Comments | hydrokid: "The Milk's Gone Baaaaaad"

hydrokid

"The Milk's Gone Baaaaaad"

Jul 27, 2005 10:34

My roommate likes nice things. Not necessarily a bad thing!! We all like nice things but the means on which we obtain these nice things are usually decided on our own personal limits. That being said I'm concerned that he is going to drive me into bankruptcy (and perhaps a little insane). I hardly just sit and watch TV anymore, I don't have ( Read more... )

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anonymous July 27 2005, 17:20:44 UTC

Ok. Im with that girl next to you in the cubical. I don't like hearing some snot drool coming out. I rather you do it in the rest room where you can relieve yourself. hahahaha I have some guy next to me who just hacks up snot and spits it in the freakin trash everyday. Its surely not pleasant to hear it. Talk to you later bro. -Evee

hydrokid July 27 2005, 17:33:52 UTC

If its seriously a continuous thing I would probably take it to the restroom or go on break but generally its far and inbetween and she (like you) need to get over it. =p

Love You

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hydrokid July 27 2005, 18:18:11 UTC

Agreed. That's when you have to take them outside and go all "Office Space Fax Machine" on their asses.

Boo Ya

spongo July 27 2005, 20:41:12 UTC

I faced similar issues when I was a junior in college and living in an on-campus apartment with four other guys. There was always some sort of modification or update they wanted to make on the apartment, and I always ended up having to chip in money I didn't have. This is a complicated matter, and one with which I'm very familiar with. In the seven years that I rented my house in Hyde Park, for at least five of them I was the primary caretaker of the house and the one having to find new roommates whenever the old ones announced they were moving on. I always made it clear to prospective roommates that items such as cable TV were neither important to me nor a way in which I wished to spend my money. But I always worried that I would end up in a position like you are currently in, because if I did have cable, I would watch it and if I was watching it, I would feel obligated to put something in toward it. So I truly sympathize with your predicament. The only suggestion I can even think of is maintaining your own separate TV and ( ... )

hydrokid July 27 2005, 21:31:26 UTC

The roommate I'm with now is my old mate (6 years) so I'm sure if I put it out there that I'm not comfortable paying whatever he is adding on, he would understand. I'm just a pushover sometimes. Life in excess can be addictive and he has an additive personality.

On the somewhat superficial comment: I was being nice. Should I mention your taste in bois? Or perhaps my roommates wandering eye for candy and dating a Face? Or my other Libra friend who surrounds himself with only the most prime acquaintances with all the goods? As I'm sure you will try to see how that can apply to others or how that is based on a generalization, which may be true but I was being silly anyway, well somewhat.

I'm just a big ol teddybear.

spongo July 28 2005, 16:38:25 UTC

Ok, you caught me. I am superficial in that regard, although I am making efforts to escape my proclivities. Ask yourself where you fall in that.

martipants July 27 2005, 21:16:43 UTC

i say yes to the tivo and yes to the wireless. (with tivo you can record stuff that you would actually want to watch and then not spend time watching stuff you don't want to...it might not make sense now, but it's the best thing that ever happened to my tv watching (un)habit).

secondly, magazines...totally his thing. if he wants mags then he can get them. if you read them so what, but that's an expense he should do on his own.

"Losing him does not matter. For it is you who will be found and cherished" hydrokid July 27 2005, 21:43:18 UTC

That's true. I guess I was just reminded of The Joy Luck Club, a movie I can quote from (my tail tale sign of being a gay man), the part when Lela is talking to her mother about her husband always trying to be fair, cutting everything right down the middle. Yet they have a seperate list on things only each one uses "Magazines that I pay for yet he reads" are on her list and what an injustice this was. Maybe life doesn't have to mirror the movies =p

Re: "Losing him does not matter. For it is you who will be found and cherished" martipants July 27 2005, 21:54:03 UTC

that's hilarious!
well, for one, you aren't in dating or married to this guy, right? so that makes you just roommates. i agree that the tv thing can be awkward, cuz you know at some point or another he will "catch" you watching the tv and it's not your fault (or maybe choice) that it has cable on it...as a roommate sharing common bills and things just ends up being how it goes, like just cuz he takes 2 hours showers and you take 10 minutes ones doesn't mean that you don't split the water bill...but with magazines...it's like feeling obligated to pay for and participate in his interests...i mean, would you pay half for books he wanted to buy and put on a common bookshelf?

Re: "Losing him does not matter. For it is you who will be found and cherished" hydrokid July 27 2005, 23:20:27 UTC

That's so true I didn't think about it like that. They are like mini properties. IF something were to go wrong and he was to leave so would his magazines, if he collected them. Its not like we could half the magazines. I hate talking about "What's mine and what's yours" "You owe or I'll pay", I'm just free flowing with what I have and try to give as little thought to property and money but i've also been hurt this way too.

::Zodiac Warning::

As a Taurus I'm sure you know all about being generous and taken advantage of because you want to do so much for everyone (especially your loved ones).

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