The question
Excluding property, what is the most expensive thing you have ever bought?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
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Thirty-odd years ago I bought a black pinstripe suit which I thought was £900. But when I went to pay that was just the jacket – the trousers and waistcoat were extra. I didn’t have the balls to put anything back. I dread to think how much it cost me in the end.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 January 2023 source ↗
Holidays. For years, I would book a big house in Britain for a week for the entire family. There would be 14 of us. I don’t regret a penny.
A matt grey Range Rover. It’s been rebadged, so instead of Range Rover it says Range Rylan.
A $100,000 Mercedes.
A sports car. I was in my 20s; I’d fallen out with my boyfriend, so to cheer myself up I got myself a little silver and black Mazda and a matching jumper and jacket. And do you know what, it worked. I saw him do a double take.
On holiday in Orlando with my wife, Kate, and kids just before lockdown. I wasn’t drinking or gambling. I was so happy, so at peace with myself – I’d been searching for that for many a year.
Nothing, because it’s up to me how I feel. I’ve been a millionaire three times and I still wanted to kill myself.
That materialistic things will not make you happy.
Going back to addiction.
Walsall fans. I wanted to be a good manager but I was really bad with drink and gambling at the time. I should have done better.
For me, love is working through things when it’s not going well.
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