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adropintheparkadropinthepark Posts: 475
edited March 2010 in All Encompassing Trip
Holy Fuckballs.

So, I've signed up to take care of my mom's place (rent a room myself and rent out her room to somebody else, while making sure the place doesn't get destroyed) for a couple of years. And...

First off: Finding a suitable renter is NOT an easy task, (I'm thinkin') especially in this economy. I was very surprised by the number of people who wanted to rent a room and share it with their kids. :o Most of the responses I got from the ad were people in this situation.

The renter I ended up with: He's 57, has had two strokes, has about 8-12 teeth and his most recent wife was 30yrs his junior. :roll: But, he is also a very happy dude - which goes a long way in my book -, he can pay the rent and he's lived with roomies for long periods of time before. I figured if one person could deal with living with him for over three years, he's probably tolerable as a roommate. And, really, he does seem to be very tolerable.

However...
The dude keeps sharing some TMI shit.

The other day he decided to share some pics from a SciFi convention.
Me: SciFi convention? Cool. I do like costumes. Let's see it!
Turns out he didn't have pics of the convention so much as pics of the pre-parties where he was making saran wrap dresses for YOUNG girls and then post-parties where they were playing 'Girls Gone Wild'. :roll:
Yuck!

What the fuck have I signed up for?!
I carried a watermelon
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  • HammerdonkeyHammerdonkey Posts: 550
    Not to sound like Captain Obvious but....

    This thread is useless without pics ;)
  • megatronmegatron Posts: 3,420
    :lol:
    Hammerdonkey wrote:
    Not to sound like Captain Obvious but....

    This thread is useless without pics ;)
  • CJMST3KCJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    If you start to be creeped out by his photos, start showing him CREEPIER photos. It'll be entertaining. :D
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  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    Hammerdonkey wrote:
    Not to sound like Captain Obvious but....

    This thread is useless without pics ;)
    Win.
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  • LizardLizard So Cal Posts: 12,091
    I'm gonna assume you have a lock on your bedroom door. ;)
    So I'll just lie down and wait for the dream
    Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me
  • adropintheparkadropinthepark Posts: 475
    CJMST3K wrote:
    If you start to be creeped out by his photos, start showing him CREEPIER photos. It'll be entertaining. :D

    How do you out creep a dirty old man? :? ;)
    I carried a watermelon
  • adropintheparkadropinthepark Posts: 475
    Hammerdonkey wrote:
    Not to sound like Captain Obvious but....

    This thread is useless without pics ;)

    Ha!

    Well, I'm not up for getting banned for sharing his trophy photos, so... Besides, if you've ever been to a second rate strip club, you've seen it all already. ;)

    And, if it's a pic of him you want to see, too bad. I don't want him to think that I want a photo of him for any reason. Clearly he doesn't know what my boundaries are just yet. :oops:
    I carried a watermelon
  • adropintheparkadropinthepark Posts: 475
    Lizard wrote:
    I'm gonna assume you have a lock on your bedroom door. ;)


    haha - Yep, but I rarely use it. :o

    The dude is (kinda) old, short and a little immobilized by his two strokes. I would bet that my cat could take him out with one claw. ;)
    I carried a watermelon
  • CJMST3KCJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    adropinthepark wrote:
    CJMST3K wrote:
    If you start to be creeped out by his photos, start showing him CREEPIER photos. It'll be entertaining. :D

    How do you out creep a dirty old man? :? ;)


    The internet is full of photos that would creep anyone out, and just claim "a friend works for a funeral home and took these photos" or whatever fits the photo you're showing him.
    ADD 5,200 to the post count you see, thank you. :)
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    *MSG 9/10/98 (backstage) *MSG 9/11/98 (backstage)
    *Jones Beach 8/23/00 *Jones Beach 8/24/00 *Jones Beach 8/25/00
    *Mansfield 8/29/00 *Mansfield 8/30/00 *Nassau 4/30/03 *Nissan VA 7/1/03
    *Borgata 10/1/05 *Camden 5/27/06 *Camden 5/28/06 *DC 5/30/06
    *VA Beach 6/17/08 *DC 6/22/08 *MSG 6/24/08 (backstage) *MSG 6/25/08
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    *Bristow VA 5/13/10 *MSG 5/20/10 *MSG 5/21/10
  • JaneNYJaneNY Posts: 4,438
    Can't you distance yourself from him some? He's renting a room, and probably having you as a close companion is not in the lease. Wear your ipod headphones and turn it up.
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  • adropintheparkadropinthepark Posts: 475
    CJMST3K wrote:
    adropinthepark wrote:
    CJMST3K wrote:
    If you start to be creeped out by his photos, start showing him CREEPIER photos. It'll be entertaining. :D

    How do you out creep a dirty old man? :? ;)


    The internet is full of photos that would creep anyone out, and just claim "a friend works for a funeral home and took these photos" or whatever fits the photo you're showing him.
    JaneNY wrote:
    Can't you distance yourself from him some? He's renting a room, and probably having you as a close companion is not in the lease. Wear your ipod headphones and turn it up.


    I think I have it figured out. Now, it's only been a week, so I didn't want to settle straight in to my regular anti-social habits, but desparate times call for desparate measures. ;)

    I've been walking away from him when he's talking and telling him how much I enjoy living in my head. I also spend a lot of time outside chopping wood into more manageable pieces, or in the kitchen using several knives to chop up veggies and my bare hands to wring the last bits of juice out of citrus, etc. I also spend lots of time online, 'cause that's where all of my friends are. <--- Is that enough to give off the potential serial killer vibe? :lol:

    I'm sure this guy will be fine as a roommate, once I figure out how many different boundaries I have to set. :roll: I don't want to totally scare him off. Finding a roommate is a bitch. And, I'm doing this for my mother. I may be 35yrs old, but I do not want to suffer the wrath of my mother by failing to keep her room filled and bringing in $$$.
    I carried a watermelon
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