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clement wrote:
G. Keenan wrote:I will be moving out of this apartment in four months no matter what so all of that doesn't really seem worth it.
This is the most important point. Ride it out and you'll be done with it soon enough. She sounds like a really insensitive roommate.
Yeah. I'd already made the decision to get my own place when the lease expired before any of this began.

She's usually very considerate and a good roommate. I think she's just absorbed in this new relationship. It happens.

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G. Keenan wrote:
clement wrote:
G. Keenan wrote:I will be moving out of this apartment in four months no matter what so all of that doesn't really seem worth it.
This is the most important point. Ride it out and you'll be done with it soon enough. She sounds like a really insensitive roommate.
Yeah. I'd already made the decision to get my own place when the lease expired before any of this began.

She's usually very considerate and a good roommate. I think she's just absorbed in this new relationship. It happens.
Where are you looking? Same area?

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G. Keenan wrote: Frankly, as much as I've complained about him overstaying his welcome, he seems to be the one more aware that he did that. She wanted him to sleep here last night but he refused, so she went over to his place.

I don't think bringing it up is necessarily the best approach. I had a long conversation with a mutual friend last night who is very perceptive about my roommate and always has been. My roommate does not like people to directly confront her with things. The results are rarely good. Another thing is that my roommate is usually drunk at the times when we could discuss these issues and doing so in that state would be pointless. Also, confronting her, I know from past experiences, would give her ammunition to be passive aggressive with me. I know that sounds like crazy thinking on my part, but it's a pattern that has repeated itself many times in the 2 years that I've known her. I will be moving out of this apartment in four months no matter what so all of that doesn't really seem worth it.
It kind of sounds like maybe talking to him might be the better approach - especially if it becomes unbearable. I'd wait for one of the times where he is there and she is not. Something like, "Look, I can understand your relationship is developing, but I live here too, so I'd appreciate you guys splitting time between your places. I know you want to spend time together, however I think she should actually be here rather than you just hanging out. And give me my keys. Curse the Red Sox. I'm glad we had this talk. Now get out."

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thrill wrote:
G. Keenan wrote:
clement wrote:
G. Keenan wrote:I will be moving out of this apartment in four months no matter what so all of that doesn't really seem worth it.
This is the most important point. Ride it out and you'll be done with it soon enough. She sounds like a really insensitive roommate.
Yeah. I'd already made the decision to get my own place when the lease expired before any of this began.

She's usually very considerate and a good roommate. I think she's just absorbed in this new relationship. It happens.
Where are you looking? Same area?
Haven't started looking yet but more or less the same area. I like being close to the lake and close to the train.

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You should start looking. The renters market is heating up again.

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Michael wrote:You should start looking. The renters market is heating up again.
You should consider this. It took me way longer than I thought to find a place in Austin, and I had to pay up to extend my old lease by a month. You don't want to turn into the guy who won't move out. :wink:

Edit: Four months out is probably too early to get really serious, but I would still survey to see where the best deals are being offered, how quick they are gobbled up, averages prices, etc.

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In Chicago 3-4 mos is typically when people start looking and signing leases.

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get out of my house!....get into my car!

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Michael wrote:In Chicago 3-4 mos is typically when people start looking and signing leases.
Just another reason to hate that city!

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phinstd wrote:
Michael wrote:In Chicago 3-4 mos is typically when people start looking and signing leases.
Just another reason to hate that city!
Depends upon who you are. My older brother could find a great apartment in NYC in a single morning. Never figured out how he does it.

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