Summer holidays are often an occasion for generous moments between friends. fellowship over a good meal, walks by the sea, visits to museums, conversations on the terrace of a cafe. But the reality check can sometimes be harsh when it comes time to pull out your wallet; stinginess sometimes invites itself, risking breaking the atmosphere and friendship.
Lola’s relationship with her boyfriend of five years can’t resist being stuck between Lisbon and Porto. “When I saw how he eats half of the apple and keeps the other in a plastic bag, I realized that we don’t have the same vision of holidays.” Everything was budgeted, made profitable with the Guide du routard and his tips as a torture device. “Having an unexpected aperitif at a fishing bar was unimaginable”– explains the 28-year-old psychologist, tired of his ex-girlfriend’s obsessive pharmaceutical stories. “There was no generosity in our actions. He couldn’t…
Source: Le Figaro
