"Etiquette means behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential." - Will Cuppy

Good Lord.

Some people really haven't got the etiquette tango bit right.

I had brunch with this chap J (cute-ish, bit short, somewhat colloquial, quiet) who insisted on buying even though I offered to pay my share. So I thought OK, I'll buy coffee later then right? Anyhoo, we ended up at Starbucks and I was waiting for him to take out his wallet so I could say "no it's OK, I'll get it" ... but instead he stared blankly at me with both his hands in his pockets and blurted, "You have money right? You have money to pay for my coffee right?"

Obviously, this made me NOT at all willing to pay for his coffee even though I totally intended to do in the first place.

And then he followed this up much later with some rather annoying intrusive questions about my personal life coupled with a really long and convoluted story about his family, which I honestly think he could make into one of those long running TVB dramas.

Anyway it got me thinking : I don't want to spend time with and on people who bring more cons than pros to the friendship. I mean, OK fine we all have our issues and baggage and we all whine to one another now and then, but I think the people who are entitled to that with me, i.e. the inner circle is pretty damn full already. So unless someone is pretty bloody amazingly awesome, sorry I ain't giving a shit.

Let's face it, some people are late night intense conversations-laughs over dinner-invite to stay-travel together types and some are just shut-up-and-watch-the-damn-movie types.

You are the weakest link J.

Goodbye.