So I think I have a roommate problem. I've 'adopted' a third 'housemate'.

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chusteczka

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Numerous comedy shows have been developed off this theme. You can make of this situation what you want and it seems you wish to confine yourself. The apartment is yours as well as your roommate's. Get out of your room and use it. Do not feel self-conscious for using your apartment. Just do not do something crazy like get a drum set to make music with while their bed is banging on the wall.
 

RbSX

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Numerous comedy shows have been developed off this theme. You can make of this situation what you want and it seems you wish to confine yourself. The apartment is yours as well as your roommate's. Get out of your room and use it. Do not feel self-conscious for using your apartment. Just do not do something crazy like get a drum set to make music with while their bed is banging on the wall.

I already have the surround system that was supposed to go in our living room, in my bedroom.
 

apac

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I've been in this position, and it's easy to solve. If you're watching TV in the living room you have claimed the space until you opt to give it up.

Your roommate is bound by the laws of roommate-ism, one of which is that he cannot make you leave anywhere in the common area except by special request. The number of special requests per month is negotiable, but should remain very low. If you choose to forfeit the common living space it is open to anyone. Article 2 section C of the law states that if your roommate and/or gf would like to join you in the living room for whatever you happen to be partaking in, that is acceptable. However, they may not attempt to select or suggest their own choice of activity if you have previously claimed said space.


Also, you sound really insecure. Anything I'd do in front of a roommate I'd do in front of a roommate's girlfriend, perhaps with a minor toning-down of loud farts. It sounds like you don't want her seeing you watch Anime or something nerdy that embarrasses you in front of a pretty girl?
 

SlickSnake

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Ok. So he was living there FIRST and you moved in with HIM to share living expenses, correct?

So, I'm assuming you are sharing one bathroom, and yea, it would be annoying if you need to take a dump and she's hogging the bathroom for an hour at a time, like girls tend to do.

Your first solution is simple, but maybe more expensive, move out. You knew he had a partner, and now it's annoying you. Maybe you weren't aware when you moved in she was regularly slumming there, rent and utilities free, but now you are. So you need to be creative.

Why bother running around in a towel, when naked will do? Or maybe lounge around naked a lot in the living room with a robe left semi-open in the front. If you wear boxers, accidentally hang out your junk a lot in front of her. And start wearing your underware a lot more around the house, not less.

And stop showering if you don't go out for a few days, and don't wear any deodorant before hand, too. Not brushing your teeth for a day or two and then breathing all over her when you talk, works well too. Start eating whatever foods make you gassy a lot, like beans, cheese, dairy, cabbage, whatever makes you fart a lot.

If they go out, have a porno ready to start on the main TV in the living room when you hear them outside before the door opens, so they accidentally catch you watching porn often. Leave girly mags like Hustler lying around the house on the coffee table next to some tissues and some hand lotion.

Watch the most boring thing you can find on the TV if your in the living room first, so she won't want to hang out there, or listen to the most boring talk radio you can find turned up annoyingly loud to drive her back to the bedroom where she belongs.

In short, turn the house or the living room into the ultimate man cave, including nudie pics on the walls, and girly magazines in the bathroom. And on the bathroom thing, leave dirty, stained underware and socks on the floor and stop flushing your kids down the john, and leave the lid and seat up, and then claim you forgot to flush. And leave empty rolls of toilet paper on the holder, gals love that as much as the seat being up. Oh, and if you leave the seat down, piss on it.

Obviously, the object is to make her as uncomfortable as possible around the house especially in the common areas, without pissing off the boyfriend too much, and she will eventually get the hint she's intruding and not welcome unless she's splitting the rent and utilities 3 ways. If that happens, and she finally moves in after you have done all the above, then maybe she likes you too, and wants 3 ways? :wub:
 
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RbSX

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Ok. So he was living there FIRST and you moved in with HIM to share living expenses, correct?

So, I'm assuming you are sharing one bathroom, and yea, it would be annoying if you need to take a dump and she's hogging the bathroom for an hour at a time, like girls tend to do.

Your first solution is simple, but maybe more expensive, move out. You knew he had a partner, and now it's annoying you. Maybe you weren't aware when you moved in she was regularly slumming there, rent and utilities free, but now you are. So you need to be creative.

Why bother running around in a towel, when naked will do? Or maybe lounge around naked a lot in the living room with a robe left semi-open in the front. If you wear boxers, accidentally hang out your junk a lot in front of her. And start wearing your underware a lot more around the house, not less.

And stop showering if you don't go out for a few days, and don't wear any deodorant before hand, too. Not brushing your teeth for a day or two and then breathing all over her when you talk, works well too. Start eating whatever foods make you gassy a lot, like beans, cheese, dairy, cabbage, whatever makes you fart a lot.

If they go out, have a porno ready to start on the main TV in the living room when you hear them outside before the door opens, so they accidentally catch you watching porn often. Leave girly mags like Hustler lying around the house on the coffee table next to some tissues and some hand lotion.

Watch the most boring thing you can find on the TV if your in the living room first, so she won't want to hang out there, or listen to the most boring talk radio you can find turned up annoyingly loud to drive her back to the bedroom where she belongs.

In short, turn the house or the living room into the ultimate man cave, including nudie pics on the walls, and girly magazines in the bathroom. And on the bathroom thing, leave dirty, stained underware and socks on the floor and stop flushing your kids down the john, and leave the lid and seat up, and then claim you forgot to flush.

Obviously, the object is to make her as uncomfortable as possible around the house especially in the common areas, without pissing off the boyfriend too much, and she will eventually get the hint she's intruding and not welcome unless she's splitting the rent and utilities 3 ways. If that happens, and she finally moves in after you have done all the above, then maybe she likes you too, and wants 3 ways? :wub:

1. Didn't know.

2. Sounds like a wonderful idea.

...

These are all great ideas.
 

RbSX

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I've been in this position, and it's easy to solve. If you're watching TV in the living room you have claimed the space until you opt to give it up.

Your roommate is bound by the laws of roommate-ism, one of which is that he cannot make you leave anywhere in the common area except by special request. The number of special requests per month is negotiable, but should remain very low. If you choose to forfeit the common living space it is open to anyone. Article 2 section C of the law states that if your roommate and/or gf would like to join you in the living room for whatever you happen to be partaking in, that is acceptable. However, they may not attempt to select or suggest their own choice of activity if you have previously claimed said space.


Also, you sound really insecure. Anything I'd do in front of a roommate I'd do in front of a roommate's girlfriend, perhaps with a minor toning-down of loud farts. It sounds like you don't want her seeing you watch Anime or something nerdy that embarrasses you in front of a pretty girl?

The last girl I dated was equally stunning, and I don't watch anime or that kind of stuff. I just don't like people who try to push the limits of what's acceptable and what's considerate.
 

chusteczka

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The last girl I dated was equally stunning, and I don't watch anime or that kind of stuff. I just don't like people who try to push the limits of what's acceptable and what's considerate.

Then talk with them, or your roommate alone. Communication is key.
 

apac

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The last girl I dated was equally stunning, and I don't watch anime or that kind of stuff. I just don't like people who try to push the limits of what's acceptable and what's considerate.

Then I think your expectations are too high and you should not be living with a roommate. There are lines you do not cross, but you have not said anything that indicates to me that he (or she) has done so.
 

RbSX

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Then I think your expectations are too high and you should not be living with a roommate. There are lines you do not cross, but you have not said anything that indicates to me that he (or she) has done so.

3 hrs ago they assumed control of the living room and are watching Slice TV, the women's talk show channel.

GAG.
 

SlickSnake

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3 hrs ago they assumed control of the living room and are watching Slice TV, the women's talk show channel.

GAG.

Now they are doing the same thing to you with the most boring TV possible that I recommended you do to them. You should go in there and act really interested in the show or topic, like insanely so. It will creep her out if the topics about female emotions, sex parts or a hygiene thing, LOL.

BTW, coasttocoastAM.com is on LIVE now, and usually beats the pants off most TV that's on at this time. Perfect time to crank up the volume on the old AM radio or internet and listen in.
 
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MikeMike

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3 hrs ago they assumed control of the living room and are watching Slice TV, the women's talk show channel.

GAG.

So did you at any point, decide to step away from the computer, claim your seat in front of the TV and say "What else is on TV?" and then ask for the remote from her because the remote is the man's duty...
 

SlickSnake

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So did you at any point, decide to step away from the computer, claim your seat in front of the TV and say "What else is on TV?" and then ask for the remote from her because the remote is the man's duty...


Sounds like he needs to go do his man's duty in the toilet and forget to flush and leave the seat up and hide the toilet paper for starts.
 

DanDaManJC

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Have you actually talked to your roommate about this yet? I mean... yeah you have this obvious grievance, but so far, you havent really made clear whether or not you've actually pressed the issue with your roommate such that he gets it.

stance of dominance. ive got a roommate who has his girlfriend over a lot too... but they're pretty chill and hang out in his room most of the time. works out well. the unspoken roomate rules that other poster posted are good too... basically first come, first serve.
 

apac

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3 hrs ago they assumed control of the living room and are watching Slice TV, the women's talk show channel.

GAG.

Well that is their right, it is a common living space. No different than if your roommate were watching that on his own. Tomorrow night why don't you claim it.

Or don't. Your current strategy of give up the common area and hide whenever they are around seems to be working out well.

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I'll give you an example. When I lived with my friend he would have his girlfriend over pretty often. One night I made dinner, sat down and started watching a movie. Then they got home from somewhere and my roommate was like oh...we were going to watch Gray's Anatomy. I was like mm well I just started watching a movie, can you record it and watch it later? He indicated that wouldn't work, so I did him the favor and let him have the TV. From there on out he always just cleared it with me when he was planning to have girl time with the TV, and it was totally cool. You just gotta not act like a bitch and, as someone else said, hold that stance of dominance.
 
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alevasseur14

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If she's not on the lease and doesn't help pay rent, you shouldn't feel bad about doing any of the things you complained about. It was kind of weird at first when I had roommate but eventually I realized I'm paying hundreds of dollars to live in a place and I'm going to live in it. Cook breakfast in my boxers? Nearly every day. Make the roomie wait to watch a movie on MY TV with MY media equipment? Happened all the time.

It really comes down to you having to talk to your roommate. Just with him though. If she's there, she'll feel like she's being attacked and get all pissy. Just have an adult conversation with him. And the key thing isn't really a big deal. Your roomie should have asked before giving her one (and you're not even 100% sure she has one it sounds like) but it's very common.

I guess everyone has different levels of tolerance but you shouldn't feel trapped in your own place when they are there. I don't know why, but I'm curious how old you are and if you've been to college and done the dorms thing?
 

gooseman

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You've already asked him to let you know when they were going to be there and he doesn't do that so I would just start hanging out in the living room with them. They will eventually get tired of it and start going out or moving into his bedroom. Also, I wouldn't think twice about walking around in your boxers. If she doesn't like it she can leave. You pay rent, not her.
 

jlee

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Either talk to the guy about it or move out. I really don't see the difficulty here.