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Originally posted by morgana:
i think that it could work out quite well, as long as you both have good communication with each other.lists are the answer.
you'll both need to sit down and make a list of everything you like/don't like, to see where potential conflict could be. for instance, if you like to listen to the radio loudly as you shower in the morning, and he likes to sleep in.
then you need to make a list of every potential expenditure you will be sharing: rent, electric, phone, water, trash, etc. that way you'll have a realistic idea of about how much you'll be responsible for.
and make a set of "house rules". like, what time the radio or tv HAS to be turned off, how long friends are allowed to stay over, never letting people stay in the house when you're not there, how many people can be over at a time, etc.
sounds like a good idea, as long as you guys don't let your friends trash the place. good luck.
[This message has been edited by morgana (edited 08-13-2001).]
Okay, A.D.H.D., this is what you would do if you were either a female or a homosexual. If either of these are the case, then you should follow morgana's advice to the letter.
Now, if in fact you are a heterosexual male, I can probably offer you some advice.
There are three main areas of conflict within the relationship of a man and his roomate.
For one, who has to clean what. Now this is an area of major conflict simply because neither of you will want to clean anything. Fear not, that is perfectly natural. So the real question is not "who cleans what" but rather "how can I get him to clean everything while taking the minimal amount of flak for it?" Now, to that, I would refer to to a paraphrase of a quote from The Usual Suspects. You have to be willing to accept the things the other guy won't.
For example, I had a roomate once who hated empty beer cans. Now, I would do various things with them, like create empty beer can castles, that sort of thing. So when he would whine about the beer cans and tell me to clean up my trash, I would just tell him I didn't consider them trash, but that if my art offended him so much he was free to demolish my sculptures, as destruction can be a form of art as well and I believe that he should be allowed to express himself as well.
That is simply one way of doing it, you have to be creative. But be able to live in filth. It's like a staring contest. You have to figure out at what point he will get so sick of the mess that he will just clean it all his own damn self. You have to be able to live comfortably well beyond that point.
Secondly a major conflict often arises with women. Who gets who, and how you treat the ones the other has gotten.
Now say there are a bunch of girls over and one in particular is desired by both of you. At this point you should simply have a contest. Bet something on it if you like. Then both of you start flirting with her at the same time and doing as much as possible to fuck over the other guy's chances. After an hour or so of heavy drinking, it should become obvious who the girl prefers. At which point the loser should just consign himself to go talk to her fat friend.
Now, something that often comes up is "you know, he's seen this girl a few times, would I be overstepping my bounds if I made a move on her?" Generally, a good rule of thumb is that if your friend has fucked a girl on three or more occassions -- CONSEQUETIVE OCCASSIONS -- then she is "with him". It doesn't count if say he fucks her once, then fucks some other girl twice, then fucks the first girl again, then another girl, and then the first girl a third time. At that point she's just a ho and she is fair game to anybody around at any given moment.
However, if he fucks a girl, then a few days later fucks her again, and then a week later fucks her again, then she is off-limits.
If he has fucked a girl more then 10 consequetive times, and then fucks somebody else, and then goes back to fucking the first girl, that interim girl is a-okay to fuck. But don't fuck his girlfriend because relationships are based on trust.
There are exceptions to this however. I mean, if your roommate has been a real asshole lately, constantly bitching about how you never clean anything up for example, then it is okay to fuck his girlfriend.
Thirdly. Parties. When we should have them, who you should invite, who gets the beer, etc etc. Now this is the REAL big issue.
First of all, a little definition of terms.
PARTY: Involves a keg and over 20 people.
GET-TOGETHER: Under 20 people, no kegs. (those pansy half-kegs don't count)
Get-togethers can happen spontaneously, and having them about 4 or 5 times a week should be a good minimum to start with.
Parties on the other hand should only occur twice a week. Friday and Saturday.
You should rotate who gets the booze. One weekend it is Joe, next weekend Steve. Unless only one of the roommates is of age or has a good fake, at which point that person is the "Beer Bitch" and has to do his duty until the other person is able to, no matter how many years that takes.
Who to invite? That's a toughie. A good rule of thumb is to invite all your friends, and then everybody you see on the way to and coming back from the liquor store. HOWEVER, there are exceptions. Ex-girlfriends, who always somehow show up anyway, should not be invited. Even if she is hot and you two have hit it off in the past, never invite your roommate's ex's. Unless he's been a real dickhead lately and broke up with the girl because he caught her fucking his roommate or something.
I think those are the three major things I can think of. All the minor crap like what morgana was talking about can generally be resolved with projectiles of some sort. Use whatever is handy. I prefer having lots of empty beer cans around me in the shape of a castle so if my roommate is playing the stereo too loud or something, I can just pluck off a buttress and throw it at him.
Then I get to shout "FLYING BUTTRESS!" and cackle maniaclly as my roommate curses.
You're welcome.
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