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Really?

I can think of lots of people who are married to non-h2g2 people and sitll come along, Caerwynn, Mol, Agapanthus, Teuchter, etc....

Still would a daytime activity make married people more likely to come along?

I was very tempted last year when there was a London Walk - but thats just my history button being pressed.

Maybe its just me then, but I find it very hard to legitimately say I'm off for the day to do something that no-one else in the family is interested in. (though of course me and the lad have our season tickets....)

Just in the interests of absolute and chilly accuracy, my husband is an h2g2 person, but he is a very quiet shy one who spends 99% of his limited time on H2G2 over in Peer Review being helpful. He didn't come to the Meet because he had other commitments and by the time he got back to London it was 8pm and he was knackered and headache-stricken. But he and I do have our separate friends and neither of us have a problem with ourselves or each other doing our own thing with our own friends.

I think there isn't a single reason why people don't attend; from what I've seen the common reasons are work, expene, travelling distance/times/cost to London, family comitments at the weekend, and then a few 'meet' related issues; such as people wantitng to keep their online anonamusness and people wondering if they are too 'new' to come along and meet people they might not that well know, amongst others

It's quite sad, but Harry Potter was actually quite a big factor in my decision to miss this one.

B

That's what we said You could have read it on the train, after all...

I wouldn't have taken the train - I usually drive down.

B

Dont you have to pay the congestion charge then?

Not if I sleep at Serephina's. In Croyden.

B

So you missed the meet to read that 'book'?

Well if you wanted to know what was kicking off with Harry Potter, you could have checked out this site - http://www.thebookstandard.com/bookstandard/news/author/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000980360

It gives you all the key plot events in three pages. You can read it in less than 10 minutes flat

That is *so* tempting. I'm meaning to buy the book whenever I get round to it - I'm interested but not so interested as to know if it's if it's available in paperback yet or only out in hardback. And I'm a pretty quick reader so it shouldn't take me *that* long to get through.

But I'm curious enough to go and have a look and find out. And I know that's going to take the edge off reading the book. So I must resist!

Damn these consultants...

<< But he and I do have our separate friends and neither of us have a problem with ourselves or each other doing our own thing with our own friends >>

Sounds like a marriage made in heaven, Agapanthus.

Pity my last husband didn't feel like that.

*from the backlog*

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There was.

I know, I was there, I took photos, I met Marvin. I goggled at Zahod's costume and stood in the cherry-picker which took Arthur and Slartibartfast through the factory floor

So did Metal Chicken, Phil, B'Elana, Mazin' Mad Fiddle, Ged, Dusk and Croz.

There's no congestion charge at the weekend and parking in some of central London is free after lunchtime on Saturday and for all of Sunday. I always drive up and park quite close.

Bother - did I miss a meet - has RL really got in the way that much I guess that puts PF and I in similar boats

Glad it sounds like you all had fun

I sometimes think I should give up having a Real Life (such as it is)...

It does rather get in the way does it not!

wats a 'real life'?