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Quote: Harridan @ November 26 2012, 11:24 AM GMT

Thing is I don't *need* it, and I don't want to guilt-trip her and lie to her. I think I just need to not pay for things and expect to be paid back - I must have lost hundreds as a student because housemates wouldn't pay me for their portion of the bills.

Wow, she sounds pretty awful! I have had unbelievably appalling housemates in the past (one got me so livid that I slapped her and she called 999). I hope never to have to live with someone else again unless I can evict them!

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Living with someone is a quick way to find out if you really get on and what kind of person they are. In my student days I always paid my share, but just my share. But the endless arguments about half a cup of baked beans going missing used to get me down. I ate at the chippy a lot!

Rich bastard!

Of course it can go the otherway. In my flatshare this Japanese girl got her visa cancelled and no one touched her food.

Till 6 months later it was reaking.

Quote: sootyj @ November 26 2012, 11:29 AM GMT

Rich bastard!

Of course it can go the otherway. In my flatshare this Japanese girl got her visa cancelled and no one touched her food.

Till 6 months later it was reaking.

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Oh money was no problem in those days, student grants, chips at the taxpayers expense. I really feel for the poor buggers these days

I don't understand how so many people can reach adulthood without learning any consideration for other people. Are parents acting like slaves to their children up to the age of university and just expecting them to be fine?

I lived with one guy who didn't shower or wash his clothes all term and then when he went home presumably had his mother wash his clothes and run a bath for him. I lived with another guy who would never pay towards the pay-as-you-go electricity and so when it ran out he'd put on the emergency supply without telling anyone and then when that ran out he'd go and sleep at his friend's house until we'd paid for some more electricity. And how can I forget the girl who used to have sex in the living room when we were all watching TV? Or the house-party that I wasn't informed about, but came home to, and then found that my housemate had informed people they could vomit in my ensuite? I really don't miss student life!

now can someone loan me £1.99 its not for ace I swear

Quote: Harridan @ November 26 2012, 11:36 AM GMT

I don't understand how so many people can reach adulthood without learning any consideration for other people. Are parents acting like slaves to their children up to the age of university and just expecting them to be fine?

I lived with one guy who didn't shower or wash his clothes all term and then when he went home presumably had his mother wash his clothes and run a bath for him. I lived with another guy who would never pay towards the pay-as-you-go electricity and so when it ran out he'd put on the emergency supply without telling anyone and then when that ran out he'd go and sleep at his friend's house until we'd paid for some more electricity. And how can I forget the girl who used to have sex in the living room when we were all watching TV? Or the house-party that I wasn't informed about, but came home to, and then found that my housemate had informed people they could vomit in my ensuite? I really don't miss student life!

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Being a student has convinced me of the value of national service.

The electricity meter thing. Gah that could make any one into a serial killer.

One flat in our block when there's ran out would hook a bulb converter plug upto the hall light and run multiplugs off of it.

In my day we were still in the hangover period of punk. People just didn't wash, I couldn't stand using the bathroom, it had lifeforms growing in the sink. I spent a fortune layering the toilet seat with paper! Don't know what happened to most of them, probably became hygienists or lab rats. The worst place I stayed was a squat in an old block of flats in Hulme, demolished now, the guy I was sharing with had the first recorded case of trench foot since 1917, his feet stunk, you could hardly breath. He used to pour TCP over them, Oh my God!

This guy's stink made your eyes water, though. He could have everyone in a lecture theatre covering their noses, including the lecturer!

Quote: Pingl @ November 26 2012, 11:43 AM GMT

The worst place I stayed was a squat in an old block of flats in Hulme, demolished now, the guy I was sharing with had the first recorded case of trench foot since 1917, his feet stunk, you could hardly breath. He used to pour TCP over them, Oh my God!

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Wow. you win!

Quote: Harridan @ November 26 2012, 11:49 AM GMT

This guy's stink made your eyes water, though. He could have everyone in a lecture theatre covering their noses, including the lecturer!

Wow. you win!

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I used to shit myself living there. We used to walk over a bridge and get mugged nearly every night. In the end I got to know the mugger quite well and he left me alone. There were always strange blokes with a load of rottwieler's wondering about. What you'll do to save money when your young!

Quote: Harridan @ November 26 2012, 9:14 AM GMT

Just paying for a couple of tickets to a gig I'm going to with a friend and have just realised that my friend always just doesn't have the cash on her to pay me for her ticket, but she'll pay me back next time... I must have paid for about £80 worth of tickets for her. Is there a way to bring that up without embarrassing her or sounding really tight? hmm...

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Maybe next time see if she can buy the tickets and you pay her back. You could have be having trouble with your internet or just be busy for a few days. Or a few days before say that if she's not interested you know someonelse who will buy the ticket? That one could backfire on you though, unless you really do know someone interested.

Quote: Harridan @ November 26 2012, 11:36 AM GMT

I don't understand how so many people can reach adulthood without learning any consideration for other people. Are parents acting like slaves to their children up to the age of university and just expecting them to be fine?

I lived with one guy who didn't shower or wash his clothes all term and then when he went home presumably had his mother wash his clothes and run a bath for him. I lived with another guy who would never pay towards the pay-as-you-go electricity and so when it ran out he'd put on the emergency supply without telling anyone and then when that ran out he'd go and sleep at his friend's house until we'd paid for some more electricity. And how can I forget the girl who used to have sex in the living room when we were all watching TV? Or the house-party that I wasn't informed about, but came home to, and then found that my housemate had informed people they could vomit in my ensuite? I really don't miss student life!

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Think I got lucky with housemates. The first place I lived I had neighbours had really lould sex but at least it wasn't my housemates.
Another place I lived someone once ate one of my youghurts.

29 sleeps!

Quote: zooo @ November 26 2012, 12:41 PM GMT

29 sleeps!

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Until Christmas?

Quote: zooo @ November 26 2012, 12:41 PM GMT

29 sleeps!

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Jesus! If you're already this excited how do you avoid exploding on Christmas eve? Are there sedatives involved?

Christmas makes me so glad to be Jewish and an aetheist.

Quote: sootyj @ November 26 2012, 12:47 PM GMT

Christmas makes me so glad to be Jewish and an aetheist.

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can you be a Jewish aetheist?

Quote: reds @ November 26 2012, 12:43 PM GMT

Until Christmas?

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Yep!

Quote: Harridan @ November 26 2012, 12:45 PM GMT

Jesus! If you're already this excited how do you avoid exploding on Christmas eve? Are there sedatives involved?

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There probably should be.

Quote: sootyj @ November 26 2012, 12:47 PM GMT

Christmas makes me so glad to be Jewish and an aetheist.

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I'm an atheist too! They have the best Christmasses.