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Your Ideal and Worst Roommate

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  1. Kaiser

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    Yes, another one of those, I've been randomly thinking questions.

    We all have personalities and quirks about and to us, and naturally some folks work better with or off of us. This lead me into imagining a few possible roommates, who could be good or bad, alive or dead, fictional or real.

    So, for you, who would be the best kind of roommate, and who would be the worst? Why?

    As usual, cleverness or humor is adored.
     
  2. Yosia

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    Ideal: Kaiser
    Worst: Anyone who isn't Kaiser.
    :lol:
     
  3. randomly me

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    Ideally i would say someone that is too the point realistic and leaves me alone when i want to be left alone.
    However there are those annoying stupid people that i just hate on first impression because they defy everything that's logic to me and have zero respect for leaving me my space.And somehow they worm their way into my heart every.single.time.
    I just can't help but feel fond of them after a time.So realisticly speaking my perfect roommate would be just like that.

    as for worst....popular kids that only care about what other people think of them and call me weird(bad experience).
    Generally people who aren't who they really are (even stuff like being overly polite like asking "how are you" if one doesn't really want to know how the other is but be polite).
    I somehow have a feeling for people wearing a mask or doing things for politeness sake and while it isn't harmfull to anyone it just ticks me off somehow.
     
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    Ha, well, I've lived both scenarios. So here we go.

    Worst: Freshman year of college. Emotionally unstable and took a lot of that out on me. I woke up a few times to find her staring at me while I slept. She once asked me (while it was raining) if it was "boiling outside" and professed she thought I was a "fairy" (not the gay kind, but the magical kind :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes: ) . She tried to control every aspect of the room, including who could visit, and eventually put up a makeshift barrier between our two sides. If you have ever seen that episode of Buffy where her roommate does various things that seem small but slowly drive Buffy insane, this was that girl. I eventually moved out, but not before a lot of strife and some intervention from the housing administrator :icon_roll . My roommate after her made seagull noises and stayed up all night, and that was a major improvement :lol:

    Best: My most recent roommate. She would totally get that Buffy reference, in fact, we frequently hung out on the couch and did work while watching Buffy. We first bonded when she started belting out the songs to "Last Unicorn." We're still good friends, and she's actually the first person I came out to "in person."
     
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    Ideal: Someone who I can have a great time with. A person that I'm comfortable with and who can always brighten up my day. It also wouldn't hurt for them to have some common interests with me and as a bonus, humor is always welcome :slight_smile: This kinda sounds like my ideal husband haha :lol:

    Worst: Unhygienic, rude, no respect for others, doesn't pull their weight, free-loads and has no consideration for others in the house/apartment...
     
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    Someone who I can fool around with. Or someone who can supply me with drugs. Or both.

    (I'm probably kidding)
     
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    Best roommate would probably be someone funny and weird who would accept that sometimes, I will come home and completely ignore them for hours on end :wink: haha, I'd make a terrible roommate. (Preferably male, because I get all blushy and shy around girls like that haha :wink: ... then again...)

    Ironically, the worst roommate I can imagine would be someone like me :slight_smile:
     
  8. Gandee

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    Ideal: No one
    Worst: Me.
     
  9. Hyliana

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    Ideal: someone who's fun and enjoys anime

    Worst: someone who's transphobic/homophobic
     
  10. Gandee

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    Same line of thought! We are our worst critics
     
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    Best: My roommates at college right before I took my leave. I've never had a group of friends before I could be so open with, and they made me appreciate new levels of nerd-dom with the role-playing shenanigans we got up to. Even hanging around them to keep them company while they were too high to move was time excellently spent in my opinion. And every day that I contact them over skype, I go to bed with double my happiness.

    Worst: Someone who eats all my food, who asks me to hide drugs for them, constantly forces me to leave the room for "privacy" (news flash kid, I live here too and if you wanna "sexile" somebody, do it to yourself) steals and/or destroys my property, stalks me and/or attacks me. That's about the worst roommate I can imagine, all the traits of people I've met and I don't like rolled into one.
     
  12. randomly me

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    as usual the empress hasn't answered her own question yet.The peasants are waiting =P
     
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    Best: Someone who's laid back and chilled out, but outgoing otherwise we probably wouldn't actually speak. Probably a guy a little older than myself from what I've found. If they like superheroes that's a huge bonus.

    Worst: I lived with a very unstable girl. Like one of the earlier posts so was just mentally draining.
    She self harmed, but I would wake up in the night to blood all over the carpet and MY bed but not hers and would blame me for the mess because I didn't wake up in time to help her.
    She needed help with lying and attention seeking behaviour but I was 17 and didn't know what to do.
    She had many fuckbuddys and when they left after sex with her she would rage and cry about it, I feel for her but it's not what you want at 3am every night when your up at 6 :')
     
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    My Ideal Roommate...

    ... is somebody who is willing to communicate. This is absolutely mandatory. I don't care if we disagree, but if there is a problem or issue, it needs to be addressed and dealt with. They should always be working on something, whether that be becoming the world's best button fastener or progressing through school, there needs to be a goal of sorts. This way, there is always a desire to want to better our situation.

    Somebody who is willing to have a good time. Not going out and getting wasted, mind you, but capable of laughing and not worrying all the time. It's okay to be stressed or down, it happens, but you have to get up and carry on. Teamwork is beneficial, and something I would expect from my roommates, especially when it came to maintenance and paying bills. Just knowing, if I need them, they're there and capable of giving the effort, means less stress and a sense of comradery.

    Common fuckin' courtesy. If you want to shag somebody, fine, let me know. Your clothes and mess, you take care of, just as I'll take care of mine.

    If they're single, then this is welcomed, LOL!


    Worst?

    I'd, probably, kill myself if I were to room with Sean Hannity.

    Every morning would be an argument over my Socialist cereal choice, how I'm wasting all that Right-Wing hot water by showering, and the disgrace that is my bed-making skills, because my sheets aren't American-made.

    He'd probably take it upon himself to put little American flag pins on ALL my shirts and jackets, and then cry, "UNPATRIOTIC!" whenever I remove them for wash.

    Our dinner conversations would be the worst, though...

    Hannity: You know this chicken we're having, is pure American.
    Me: Oh, okay.
    Hannity: You don't sound very enthusiastic about that.
    Me: Well, I mean... it's just... chicken, man.
    Hannity: I'M EATING WITH A DIRTY COMMUNIST!
    *Flips table*
    Hannity: I hope you like your chicken ala floor, Comrade!
    *Hannity storms out*
     
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    Ideal: (have had one like this)
    - pays rent on time
    - has their own life
    - decisions to socialize are not too frequent and spontaneous, so they're actually enjoyable

    Worst: (have had one like this)
    - hems and haws about the rent
    - clingy; thinks living with you means you are now their best friend
    - drugs (this "bonus feature" happened to me in college so I moved out and commuted again)

    Moral: try living alone if you can

    ---------- Post added 11th Apr 2015 at 09:12 AM ----------

    To room with, he'd be a problem.

    Between the sheets, I wouldn't mind finding out.

    http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.293245.1314362732!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/article_1200/amd-hannity-jpg.jpg

    I used to find him good looking. Sorry. I haven't watched him in at least a decade, though.
     
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  16. randomly me

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    lol i should have quotet this for the "ask the person below" thread....:badgrin:
     
  17. Kaiser

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    Jesus would be an amazing roommate.

    Think about it... he'd make groceries last forever. One loaf of bread, you're set! He rolls with 12 influential men, so he has the clique. He's a doctor, knows how to build, and he'll die for you.

    He pays his rent with food, company, healing, carpentry, and loyalty.

    But best of all, you'd never have to worry about midnight runs for alcohol:

    Someone: We're out drinks.
    Jesus: Fear not, my songs and daughters. For I once turned water into wine.
    Me: Peter, you paid the water bill, right?
    Peter: Uh...
    Everybody: Peeeeeeeeteeeeeeeer!
    *cue sitcom music*

    Life writes itself, LOL.















    Hire me, network television.
     
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    I own my place and pay the mortgage on it, so more than anything I need a roommate who will pay their rent on time and in full. That is nonnegotiable (luckily my roommate has been good at this). Aside from that, someone who leaves the common areas a mess and is bringing loud people over at odd hours all the time without telling me would be a problem. And of course someone who is just generally an asshole would be a problem, but that would be a problem for anyone not just a roommate.
     
  19. sporn

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    Best: Someone who leaves me alone and doesn't demand too much of my in the morning.
    Worst: Someone who's demanding and complains about everything and doesn't respect my personal space.
     
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    Best would be someone who was clean, polite and watched the same tv shows as me, but also understood personal space~~

    Worst... I've already had. She was a nudist who would masturbate in public, literally didn't know how to use a washing machine or dish washer so she just bought new clothes and shoved the old ones in her closet, and left rotting food lying around and would continue eating it to the point it made her ill... she would also bring over the sketchiest people and would leave our room unlocked... and she talked constantly... read her IMs aloud and wouldn't stop talking even when I was in bed covering my head with a blanket... *shudders* hard times... lol