My roommate and I have been living together since September. We were assigned randomly (last year of college) and did not know each other before then. We get along well and are friendly but we aren't friends. She is from the opposite glide and is in a long-distance relationship with a guy who still lives there. In October he came to visit for about five days. I met him briefly and said hi but we didn't talk. He stayed in her room (we have separate bedrooms). Everything seemed to be going well: they went out every night she put tons of pictures of them together on Facebook and they had loud (although brief) sex every night. Earlier this week he called me out of the blue and asked for my help. He wants to surprise my roommate by appearing one morning but because the apartment we share is in a college dorm he will be me to go downstairs sign him in with security and bring him up to the apartment we share. He will be flying in early Saturday morning and flying out late Saturday night (his family has a ton of money much more than either she or I do). I thought this was an awesome romantic idea and he was amazingly sweet and dedicated to think of it and to be willing to give up so much (not just money but a lot of time and effort) to make it happen so I agreed without a second thought. Tonight my roommate brought another guy into the apartment late at night made dinner for him and hung out with him for hours talking/joking about a lot of things including explicit sex talk. Their conversation didn't include any obvious reasons for his presence (e g both foodies or he wanted to learn how to make this meal etc.). I thought I heard a few sounds of kisses but they were cooking so it could have been something else? This was all in the shared area where I couldn't help overhearing. They also spent some time inside her room. At one point when they were in the kitchen. I went in pretending to get something. Nothing obvious was going on but they were clearly physically comfortable with each other (touching standing against each other when I tried to get by in a crowded space). I have really good guy friends of my own so I know that could be all he is but among other things we live so far away that friends don't be to come over -- they'll ask to meet at their places or somewhere in between. Literally in 3.5 months neither of us has ever had anyone but sex partners visit the apartment. Between that the late-night circumstances the possible kissing it seems to add up. But one thing against that interpretation is that when she was having sex with her boyfriend she was very loud but when she and this guy were alone in her room. I didn't hear anything so that argues they were watching a movie or something not sexual. Still if she was single. I would definitely assume that this was a date. As it is. I have no idea what's going on. Maybe she's just realized she likes this guy better and she's waiting to break up with the boyfriend in person when she goes back home for winter break. Maybe she's getting a little on the side and not planning on telling her boyfriend. Maybe she's sleeping with other guys so she can label her boyfriend and tell him every last detail while he jerks off. Maybe she's not even sleeping with this guy! Whatever it is it's none of my business and I wouldn't care at all if I hadn't agreed to help her boyfriend go to such great lengths to surprise her. So what do I do? Call the boyfriend back and be like "You may want to reconsider"? Ask the roommate if she's interested in the new guy and look incredibly offensively snoopy if they're just friends? Keep my communicate shut go along with the plan and have them both absolutely furious with me if she's done with him? The boyfriend is coming this Saturday the 15th and I'm sure he already has the plane tickets -- I have to decide fast!
The boyfriend has to accept (or learn the hard way) that there is always the danger of plans like his backfiring. This is just the nature of long distance relationships. As for your roommate's behavior. Well that's her business isn't it? You've established that although you're good roommates that you're not particularly close friends and ditto for the cuckold boyfriend. So I don't feel like you have a tremendous moral responsibility to get involved in their relationship drama. I like true's response - go with the plan and if the roommate brings home a guy the night before pull her aside and say. "Look you probably are not going to want this guy here in the morning." Yeah technically you're covering somewhat for your roommate who is probably cheating actively on her boyfriend but the bigger goal here is to avoid any write of knock-down-drag-out drama in your home. Afterwards if you wanna flex the moral high ground muscle you can always confront your roommate about her cheating on the grounds that you really don't want to be put in the position again where you're covering for her misbehavior. Good luck!posted by at on December 14. 2007 []
Yes. I'd give the roommate a heads up. Let the ball be in her court to deal with. It's not your problem not your affair not your concern. Unless you're sworn to secrecy and are already involved then being prudent would call for getting safely out of any potentially difficult situations. People are people. The reason for the ld boyfriend to show up unexpectedly may be because he wants to see if she's being true to him to surprise her and check up on her behavior. Better to stay clear of that stuff. If she's really checking out the competition then at least she's got a chance to continue off the ld boyfriend at the pass and stop things before it gets weird in your territory. My two cents your mileage may vary posted by at on December 14. 2007
- Friday morning I posted the question then went out for the day.- Friday late morning the boyfriend called to confirm; not having seen your answers. I confirmed.- I got home and saw the answers and went "oh shit," but since I'd already confirmed. I couldn't call back and be like "sorry something came up."- When my roommate got home that afternoon. I tried to sound her out about how she entangle about her boyfriend but she thought I was being snoopy and shut me down.- Saturday morning we were waiting for the boyfriend's call which never came -- I was freaking out worrying he had my be wrong. I'd missed his call somehow etc. -- basically that he'd flown in from the opposite coast and was standing downstairs in the lobby of our building furious at me because I was the weak cerebrate in the chain.- Saturday afternoon. I was talking to my roommate when she mentioned her boyfriend would be over tonight. I said "Wait you knew?" and she said "Wait you knew?" Apparently on Friday evening they'd had an argument he was pissed off and then Friday night another friend had told her he'd been planning to come. On Saturday morning they made up apparently.- Saturday evening he flew in (I told you this guy had too much money to know what to do with it all). They came back to our apartment Saturday night and started to fool around but that devolved into a loud fight around 1 AM followed by silence.- It is now Sunday morning. When I started writing this update they were having loud sex and now they're giggling and fooling around in the shower. This has been your experience in vicarious living. I still have no idea what was up with the Thursday-night guy. And as I did specifically mention in the OP. I have no clue if the long-distance relationship is monogamous or what. I'm guessing the boyfriend is leaving again tonight and I know she's moving out on Wednesday so I'm just glad that whatever dramabomb this is it didn't breathe out up in my face.
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