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" 1. Buddy comes in complaining that his girlfriend is mad because her roommates have turned into bitches/whores/etc... 2. Buddy shares story about how his girlfriend has tried to resolve the problem but her friends/roommates have become uncharacteristically unreasonable. 3. Buddy comes in and shares story about how "they" have decided she should just move in because signing a new lease would be "too hard" and they are "wasting money" by having two places anyways. This is the point of no return. 4. Buddy calls and asks for help moving girlfriend's stuff on one of the hottest days of the year. 5. Buddy never calls again because he is on lockdown. "

i laughed so hard just now because that is so fucking true

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6/9/2009 4:22:57 PM

We should go ahead and start a "so my girlfriend moved in with me and..." thread

6/9/2009 4:24:28 PM

does no one just live alone anymore???

i live alone. and i like it.

6/9/2009 4:25:37 PM

I'm getting a 1 bedroom or studio soooooooon. I can't wait.

6/9/2009 4:26:29 PM

costs too much for a single. cheaper if you have at least one roommate

6/9/2009 4:26:34 PM

I could never have another roomate (that I wasn't banging)

5 years of boarding school, 4 years of college...thats plenty of "clean your dishes asshole" and "quit leaving your socks on the couch" arguments to last a lifetime

6/9/2009 4:26:59 PM

Its summer. This is prime moving season. Students are moving in and out and apartment complexes are putting up generous lease incentives.

Get her a new place, w/ a contract.

[Edited on June 9, 2009 at 4:38 PM. Reason : v---oops, you're right]

6/9/2009 4:29:16 PM

they're outside of augusta, ga. he mentioned it on page 1

6/9/2009 4:30:20 PM

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"does no one just live alone anymore??? i live alone. and i like it."

duh, living alone is great. but not often affordable. (at least not where i live.)

6/9/2009 4:30:50 PM

No roommate FTW

6/9/2009 4:31:30 PM

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"Roomate"

6/9/2009 4:32:30 PM

if you make even 40 thou a year you should be able to get a place to yourself

they have several 1brs in Raleigh for 700 or even lower

6/9/2009 4:33:17 PM

^^^^ well yea, i get that. but i was more commenting on like the moving straight from roommates to living with the significant other. like there aren't any other options!

living alone is def more expensive for me, but i bought a place so i feel like at least i'm at least putting money into something that i will get something out of hopefully, eventually, you know if people ever buy houses again

but yea, the expensive part has taken away from other things.

^^ i know. the thread title confuses me. why is woes "woes"?

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6/9/2009 4:35:46 PM

Living alone and having your own wheels is the way to go if you can afford it.

6/9/2009 4:37:00 PM

when i can afford a one bedroom/studio in ny, that'll be great. for now, i have an awesome two bedroom, and my brother is a decent roommate. his schedule is so opposite to mine (me: gone from 8am-7pm, him: gone from 2pm-12/1/2/3am) that it's sort of sweet.

6/9/2009 4:39:54 PM

Would you rather.....

share a place but have your own car

or

have your own place but share a car (with your next door neighbor)



I have to take the car...would hate to miss a flight cuz my neighbor decided to see "Land of the Lost"

6/9/2009 4:40:44 PM

^^ yea well ny is more understandable. in greensboro i found an affordable place for just moi. and i still probably pay the same amount for my place that someone in ny pays with roommates. i would need like 10 roommates to be able to afford to live up there

i also didn't want to be in grad school with a roommate. i had too much drama with roommates in college. i didn't want to be doubly miserable!

[Edited on June 9, 2009 at 4:44 PM. Reason : .]

6/9/2009 4:43:24 PM

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"in ny"

Augusta, GA

6/9/2009 4:44:27 PM

I am moving into a 1BR/1BA Condo in 4th Ward in September. Place isnt big enough for two, even a significant other. Good thing is I think she agrees, closet and bathroom sink are small

6/9/2009 5:49:09 PM

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"i know. the thread title confuses me. why is woes "woes"? "

Bc my original question is if this is BS or just normal roomate stuff destined to happen when you move in with a friend who is the landlord.

6/9/2009 5:53:18 PM

tell her to gtfo

something similar happened to me - lived with a good friend, she started dating a loser who moved in and took over the whole place, tried to negotiate but nothing changed, I moved out, friendship saved

she ended up losing the loser and I was a bridesmaid in her wedding to a great guy

yay happy ending

6/9/2009 5:54:59 PM

it's her house, as a renter you have no rights when you live with the owner.

that said, she should have brought all these things up with you for discussion, they should be discussed now with her intentions / desires made plain and simple.

1/3 utilities, parking spot back, and moving of loud dog are decent things to ask for

6/9/2009 8:20:32 PM

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"does no one just live alone anymore???"

I WANT TO LIVE ALONE SO BAD.

Can't afford it though.

6/9/2009 8:23:41 PM

I will never again move in with a gf who hasn't lived alone. No matter how old they are, there's some part of growing up that doesn't seem to happen until people live on their own.

6/9/2009 8:36:32 PM

i wish my bf could live with me

but he signed another year lease at his current place

6/9/2009 8:37:31 PM

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"as a renter you have no rights when you live with the owner"

false

6/9/2009 8:38:08 PM

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"Good thing is I think she agrees, closet and bathroom sink are small "

listen man all i'm saying is when you do EVENTUALLY ask your buddies to help her move in to your place don't offer them pizza and beer, because its insulting. for starters it never comes to fruition and if they wanted pizza and beer they probably would have gotten it themselves instead of moving someone in the dead of summer to make it happen.

6/10/2009 12:51:18 AM

^ sounds like you got burned with an old friend? I know no one is moving in with me, period. Plus, Im in Charlotte, she in Augusta. Dont think shes leaving her job to move out of her current sito.

6/10/2009 10:15:30 AM

pm IMStoned420...he can help you with roommate problems

6/10/2009 10:16:15 AM

^^nope. far from the mark, actually. as mentioned above by others and myself this is how the situation plays out most of the time. i've seen friends move and i've seen friends help move. i don't walk around wearing blinds so i'm pretty in tune with reality.

had you stated prior that you two live in different cities that would have been a horse of a different color, but you implied otherwise.

6/10/2009 10:19:31 AM

wtf is wrong with helping friends move? Yeah it sucks, but damn, its not that bad

6/10/2009 10:26:43 AM

If you live with friends you get along with, I don't see the point in paying extra to live alone.

I can afford to live alone, but I don't want to. I'd rather do something else with all the money I save every month.

6/10/2009 11:54:23 AM

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"had you stated prior that you two live in different cities that would have been a horse of a different color, but you implied otherwise"

I appreciate you adding to the discussion, but my original question was nowhere near the topic of moving in with a significant other, helping friends move, etc. You just went on this assumption that we would move in, I would ask my buddies, and that if I did I would pay them pizza and beer.

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"wtf is wrong with helping friends move? Yeah it sucks, but damn, its not that bad"

Im on IRS side if your asking mild acquaintainces for help moving. But if your asking true friends thats what friends are for really. A friend would help because they know when they ask you you would do the same. If not then your probably just drinking buddies or too weak to help move some furniture

Personally I would pay for some man power instead of asking friends. I get flyers year round at my apt that offer insured labor for $30/hr. I would gladly pay a couple guys 2-3 hours to move the heavy stuff versus asking friends.


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6/10/2009 12:29:52 PM

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"I can afford to live alone, but I don't want to. I'd rather do something else with all the money I save every month."

Yep. I went from living alone (had my own apartment near Cameron Village for 3 years) to living with a friend because he needed a roommate (owns his place, renter helps pay mortgage) and I wanted to save some money. Worked out well for almost 2 years. Moved out when the girlfriend and I decided (together!) to get a place. Friendship intact.

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"But if your asking true friends thats what friends are for really. A friend would help because they know when they ask you you would do the same."

Yep. I got a couple of friends to help me move because they know I will help them when they move, and I won't mind at all. It may be less of a hassle to hire people, but I'm willing to give up a few hours on a weekend to help a friend save a little money.

6/10/2009 1:45:03 PM

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"If you live with friends you get along with, I don't see the point in paying extra to live alone."

i think this is like, WAY different from girls, though i do know some guys recently that have had similar situations. living with good friends can either be really good or really bad. for girls i feel like it usually ends badly. i don't know why. drama? who knows. the guys i know that have lived with friends and have had it turn out not so well are people who were in all different stages of their lives. some in college, some recent graduates, some with jobs, some without, etc

but for the most part, i think it just ends up working out poorly for girls who live together, even if you are good friends and get along. i like living alone. i'd rather live alone than do something else with the money i save. and also i ended up buying a place and all i could afford was a one bedroom i guess if i had a 2bdrm and a roommate to help out it would have worked. i just didn't want to deal with the hassle of living with someone random. living with a friend was not a choice for me. it was either random or alone.

6/10/2009 2:03:23 PM