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[Bauglir]

So, I checked out that apartment. They want me to sign something Thursday, which seems fast but I guess it's good since every trip devours 30 of my precious dollars.

Pros:
Incredibly close to work, I could walk in 10 to 15 minutes if I needed to
Affordable - utilities and parking factored in, I'd be looking at a bit over 500 bucks a month
Quiet roommate
Roommate is also Chinese, if I can accurately determine which language things in the apartment were written in. Planning to learn Mandarin anyway (I expect this goal to fizzle in a fit of frustration, but shoot for the moon, right?), and exposure to new cultures is always fun.

Cons:
Lousy Internet, not sure if this can be fixed by paying for a new plan myself but I'll find out Thursday I guess.
No bedroom furniture; I have none, so I'll need to buy an air mattress, plus a folding desk and cheap office chair if I want to get anything done ever. At least until I have money for real furniture.
Attractive roommate - gonna get awkward eventually, but this at least I should be able to handle.

I guess this goes here since it means I definitely have a fallback plan, but I'm gonna try and get something better before Thursday. Pester a guy I was talking to last week to see if he has made up his mind yet, and see if there's anything I can schedule to look at before I sign anything on Thursday.

Definitely mixed feelings here, if you couldn't tell somehow.

[MaximumZero]

Shouldn't the "Attractive Roomate" go under Pros? That'd be a whole lot better than having an ugly roomate.

[Vester]

Shouldn't the "Attractive Roomate" go under Pros? That'd be a whole lot better than having an ugly roomate.

Attractive roommates lead to issues. Personal experience.

Long story. Not my roommate though.

[Bauglir]

Shouldn't the "Attractive Roomate" go under Pros? That'd be a whole lot better than having an ugly roomate.

Attractive roommates lead to issues. Personal experience.

Yeah, I don't even have personal experience and I'm aware of the potential for issues. I just gotta enforce my own maturity settings more strictly, but it's annoying. I develop crushes way too easily, too, so that complicates things.

[MaximumZero]

Maybe it's just me, but I always liked those issues. Either that, or I was a lot more casual about...uh...relationships than you guys are.

[Vester]

Maybe it's just me, but I always liked those issues. Either that, or I was a lot more casual about...uh...relationships than you guys are.

I'm Catholic and grew up with overprotective parents, so that's a pretty good bet. They wouldn't even let me take the train alone until I was nineteen.

[MaximumZero]

Wow. The day I turned 13, my dad told me not to get thrown in jail for anything, because he couldn't afford to bail me out.

[Scaraban]

Maybe it's just me, but I always liked those issues. Either that, or I was a lot more casual about...uh...relationships than you guys are.

I'm Catholic and grew up with overprotective parents, so that's a pretty good bet. They wouldn't even let me take the train alone until I was nineteen.

There's always that particular level of overprotective that changes sheltered children into rampant sex fiends, though.

[Vester]

Maybe it's just me, but I always liked those issues. Either that, or I was a lot more casual about...uh...relationships than you guys are.

I'm Catholic and grew up with overprotective parents, so that's a pretty good bet. They wouldn't even let me take the train alone until I was nineteen.

There's always that particular level of overprotective that changes sheltered children into rampant sex fiends, though.

Didn't happen to me, although god knows my parents worried.

"[Vester] WHY ARE YOU OUT SO LATE"
"'Nay it's just another thirty minutes"
"I DON'T CARE WE HAD A DEAL YOU SAID YOU'D BE BACK BY 10! ABUSADO KA NA!"
"'Nay I'm literally three blocks down."
"ARE THERE BOYS THERE? YOU BE CAREFUL HA! I DON'T WANT YOU DOING THINGS!"
"What things 'Nay?"
"YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT DON'T PLAY DUMB"
ad infinitum

[MaximumZero]

Maybe it's just me, but I always liked those issues. Either that, or I was a lot more casual about...uh...relationships than you guys are.

I'm Catholic and grew up with overprotective parents, so that's a pretty good bet. They wouldn't even let me take the train alone until I was nineteen.

There's always that particular level of overprotective that changes sheltered children into rampant sex fiends, though.

Didn't happen to me, although god knows my parents worried.

"[Vester] WHY ARE YOU OUT SO LATE"
"'Nay it's just another thirty minutes"
"I DON'T CARE WE HAD A DEAL YOU SAID YOU'D BE BACK BY 10! ABUSADO KA NA!"
"'Nay I'm literally three blocks down."
"ARE THERE BOYS THERE? YOU BE CAREFUL HA! I DON'T WANT YOU DOING THINGS!"
"What things 'Nay?"
"YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT DON'T PLAY DUMB"
ad infinitum

And my parents and I went something like this:

Parents: You snuck out again. And you have a black eye. You were out fighting again.
MZ: Yes. Yes. And yes.
Parents: Did you at least make the other guy bleed?
MZ: Yes.
Parents: Who was there?
MZ: The police. That's why I left.
Mother: I meant which friend of yours?
Father: Were there girls there?
MZ: None, and yes.
Mother: Who were you with?
Father: Why were you fighting when there was girls? Did you make any money, at least?
MZ (rest of night): ...

[KaelGotDwarves]

My Da told me at 13 that if I got a girl pregnant before I got married I'd be "fucking disowned and kicked out, then promptly murdered". Then I ended up messing around at 14. That was a bad move.

I've never had a roommate of the opposite sex that wasn't my girlfriend because I knew we'd end up having a relationship of some sort.

So Scaraban might have a point.

[Scaraban]

Rookie mistake, you always murder then disown.

[MaximumZero]

My Da told me at 13 that if I got a girl pregnant before I got married I'd be "fucking disowned and kicked out, then promptly murdered". Then I ended up messing around at 14. That was a bad move.

I've never had a roommate of the opposite sex that wasn't my girlfriend because I knew we'd end up having a relationship of some sort.

So Scaraban might have a point.

My counterpoint was that if you're smart about it, you can have a casual relationship and it's no big deal, even if you want to move on. It's easy if you're "just friends". I know some people don't operate like that, but I can only offer my point of view.

[Rose]

Shouldn't the "Attractive Roomate" go under Pros? That'd be a whole lot better than having an ugly roomate.

Attractive roommates lead to issues. Personal experience.

Long story. Not my roommate though.

Translation: Vester was the attractive room-mate.

[KaelGotDwarves]

My counterpoint was that if you're smart about it, you can have a casual relationship and it's no big deal, even if you want to move on. It's easy if you're "just friends". I know some people don't operate like that, but I can only offer my point of view.

Kids are dumb at 14. I was dumb at 14. Hell, I'm a wise enough guy to realise that I'm still young and stupid as all hell, even though I feel old and living an anachronistic existence.

Besides, I don't do anything casually. 110%, everything. For me, life's much more interesting when you throw yourself into it.