Right, but that seems to imply you had to give up spending the time and attention elsewhere. There are definitely times where spending time with a certain person is pretty close to a terminal goal. And in that case “spending” seems to be a bit of a misleading word.
Right, but that seems to imply you had to give up spending the time and attention elsewhere.
But you did? That’s how spending your time works.
I think using up a resource such that it can’t be used elsewhere (most usually $$ or time) counts as spending that resource regardless of whether you’re using it up for something instrumental or terminal. I’m also happy with consuming, though “spending” is more usually the English word for consuming a consumable resource for some purpose.
Right, but that seems to imply you had to give up spending the time and attention elsewhere. There are definitely times where spending time with a certain person is pretty close to a terminal goal. And in that case “spending” seems to be a bit of a misleading word.
But you did? That’s how spending your time works.
I think using up a resource such that it can’t be used elsewhere (most usually $$ or time) counts as spending that resource regardless of whether you’re using it up for something instrumental or terminal. I’m also happy with consuming, though “spending” is more usually the English word for consuming a consumable resource for some purpose.