Posted by whiterabbit on June 8, 2003, at 21:37:37
In reply to just rambling, posted by mmcasey on June 8, 2003, at 15:42:09
I'm about to move out on my own after a 20-year relationship and I wouldn't DREAM of having a roommate. No way! Not that there aren't people out there who I could live with, but they're way too hard to find. I guess my horror of roommates comes from my years in the Army where I kept getting stuck with roommates that were highly uncompatible. My only GOOD experience is when I was first stationed in Germany in an old building that was used as a hospital during the world wars. I was a peon when I got there and had to share one big room - a converted ward - with FOUR
other roommates. At first it was a nightmare, but then after awhile the brass decided to stick all the "troublemakers" together in one room because all the good soldiers complained about our evil ways. Of course it turned into party central and we had a blast.But out of all the places I was stationed, that was my ONLY good experience with roommates. I remember one girl - my rank was higher so I was in a two-woman room - who was in her early 20s but acted like a sick old maid. She was always in bed by 9:00 and our room always smelled like Vicks vapor rub. To convenience her, I would practically hang the whole top half of my body out the window to smoke, but she would still cough and cough like our room was on fire. I just wanted to walk over there and smack her - "Take off that flannel nightgown and get out of that bed, it's 9:00 on a Friday night and you're 22 years old! What's wrong with you!"
No roommates for me, boy. Is it possible for you to move to a smaller place and live on your own?
At the very least I would advertise for roommates
IN DETAIL - no rap music at 7:00 am (or ever, preferably).
-Gracie
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