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Conference quark::human_relations-v1

Title:What's all this fuss about 'sax and violins'?
Notice:Archived V1 - Current conference is QUARK::HUMAN_RELATIONS
Moderator:ELESYS::JASNIEWSKI
Created:Fri May 09 1986
Last Modified:Wed Jun 26 1996
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1327
Total number of notes:28298

1058.0. "OPPOSITE SEX ROOMMATES-THE REAL SCOOP:" by SWAM2::SIMKINS_GI () Thu Aug 09 1990 22:29

    I am ending a "platonic" roommate arrangement.  I had been told having
    a roommate of the opposite sex was terrific.  That they pretty much
    left you alone and you didn't have as many petty problems.  WRONG!  At
    least in my case.  I think the platonic idea in reality was only in my
    head even though he agreed to it whole heartedly in the beginning.  The
    trouble started when I started dating.  Jealousy, slamming doors when I
    would have dates over, notes, and various other very questionable
    behavior to get my attention.  He doesn't have a romantic life.  I guess 
    I was a good bet.    Now I really wonder if this was unusual or if some 
    of you, men or women, have had similar experiences.
    
    For all of you I just want to say, BE CAREFUL!  And to think this was a
    brother of one of my friends!
    
    Ginny  
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1058.1DUGGAN::RONThu Aug 09 1990 22:509
I guess you are just unlucky. Years ago, I had a female apartment
mate for a year. As hard as it is to believe, she never fell for me
:-) (nor I for her). We were friendly enough, but never developed a
friendship. Except for as couple of times she didn't do the dishes
on her turn, we never had a problem.

-- Ron

1058.2SCHOOL::KIRKMatt Kirk -- 297-6370Fri Aug 10 1990 00:113
I've had several female roommates - never any problems, and never any
romance.  They were no better or worse than any other roommates I've
had.  I agree with .1 - you were unlucky.  
1058.3SELECT::GALLUPThere's a WLDKAT on the loose!Fri Aug 10 1990 13:5025


	I'm currently living with two guys.  And dating another guy (that
	I don't live with :-)  ).  We have absolutely no problems getting
	along, I don't see any "jealousy" in the least, in fact, they are
	both dating other people, but even if they weren't I doubt I
	would see it.

	I think in our house there's an understood "he/she's a roommate."
	Although, I must say, both of them are pretty damn goodlooking, if
	I do say so myself (and I think many people would agree). :-)



	I also have another male/female roommate situation when I lived in
	Colorado.  My mother was mortified, of course, because she can't get
	past the mental block that men and women can be friends and
	not go mad with lust everytime they see each other.  We had a decent
	roommate situation, I suppose.  Sometimes I felt like I was being
	judged for the things that I did, but it wasn't because of
	jealousy, it was just how he was.  We rarely even saw each other
	so it really wasn't a problem.

	kath
1058.4SWAM2::SIMKINS_GIFri Aug 10 1990 17:2012
    .1/.2/.3: my thoughts exactly!  It was so clearly agreed upon in the
    beginning and I continued whenever anyone questioned it to put it
    straight.  I was shocked that this happened.  What I didn't realize was
    that this person who is about 200 lbs overweight had no love life at
    all and hadn't for years, didn't even date.  The (bizarre) behavior
    ultimately bordered on threatening and at the urging of friends and a
    counselor I went to see because of this I am moving out.  I had never
    dealt with anything like this before.  I could not imagine it.  But it
    did happen.  Sometimes you just don't really know someone until you
    share the same household.  If it happened to me somthing similar has
    probably happened to someone else.
    
1058.5was it the woman or the cat ?HANNAH::OSMANsee HANNAH::IGLOO$:[OSMAN]ERIC.VT240Thu Sep 06 1990 14:4719
    
    I've had good luck with women roommates.
    
    Even someone as easily stimulated (!) as myself managed every time
    in the last 15 years *not* to try to "get involved" with any of my
    female roommates.
    
    My latest situation now is three men living together.  I hope it
    works as well as when Tracy (the woman that just moved out) was with
    us.  I wanted another woman to move in to replace her, but Sid the
    other man in the house had a male friend that wanted to move in, and
    I agreed so now there are three men.
    
    I found the balance was real good when Tracy was there.  I hope the
    balance can continue even though we're now three men.  (gee, maybe
    it was her CAT that provided the balance, so maybe we should get
    another one of those...)
    
    /Eric