Room for Rent

So over the past few days, a couple of my room mates have been moving out. Now there are two rooms available. I am suppose to be leading the interviews because as Steve (who is so ancient you probably would think he was from the prehistoric times) puts its, “You are the foxy lady who needs to reel them in so Silvia can stop paying for the girls rent.” Nicely put Steve. Thank you. And immensely creepy might I add.

But I do not know what kind of people should be allowed to live in such a luxurious house. If you have been to my house, or have at least seen it from the outside, you can imagine all the types of people we would be getting to move in. Should it be fem or men? Perhaps one of each. I would rather have two gentlemen move in because I normally get along better with them. Women just pester everyone else about their belongings and how things need to be in some orderly fashion. Steve on the other hand, wants two females to move in. He thinks that it would be much easier to handle as oppose two men.

I will admit, it would be nice if another lady moved in seeing as how I am the only one here right now. I don’t find it comforting or anything of that sort, but I do think that having two girls instead of just one in a primarily guy house would make certain situations a little less uncomfortable. Such as the tampon issue. But that thought in the back of my head will always be there when it pertains to living with women. I have lived with other women before and it was always a disaster. They groan about the things others do, and then turn around and do the exact same thing. They are also extremely passive aggressive leaving notes on the toilet, such as my old room mate did. “Your boyfriend doesn’t live here.”

I am sorry that he left the toilet seat up, but honestly, it takes the same amount of effort to put it up as it does to put it down. You are being lazy. And if it is that big of a problem, you should be able to maturily talk about it with me and polietly ask if I can ask him to put it down after he uses it. It seems so straight forward and so logical. She complained about the dishes, I never used any, but she never did any of her own. This doesn’t seem to be adding up correctly.

And if a spotlessly clean house is what you need, then find another place to live. Or keep your room spotlessly clean and don’t let anyone in it, because god forbid they move a candle slightly to the left or walk in with their shoes on.

But men on the other hand don’t seem to do any cleaning whatsoever. At least the ones who I have lived with. They are loud, obnoxious, and don’t ever seem to know anything about personal space. Although when I had first moved to Santa Barbara, my first room mate who was a man, and who is someone we all know, wasn’t that bad. We got along great.

So should it be men or women? One of each possibly? Some feed back would be wonderful, because everyone is fake during the interviews. Claiming that they are well mannered, clean, and nice people. Until after the first month or so.

And I understand that everyone is different, but from a generalized stand point, I think my thoughts about room mates are valid.