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#1 2008-11-03 11:59:41

Skeeter
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Registered: 2008-11-03
Posts: 31

New Housemate not Forthcoming

Me brother lives in a shared house with two other guys. He and his roomate have nothing against homosexuals, but recently they put an add in the paper and accepted a new guy to live at the house after meeting with him. Since about the 3rd week he was there, he has been bringing gay lovers up to his room at least 3 times a week and making LOTS of noise when (apparently) they are carrying on sexually. Some of his lovers hang around the house alot and me brother sometimes doesn't even know when they are there or not. They are not particularly respectful of me brother and the other roomate either.

What would you recommend me brother can do? He holds the lease, but he just wants his new roomate and lovers to be quieter and not hang around the house so much, mostly. Also, he feels like he should have been given at least some inkling from the new guy when they first met about his lifestyle so they could have weighed it when making their decision about whether to take him or not...

Skeeter

 

#2 2008-11-04 13:28:07

Skeeter
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Registered: 2008-11-03
Posts: 31

Re: New Housemate not Forthcoming

hello? anybody home? Just checking...

 

#3 2008-11-05 20:19:34

Miiru
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From: Just a bit left of center.
Registered: 2001-06-20
Posts: 14675
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Re: New Housemate not Forthcoming

Lots of people home, yes.

I imagine this is simply a topic about which most of us feel unqualified to comment. It seems a bit... loaded, imo.

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#4 2008-11-06 00:51:59

TreeHouse
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From: Maroochydore, Australia
Registered: 2001-08-06
Posts: 2393
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Re: New Housemate not Forthcoming

Miiru wrote:

It seems a bit... loaded, imo.

Agree.

I think respect is respect and if the new roomate is not displaying any then a simple discussion should be had and a few ground rules that work for everyone should be laid out.

I personally don't see how the person's sexuality comes into it at all. The only precursor that would require him to disclose this info would be if your brother carried around a degree of homophobia that didn't permit him to "tolerate" his new roomate's "lifestyle" *shrug*. Without this view the new roomie's sexuality is moot, as I see it.

Last edited by TreeHouse (2008-11-06 00:53:17)

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