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_refugee_  ·  4064 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: August 13, 2014

Ah yes, the slowly dawning sinking revelation that perhaps one has not made the best choice in roommates. I have been there too many times.





humanodon  ·  4064 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Well, this was out of necessity. A year isn't so long . . .

_refugee_  ·  4064 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You can make it. It may not be pleasant and you may find yourself spending less time at home than usual if things get bad, but you can make it. If you haven't lived with roommates in a while I advise you to address conflicts non-passionately but with immediacy. If you have, then you know what you're doing and you'll be fine.

Meriadoc  ·  4063 days ago  ·  link  ·  

As you know, I just moved into a new house.

... I am now seriously considering if one of my housemates is actually a serial killer, or if he just has all the mannerisms and voice of one.

_refugee_  ·  4063 days ago  ·  link  ·  

This sounds like story time!

Meriadoc  ·  4063 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I wish I had a good story! The dude is nice enough, he just... gives me teh heebie jeebies. He walks around super quietly all the time and has a strange gait, and these super dead eyes and smile that make it hard for me to look at him. Like... he's not smiling, it's a totally neutral expression, but his lips naturally curl just slightly. he also has the most unsettling voice I've ever heard. It's deeper than it should be for how he looks, but it isn't a deep voice, and for some reason, it's extremely soothing, but in a way that my brain doesn't take it as a relaxing sound, it immediately tells me "FUCKING RUN."

humanodon  ·  4064 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Good thing I'm studying conflict!