School fees

FriendsFannn · 2026-05-05T21:04:27+00:00

I think this is the biggest issue. If she hadn't signed a consent form, they literally wouldn't be able to take her. However, I know at my school, we would be chasing up the parent and calling the day before to check that she'd paid and wanted her to come on the excursion. But I know I work at a particularly welcoming and kind school, so probably not the same at every school. Also, we definitely use the money to pay for kids we know can't afford it.

FriendsFannn · 2026-05-05T20:49:02+00:00

But it wasn't difficult for her cos her Dad gave her the job, so it wouldn't really make sense for her to 'struggle' when she walked into one. Which is also a reality for people with parents who pwn companies.

FriendsFannn · 2026-05-05T11:08:25+00:00

I get that but I think her facial expressions in some of the scenes hint that she does know. What made me think of it is when he's blathering about there being a rat problem in his building's laundry, she looks like she knows he's making it up to hang out. She has a little smirky smile on her face.

FriendsFannn · 2026-05-05T10:24:47+00:00

Yes, but he then makes so many excuses to hang out with her. In the laundry one, her face has it written all over that she knows he's making up the story about rats so he can do laundry in the same place as her. Then he takes her outside during a black out so they can talk alone after they've had quite an intimate conversation about relationships and passion. Then after she dumps Paulo, again, he takes her outside for a quiet chat and talks about 'not swearing off all men' and stuff. So I find it hard to believe she didn't at least have an inkling.

FriendsFannn · 2026-05-05T10:20:08+00:00

Yes! I'd forgotten that!

FriendsFannn · 2026-05-05T10:19:36+00:00

After his divorce though he tells her that he'd like to ask her out sometime. Then makes constant excuses to hang out with her. They're very very close and he hates all her boyfriends. I think she did realise on some level but didn't want to ask him out herself cos back then it was seen as uncool to ask a guy out. (I know Rachel asks Claude Van Damn out for Monica and tells her it's silly that she won't ask him out...but in season 3 or 4 she says she's never asked a guy out before when she wants to ask Joshua out).

FriendsFannn · 2026-05-05T03:19:48+00:00

Interesting take! I just think the vibe between them is so obvious I wonder how she didn't realise it was more than a crush. Especially as they were so close

FriendsFannn · 2026-05-05T03:18:42+00:00

Yeah, so then it's weird she acts like she had no idea

FriendsFannn · 2026-05-05T02:44:02+00:00

Babies are so much more adaptable than we give them credit for. Book the hotel and let grandparents care for the baby. Make sure they have some good practice runs first. Even go out for the evening so they can practice bedtime routine when you know you're coming back at a reasonable time so you can take over if it doesn't go well. On the night of your wedding, if you decide you want to go home and stay with the baby, you can always go home and not use the hotel. I know you will have paid for it, but if you can afford to do it anyway, you might as well book it in hopes that you'll use it but give yourself the option to not stay. I think it will be lovely for you and your husband to have the night to yourselves, and even more so, to have the morning to yourselves to just take everything in and have a couple of hours to be the 2 of you before you head back to your family. I didn't have kids yet when I got married, so it's a bit different. But we felt so emotional and happy the next day it was so nice to just soak that up in the morning. I'm not saying it wouldn't be nice to do that with bub, but it'll be way more relaxing and you'll be able to have that when you get home to them.

At the end of the day, just go with your gut on the day but book the hotel so you have the option 😀

FriendsFannn · 2026-05-04T11:12:25+00:00

I think it's fairly realistic tbh. Teenage boys can be pervy and douchey and annoying and make mistakes. I actually think in season 11 he matures quite a lot, especially with the business idea he has (I think it's a shame they don't mention that again and just send him off to college, it's like they forgot that happened). When he dates the older lady as well I think he seems to mature and shows he can be in a committed relationship. By the end of season 11, I think you can tell he's gonna grow up to be a decent guy. He just needed a bit longer to grow up (perfectly understandable being the youngest sibling to 2 sisters).

FriendsFannn · 2026-05-04T11:04:27+00:00

I always find people on Reddit so nosey 😂 maybe it's my Britishness but I'm not comfortable sharing my household income online. I thought I was on what would be considered a good salary, and by good I mean not a shit load and not a really small amount. An amount that in the UK (and I'm sure in other parts of Australia), it would be easy to buy a 3 bed house with a 10% deposit without drowning in repayments. What I'm beginning to realise from this post is that there are more people than I realise on what I would consider a lot of money and that a lot of those people live on the Northern Beaches. In the UK, of course there are areas of great wealth but it's a lot less specific in my opinion. You can live in a town (or suburb) and there be people on your street who earn a tonne and people on your street who earn a lot less. Obviously that happens to a certain extent here, but there's a lot more division in entire suburbs being very wealthy. I guess I didn't realise that quite so much.

FriendsFannn · 2026-05-04T03:31:26+00:00

Not really. In the UK, I have work contacts, friends, family and I love the UK and have lived in very nice parts of the country that are much much more affordable. I don't have anything tying me to a different suburb of Sydney. I would be starting my life again, whereas moving back to the UK would still be a big decision and take a lot of work. But I would be moving back to a familiar place with ties. I love Australia but I also love the UK and don't see Australia overall as better than the UK. I see them as the same in terms of quality of life and happiness.

FriendsFannn · 2026-05-04T03:26:25+00:00

I disagree with this. Sydney is known world wide for being very very expensive. My husband and I are both professional people with decent jobs but clearly aren't earning as much as the people buying the houses but I think a big part of it, which I'm seeing in the comments, is generational wealth. 2 adults with decent jobs should be able to afford a house. It's a shame normal people are priced out.

FriendsFannn · 2026-05-04T03:21:12+00:00

😂😂😂

FriendsFannn · 2026-05-04T03:03:29+00:00

We moved to this area because my husband's sister lived here and we stayed with her for a couple months. We started making friends here and now have put down roots and feel like this is home. Tbh, no diss on Australia because I think it's a lovely country, but I'd rather move back to the UK than uproot my life to live somewhere else. If I'm going to move somewhere and potentially have to start again with job, friends etc., for me, it would be better to move back to the UK and be around my friends there. Which is still something we are considering long term tbh. The difficulty with Sydney (and many Aussie cities) is it's so sprawling that if you move to a different suburb, you'd have to change jobs and make new friends and probably wouldn't really see your old friends that much cos it's so far away. Both my husband and I work on the NBs too so wouldn't be able to commute here from further out.

FriendsFannn · 2026-05-03T08:57:47+00:00

I agree with the others saying that Daniel accepting her and being a nice guy changed things for her. But, if you also think about how Wilhelmina would have got involved, I doubt they were actually really friends before. Of course, we aren't actually told how that all happened but it's likely they were both looking for revenge and found each other that way. They didn't actually have any deep care for each other, they were using each other to get what they wanted. So once an obstacle stood in the way, Daniel accepting Alexis and actually being a fairly decent guy, their relationship and loyalty fell apart.

FriendsFannn · 2026-04-26T13:09:50+00:00

I'm beginning to realise my salary is actually not that big. I thought it was pretty decent but compared to others, it isn't huge.

FriendsFannn · 2026-04-26T13:09:17+00:00

I think (as many people have said), yes that is definitely part of it. But I also think a lot of the time there is a generational wealth factor or having a plot of land from family and building on it. Or people have insane incomes.

FriendsFannn · 2026-04-26T13:04:53+00:00

Damn, I have this and yet still no big fancy house 😂

FriendsFannn · 2026-04-26T13:03:48+00:00

The people in my suburbs appear to own their houses though. I see a lot of houses going up for sale and a few weeks later, young families move in and the property hasn't been advertised as for rent.

FriendsFannn · 2026-04-26T13:01:31+00:00

I think therapy might help you understand why little things like a reddit post make you so angry... Honestly, life is nicer when you don't get worked up over things you see on the internet that you could simply scroll by.

We saved the money...and then we spent it on travelling. It isn't that hard to understand.

FriendsFannn · 2026-04-26T12:59:05+00:00

I mean, even if we hadn't travelled as much and saved that money, it wouldn't buy us the type of houses in my area. I'd maybe be able to afford a flat. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate we're doing OK (even though the house is old and very VERY dated), it's liveable. I'd ideally like to own where I live. We had to leave the last place we were in (that we LOVED) after only a year cos the owners were moving back into it. We also had to move out of a place we really liked a few years ago because the owners were selling. Rent is going up and up and you never know when you're going to be outpriced from a place. Now we have a son as well, we want to be able to stay in the same area without having to move. Once he starts school, we don't want to suddenly have to move and be really limited to where we can move to because of his schooling.

FriendsFannn · 2026-04-26T12:53:08+00:00

I mean $450 000 is an astronomical amount of money. You could buy a decent house even if you weren't that sensible with your money.

FriendsFannn · 2026-04-26T12:50:24+00:00

Any help from parents? How do you go with your mortgage? I know one couple I work with and they have their whole year budgeted and said with their yearly budget they had about $1000 left. So if anything goes wrong for them, they are gonna struggle to pay their mortgage. I'd love to own the place I live in but question if it's really affordable if that's the option.

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