks.

 

[Dr Oadi]

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 is right.

 

[El Floppo]

Hmmmm... I'm in my 40s and would never ask to sleep on a friend's couch. In my 20s... definitely. In my 30s... pretty sure that's when I stopped. Felt... dunno... embarrassing and imposing to do ask, let alone do it even if offered.

That said- I am more than happy to have friends or family crash at our place (on the couch or air-mattress) even though there are now 2 kids and a tiny apartment without privacy.

That said again... the BIL invited himself and his 3 teenage kids to stay here. He's a doctor. That one felt like... wtf? you're a doctor- get a room. But I guess Woz is only a lawyer, so it's all kool and gang.

 

[T Bell]

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 pound me in the ###. It's big and comfortable.

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

Me: What's wrong with just crashing on their pound me in the ###.

Her: You're 30 years old. You're not in college anymore. It also wrecks the pound me in the ###, 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 ran it through the sp:e:cial translation program. I think it reads better now.

 

[fred_1_15301]

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.

You're 30 years old and you're passing on a free hotel to crash on someone's couch? I'm going with your wife on this one.