Life at home

But what of the legalities, I hesitate to ask. Wall to wall bookshelves and thick velvet drapes may help.

I don't think you need to get earplugs, remember, you are the put-upon (I say as a sometime snorer. Hard to tell with me - My business partner when we shared a room for money reasons several times said I didn't snore. On the other hand, I've been known to me to wake myself up, not with apnoea, but the noise. Luckily, not lately.)

Yes, Gus, I felt like the princess who could not find the man to be my prince. I sent out word that I would boink any man who did not snore, and they lined up by the thousands. Alas, after each boink they would fall asleep and snore - thus I would throw them out. Finally, along came a man who said he only snored if he did not properly satisfy a woman and he could not rest until she was well sated. I took him up on his word and found it to be true. Now many years later I still fall asleep with a smile on my face and he collapses into a sleep so deep he has not the strength to snore. The End.

(Don't think I don't remember you Gus, you were number 1089 and you not only snored, but you also farted like a cow.)

Why would Dag kill you, though, littlek? (As opposed to him, say...)

She helped make the decision, right? And he didn't whisper to you "oh by the way I snore like a Red River hog" before signing the lease, did he?

I'm curious about the legalities, too. SHOULD be a dealbreaker but that might get you in trouble, not sure.

Do cows fart?

Yes, and in some parts of Europe farmers are taxed on it:

Haha, you're priceless, Green Witch

Shshshshs.... he's sitting right here, talking my ear off again....

Give him a message for me:

SHUT IT!

<giggle>

Slappy, your disappearing liquor is far worse than any snoring! Liquor cabinet. Lock and key...... Home Depot.

Greenwitch - that was great! You made my night.

So, I said I had to go to bed earlier tonight than last. He asked if I was kept awake by his snoring. No, but since you ask........ So, the room he is in has a door which is firmly shut tonight instead of ajar. And an open doorway that Dasha and I had already fitted with a heavy drape for noise reduction (the TV is in that room). So, that is also un-harnessed. So far so good. A little sense of humor goes a long way. I am getting good at this. A little harder will be getting him to curtail the chatter. Hopefully we'll have a balanced and restful routine hammered out before Dasha returns.

As for legalities, none of us have signed a lease for sept 1. The landlady will have he and I sign this weekend. It's getting a little late to find another housemate now, especially with what I have on my plate at the moment.

Soz, Dasha hasn't met this guy. He was arriving in the country the after she left for India. She won't be back until mid-september. We did meet several others and they either declined us or we declined them.

I am hoping that when he's more settled and is busy working (being August, there's not much for him to do at work) he'll be less chatty.

Sure hope you get it sorted out to the satisfaction and benefit of you and Dag - you've certainly got my sympathies. Couple of my bigger pups snore like poorly-tuned diesels - and they pretty much sleep whenever/wherever they decide to. You do get used to it though. Sorta. At least enough to more or less ignore it ... 'less they're both coppin' Zs in the room you wanna sleep in; that damned near fluttters the curtains.


You can be thankful the new housemate doesn't announce the arrival of dawn with a buncha barking, leaping around, and hearty paw swipes. Ain't no way to ignore that.




Oh, and there's that Full Moon Fellowship thing the pups do ... amazing harmony.

You could have it lots worse :wink:

The whole finding roomates/finding rooms sucks.

Although I've realized my place is a lot nicer than 90% of what's around here. I've gone room-hunting with my chica, and there's a LOT of shitholes in this area for "normal" price. I never realized it. I can't believe some landlords have the balls to even show them. At least clean the f'n place first.

She's in a tough situation right now. The guy she found to move into her current apartment backed out, so she has pretty much until tomorrow to hear back from other people who have seen it. The management company wants to put the apartment back on the market asap.

Perfect!

Snory guy goes to Slappy's chica's former apartment.

The other (Portuguese?) guy takes the available slot in littlek's house (after signing an affadavit stating that he doesn't snore).

Problem(s) solved!

There IS no other guy to take his place. Last night was much better. I think he genuinely wants to be accomodating. He's just moved here, he knows 2 people (a couple), is actively learing his way around the neighborhood and city.... I think he will make friends easily and I think work will make him busy. The snoring is easier to deal with than the chatter and I think the chatter will ease up when his life here starts in earnest.

<crosses fingers and knocks on wood>

Timber, dogs quickly learn that there's no getting this woman up at dawn. My dog maybe never did, and my sister's dogs have learned it is just no use (with me, they still wake their people up at dawn). I do have a dog who poops on her bed whilst sleeping on occasion, that'll wake me up and get me moving pronto.

Can he cook?

He can cook, so he says, and I have a feeling he's being accurate. But, he might be the type to expect you to eat his creations and expect high praise...... I hate expectations.

Is it loud enough to keep you awake at might? Has he tried those Breathe Right strips?

When he wakes you up by snoring, just roll over and nudge him hard in the ribs.

I don't get woken up by snoring. I don't get woken up by much. Last night he either wasn't snoring or he waited until I fell asleep to go to sleep himself. Like I tell him. OI won't hear it, but I fear Dasha will take issue.