For the past year or so I've been directing a chunk of my salary into a Nationwide high interest account which doesn't have a cheque book or a debit card or anything. I have a cashpoint card, but can't remember the pin number. They only seem to send me statements about once a year. Thus I am never quite sure how much I've got in there, and the only way to get at it is to queue up at a branch. I did this yesterday and disovered I have 4 grand's worth of gold coins piled up in my vault.
This is the most money I've ever had access to. It is in fact enough for some tits, which I have always promised myself.
However, I think I'm just too boringly sensible to blow this kind of money on vanity surgery, however tempting the before and after pics are. I will probably continue to save up for a possible MSc or 6 months in S America, Japan and Korea. Good old sensible savings.
4K seems like a dizzying amount. It is enough for a car (should I be interested in such things), or a fairly decent horse. To spend it on your body seems quite dramatic, and well, vain. Although I am also half considering getting all the hairs on my legs laser-zapped off, which will be a fair few hundred. VAIN! UNNECESSARY! SILLY! RIDICULOUS WASTE OF HARD EARNED WEDGE! But I'd never need to shave em again...
I think we've had a thread on the most expensive single item people have bought, but I wondered how much people spend/would spend on vanity items? Would you have cosmetic surgery if it were free? Is spending money on "yourself" (your body) different to buying things for "yourself" like DVDs, clothes etc? How do you resist the splurge urge when you unexpectedly get a large sum of money?
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There's your solution right there. You can afford to buy a ticket to Cape Town, blow up your boobs AND spend a few weeks on the beach showing them off. No contest. Hell, I'd do it and I'm a guy.
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One of my wife's former schoolfriends recently had her "tiny tits" enhanced to a size which may have builders falling off scaffolding as she walks past. She sent before and after pics and I'm sorry to say that the Desperate Housewives effect of the big round lumps under a tight t-shirt were nowhere near as attractive as the small, pert and, most importantly, real items that were there before. She seems chuffed to bits though, but I'm sure these things only last a few years before you have to get them reconditioned don't they?
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I can think of nothing worse than a freshly augmented VP constantly adjusting her charms in the style of BB's Orlaith.
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Coo-el. I mean the sonar boobs bit, not hippywank dolphin swimming. It'd be great if you could get em modified to do something useful, like receive radio signals or suchlike. In The Future, I bet everyone will have massive robotic boobs.
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quote:Originally posted by dang65: I know we all get several emails a day offering such a service, but imagine if it was actually real. Hang on, is it real?
Didn't London do some research into this subject on seeThru? I thought it was true.
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quote:Originally posted by dang65: ... nowhere near as attractive as the ... items that were there before.
Can I just echo this sentiment. While I can't speak to the particulars, the sentiment of leaving things unfooled-around with seems to be notably underrepresented in most discussions about breast augmentation.
But in the end it's whatever makes you happy, I suppose.
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quote:Originally posted by dang65: ... nowhere near as attractive as the ... items that were there before.
That's just cruel. There are many piks on this here site of posters making merry with themselves and others. I think its a comfort to them to know that there is help avaliable.
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quote:Originally posted by Vanilla Online Persona: Didn't London do some research into this subject on seeThru? I thought it was true.
I'm fairly sure this has been covered on a number of Channel Four "medical" documentaries and I think it's normal enough procedure to get some extra girth pumped up the wang, but I'm not sure about length. I mean, wouldn't that involved cutting the whole thing off and inserting a portion of Porkinson Lincolnshire Sausage in the middle or something? A sort of cut and shut job. Unlike the female version which just involves stuffing as much plastic into the existing skinbag as it will take. I hope everyone's able to keep up with the medical terminology here by the way.
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Once again my head full of random information comes to our aid - there are three types of common penis operation (other than the one we were talking about yesterday)
The first, to gain extra length, involves cutting a tendon (think it's a tendon, whatever holds bits of the body together anyway) that holds the erect penis at an upright angle, allowing it to hang lower but protrude further from the body.
The second, to add a small amount of girth, is done by taking fatty cells from a part of the body and injecting them under the skin of the penis.
The third, not so much cosmetic, allows people who for one reason or another aren't able to maintain an erection to do so, involves a mesh of strengthening gauze to be placed beneath the skin of the penis, making it constantly hard, but 'poseable' into an upright shape.
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I'm close to spotting this week's theme. London did a friendly, breezy weekend activities thread the other day and it turned into some vast mutilated cock fest. Today Vogon asks for some lovely ideas about what to do with a few spare quid and .....
oh for a truly world-class psychiatrist right now.
quote:Originally posted by Ringo: The first, to gain extra length,
The second, to add a small amount of girth,
The third, making it constantly hard, but 'poseable' into an upright shape.
So none of those sound like they'd take one from a sensible, British 6" to an 14" wang of terror then. Has anyone invented some sort of lifelike slot-in extension, perhaps involving an arrangement of gears and brushes to transfer the stimulation to the "host" schlongette.
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quote:Originally posted by Vanilla Online Persona: Today Vogon asks for some lovely ideas about what to do with a few spare quid and...
Look, I'm just trying to do some research rather than commit Vogon's £4000 on some rash purchase which I'll regret straight away.
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To echo some sentiments... You don't need to augment anything VP, but ofcourse, if having larger mams will make ya happy... Surely you can do it like squeegy suggests and make a holiday out of it for that kind of cash!
Or, according to Breast Enlargement Magazine, you can join the 92% of women to noticed "Significant Gains" by taking "Breast Success" pills at only US$200.95 for 6 months... So, for £600ish you can have three years worth of 'Significant Gains' without the massive pay out! Leaving more cash for a shopping spree.
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Don't do it VP. The tits I mean. I've never met you but I can guarantee you'd look better without plastic stick-on mammaries.
The most I've spent on a single item was probably £1,800 or so on a laptop about 5 years ago. Can't say I'd highly recommend that course of action as it's virtually obsolte now and actually wheezes when asked to say the word "Broadband".
If you wanted something that's going to retain its value for a long period, you're either looking at putting it towards a deposit on a flat/house or buying something like diamonds. Some people may tell you that the latter is morally questionable.
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Despite what you decide, I still recommend the shopping spree!
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quote:I think we've had a thread on the most expensive single item people have bought,
(just incase) The single biggest purchase I made was a car for $20,000 (what, £16k?)... Best thing ever... In the 4 years I had it I clocked nearly 180k miles... Florida rocked... As did Louisana!
Since then, nothing really... I'm still wearing clothes I had from 5 years ago... Kids nickle and dime me to death now..
quote:but I wondered how much people spend/would spend on vanity items?
I don't... With exceoption a bottle of cologne here and there... Just a waste of money in my opinion.
quote:Would you have cosmetic surgery if it were free?
No. The way I figure it, if someone doesn't like me for who I am right now... Why the hell should I make the effort to change something on such a fundamental level to gain 'acceptance'?
quote:Is spending money on "yourself" (your body) different to buying things for "yourself" like DVDs, clothes etc?
Yes because if you are spending money on "yourself" (body), it is most likely permanate so you ought to give it more thought and consideration than your typical DVD purchase. Sure you may regret ever owning a copy of Grease!, but you can throw it away... That nose job isn't so easy to get rid of.
quote:How do you resist the splurge urge when you unexpectedly get a large sum of money?
The knowledge that 'something' will happen in the near future that would require the use of that money far more than my 'urgent' desire for a TFT monitor... Or a Mini Cooper... Or a Nova...
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Actuall Veep if you are really serious about it, my sister had hers augmented as she hadn't been exactly blessed - I suppose I could put you in contact with her if you really wanted to talk to someone who has been there - I know she wouldn't mind.
As for my Sis? She is a lot happier I will say, though she was not depressed because of things before - she just has done well in life, saved up some money and had the op. She did it purely for herself, no one else.
You can mail me at waynster at gmail if you want me to chase this up.
quote:Originally posted by Waynster: As for my Sis? She is a lot happier I will say, though she was not depressed because of things before - she just has done well in life, saved up some money and had the op. She did it purely for herself, no one else.
Oh no please don't. I actually think the current craze for plastic surgery is some sort of mass sickness.
In a couple of decades time we'll be looking back at those people mutilated, deformed and/or disabled by silicone leakages and shake our heads. Much in the way we look back at those doctors who used to advise people to smoke to cure their asthma. Or perform tortuous exorcisms on the mentally ill.
Waynster - everyone says they "do it just for themselves". I imagine it's the same way in which she just told herself there was something wrong with them in the first place and just told herself that everyone else thought so too and just told herself that she'd be more attractive and successful in life and happier if she had bigger breasts.
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A house. *shudder* The amount of debt we're in right now is staggering.
Anyhoo. If I had that kind of money, I'd be tempted to spend some of it on a truly spectacular holiday, doing something I might never be able to do again. Like renting a villa somewhere cool for a week for all of my friends, or a place in New Orleans for Mardi Gras, or bribing my way in to the Oscars or something.
VP - you are a smart, well-adjusted and beautiful woman. Please do not disprove my theories about only idiotic, psychotic or ugly people resorting to cosmetic surgery in order to self-validate.
ETA: Apart from waynster's sister. Yargh.
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quote:Originally posted by OJ: In other words: poppycock.
In other words: Feminist drivel
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OJ, forgive me but you cannot really comment when you do not know the person in question.
My sister is a very well adjusted person, intelligent, very succesful career wise, a good mother and has a good life. She had since her teenage years however not been happy with her underachieving chest shall we say. So when she was 32, she sought to have the operation done. All she had was an augmentation to give her some shape so she could feel confident about going on the beach. And the words I quoted were from her - she has no reason to lie to me, and when she says those things, I believe it is not her trying to justify herself for anything - she wanted an improvement, and that is what she got.
I know my sister well enough to know she is not the sort of person to change herself for the benefit of others (quite the opposite in fact) so I take umbrage when you suggest otherwise, especially as you are not qualified to pass judgement on someone you do not know.
You'll be able to have loads of adventures around these Isles and you'll be well and truly out of your 'comfort zone', which is what "surprise money" should ideally be used for, rather than making that zone ever more padded, cosy and suffocating.
Re. breast meddling. I remember urging Astro not to have her op and ended up getting into a tangle with that fucker Turtle/Ziggy, who implied I was trying to impose myself on a vulnerable young woman, or something. It's interesting that most of the advice on this thread has come from men - in addition to OJ, what do other forum femmes think with regard to cosmetic surgery, particularly for breasts?
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Oh come on Sabian, she just said exactly what you did - that the healthiest outlook* to have is the one that goes 'If you don't like me the way I am, fuck you right in the eye.'
*excluding the clinically obese, or people whose boobies are so droopy they risk tripping over them and doing themselves damage'
To expand on this a little - there are bits of my body that I definitely definitely do not like. I generally either work on them, or ignore them. Tit surgery is no walk in the park - it hurts to buggery, causes huge bruising and limited mobility following the operation, and occasionally goes horrible wrong (please see www.awfulplasticsurgery.com for examples, most notably Tara Reid). I don't know whether putting yourself through extreme pain for a no guarantee result is the action of a person who wouldn't do better for a bit of counselling, and a self-esteem boost.
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quote:Originally posted by OJ: In other words: poppycock.
In other words: Feminist drivel
Sticks and stones Sabian.
Rather that than a giant pair of flesh-cutting scissors, a couple of vacuum pumps, a general anaesthetic, some bags of plastic, a surgeon rummaging around under your breasts like [s]he's dipping into a brantub.
You can call me a feminist if you like. I'd far rather have a viewpoint than a whole vocabulary of cod-psychology to basically talk myself into buying the latest goods.
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ps. Waynster, I apologise unreservedly for my abrasive tone.
I'm not trying to have a go at your sister who I don't know - or calling her personally stupid or a liar.
I can comment, because I think the sort of twisted thinking which justifies a surgical solution is an increasingly widespread phenomenon. But I'm not having a go at your sister for being affected by it.
Scrawny has mentioned self-esteem much more diplomatically.
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Actually, *I* believe that there is a difference in what I said and what she said...
I say that if you don't like me, then piss off.. I do what I do for me and no one else.
What she said could be taken, verbatium, from nearly every feminist article ever. "Women, do not modify yourself for the 'Man'... If you do and say it is really for you, you are simply deluded and do not understand that you are still trying to conform to a 'Man' world"... blah blah blah
Just because a woman (or a man or a chimp or a chicken) want to modify something does not mean they are simply doing it for 'society' sake.
This is my bitch with feminism (or any other ism) is that their ideals are the only right ones and they take it upon themselves to 'change the world' on their terms.
RE: Ben's suggestion... That'd be tré cool... But, if petrol gets much more expensive, she'll need more than £4k to get around on! £1 a litre!!!!
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14" wang of terror then. Has anyone invented some sort of lifelike slot-in extension, perhaps involving an arrangement of gears and brushes to transfer the stimulation to the "host" schlongette.
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