Jiro
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Sadly, billionaires are rich because they keep money rather than give it away. But they did invite us over sometimes, give us amazing food and t-shirts (because when you visit someone, it's normal to get a t-shirt, right?). I just loved that they would reserve the guest office for me when I stayed with Mum.

Also, man, if you think everything was close in Auckland, wait 'til you see the UK (or anywhere in Europe, really)... it's a whole new level of compact.

I'm a Westy. If you include the outer regions, Auckland is one of the largest cities in the world when you deal with geographical size, it's just extremely spread out. We could generally get to everything we needed within Waitakere (West Auckland) but sometimes you want to meet someone in the city or just go shopping there or whatever. I went their vaguely often because my Mum worked there and that meant I spent some of my school holidays playing Chip's Challenge on one of the PC's at her work. All the billionaires (yeah, my Mum had awesome bosses and was their receptionist) loved me.

The buses in Edinburgh are bloody amazing, I tell ya. I moved here when I was 18 and I used to just walk everywhere in Auckland (so long as you leave early enough, you can get anywhere in time... but I'd take the bus if I wanted to go into the city). I've never really had that need for a car, and it's so expensive and I'm a tight bastard... so... yeah.

That tourist sounds like an utter wanker.

They fit into it but we just don't know when. It'll be when we're ready, after we've done all those super expensive things we want to do like see the world and whatnot. As for how it'll happen, that all depends on where we are at the time but it'll probably be born in the UK and grow up in NZ after a couple of years. I don't want my kid turning out like all these British people. Have you seen them!? Terrible, horrible things. I'm marrying one. Wait, what?

But for now it's: Get married, rennovate & sell flat, buy house, get driving licences, get better jobs, road trip around UK, road trip around US, laser eye surgery and I forget what else. Too much, basically. Kids can wait.

Me!? Hard to prod into a discussion!? Never. It's incredibly easy. Look, we're doing it right now!

It's not just logic, 'tis love.

The kid will never suck because s/he will be my kid.

dear J, new random story in the drunk thread posted mainly for you

You're an excellent dance.