living with the opposite gender, who you are NOT sleeping with Options

[batman]

have you guys ever done it? people keep telling me that it'd be weird having a male roommate that i'm not in a relationship with, but after having 2 male roommates, i think i disagree. i think i get along better with them than i ever did with my old female roommate.

but idk, those were short-term. i'm about to move into a 2br apartment that i'll be sharing with a guy for about 6 months, so i guess i'll see.

but anyways, have you guys ever had a roommate of the opposite gender? was it weird? was it any different than living with someone that's the same gender?

[mipadi]

I live with a girl right now. She's really picky about stuff -- she wants me to take a shower at a particular time, she gets mad if I have a friend come over to hang out without telling her, she doesn't like it if I leave a cup out on the coffee table, etc. I guess it's not really a gender thing, but I do know that a few years ago when I shared an apartment with two guys, they weren't picky about anything. I think guys are a lot easier to live with because they don't get whiny about little stuff.

[brooklyneast05]

I live with a girl right now. She's really picky about stuff -- she wants me to take a shower at a particular time

[mipadi]

Yeah. Monday was the first time I ever got chastised for taking a shower too early. I got in at 7:30 am, out at 7:50, and she says (in a very frustrated voice), "If you're going to take your shower at 7:30, you need to give me a heads-up." Keep in mind that she leaves for work sometime after I do, and I don't leave until 9:15.

[Sin]

Yeah. Monday was the first time I ever got chastised for taking a shower too early. I got in at 7:30 am, out at 7:50, and she says (in a very frustrated voice), "If you're going to take your shower at 7:30, you need to give me a heads-up." Keep in mind that she leaves for work sometime after I do, and I don't leave until 9:15.

She wears the pants in the relationship.

lolbetamale

[mipadi]

She wears the pants in the relationship.

Fun! Another insecure CBer who made his way to the forums so he can make fun of other people and feel better about his own lonely existence. You'll be welcome here, since almost all the trolls on CB lack creativity and are completely and utterly mesmerized by your kind of shallow, utterly predictable humor. Look! You even made it onto CreateGossip. You should print that out so your mom can hang it on the fridge.

[Sin]

Fun! Another insecure CBer who made his way to the forums so he can make fun of other people and feel better about his own lonely existence. You'll be welcome here, since almost all the trolls on CB lack creativity and are completely and utterly mesmerized by your kind of shallow, utterly predictable humor. Look! You even made it onto CreateGossip. You should print that out so your mom can hang it on the fridge.

You sure get angry at a "troll". Perhaps you are projecting your insecurities on me.

It's also possible you didn't read my intro correctly, particularly this part:

"Compared to other members of this board, I am a guy that picks up women in his free time. Thus I have a blog dedicated to that."

Meaning I will give you boys some advice on women if I see new topics being posted in the future.

If it's any comfort, you are far from the most beta guy I've seen post topics on here so far. Give yourself a pat on the shoulder.

[karmakiller]

You sure get angry at a "troll". Perhaps you are projecting your insecurities on me.

It's also possible you didn't read my intro correctly, particularly this part:

"Compared to other members of this board, I am a guy that picks up women in his free time. Thus I have a blog dedicated to that."

Meaning I will give you boys some advice on women if I see new topics being posted in the future.

If it's any comfort, you are far from the most beta guy I've seen post topics on here so far. Give yourself a pat on the shoulder.

This is a design forum, no one gives a f*ck about how many people you've slept with.


Anyways, back to the topic, I think I can put up with guys because growing up I had two older bothers and a couple of their friends would spend months at a time at our house. Plus, if someone I'm living with (male or female) leaves a mess in the common area I'll bring it to their attention.