Originally Posted by
GundamWing01
100%. but theo is more than a gentlemens agreement. its a clearly defined expectation. otherwise ur overcomped. and hosts will only pretend to be your friend unless you bring numbers back up.
Yes, true. I've had the same host since at or around 2006 or 2007? Back then, we were actually kinda young and neither of us ever thought that so many years later that she hasn't flamed out and I haven't run out of money. While it certainly isn't a friendship of the real kind, there is very good working relationship and, I'd like to think, a genuine liking and appreciation for one another.
Because of that history, I could ask her for, more or less, anything for a trip. But, as you've saliently observed, if I don't produce the agreed upon level of theo, she may not even take my phone call next year. And, that's ok--one of the things I like most about her is that you always know where you stand.