:lolol: I can see why you were prepared to stick your neck out and firmly state you would definitely consider a pay cut of 30% if you had a pay rise of 50% first. Generous to a fault you are. My parents are OAP's and have a larger income than I do from final salary pensions and investments, they...
So that is a firm maybe then.
My analogy was not a beggar sharing his last crust, it was of someone who had more than they needed, I reckon there is someone out there on half your income thinking that if they earned twice as much, they would be more giving.
I was telling my mate how much I valued him and told him that if I had 2 houses, I would give one of them to him, if I had 2 cars, I would give one of them to him, and then he asked "what if you had 2 bikes?" I said, "that's not fair, you know I've got 2 bikes".
It's easy to be generous with...