Hey Man! Want To Go On The Most Expensive Vacation Of Your Life With Me?

Your friend, Keegan, calls you on your cell phone.

You (into the phone): Hello?

Keegan: Hey, what’s up Ryan?! How have you been?

You immediately become suspicious, knowing that this man did not just call you out of the blue to ask how you’ve been.

You: Oh, you know, I’ve been good. Just working. What about you?

Keegan: I’ve been great! I’m actually calling to see if you would want to go skiing with me this winter.

That’s it, the question that you have been dreading. Keegan asks you every year if you want to go skiing and every year you have to give him the same response.

You: I don’t know Keegan, money is kinda tight right now and you know I don’t have a ski pass or own any of the gear.

Keegan: Come on, man. It’s super cheap!

You: Yeah, for you. You own all of your own gear, and you have an Epic ski pass.

Keegan: Well, yeah, but I still have to pay for lodging, transportation, and food! This will break the bank for me too, haha.

You are unamused.

You: Plus, I don’t even ski very well. I have to relearn every time I go and when I fall and my skis pop off, nobody helps me. The last time I went, a skier told me to “crawl bitch” while he zoomed past me.

Keegan: That’s no problem, dude, we’ll have you going down blacks and hitting moguls in no time! There’s nothing like going down a giant mountain where if you go over the edge you’ll probably die!

You don’t want to be rude, so you decide to entertain your friend.

You: How much do you think it’s gonna cost?

Keegan: I did the math for you, after spending $500 on rentals and a ski pass for two days on the slopes, then all you have to do is pay for a flight, food, lodging, and the miscellaneous. I went ahead and rounded it to $2k.

You are incredulous.

You: Jesus Christ! There’s no way that I can afford that!

Keegan: Come on, man. Don’t you want to hit the slopes? Don’t you want to feel that powder under your boots? There’s nothing like it…

Damn, this dude is really a simp for skiing.

You SIGH.

You: I’ll think about it.

Fin.