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[dudelovenext]

Happy birthday, Kim! :) I hope you're having a great birthday! :)

Heh, I'm fairly certain that all those Interest Collages going around are NSFW. Mine definitely wasn't when I tried it. `^_^

Yesterday ended well, but it was pretty exhausting all around.

I got up with the intent to do some early shopping, but by the time I headed out it was already time to have lunch with Whitney. I headed over to her work and had a nice lunch with her. :) After that I did a ton of running around: Lover's Package, Costco, Frey Meyer, Whole Foods, Washington Mutual, my credit union, Chevron...yeesh. By the time I got home and got everything unloaded, it was pretty late in the day (too late to meet Dan on WoW :( ).

Whitney headed over and I took her out to the Olive Garden. Dinner itself was good, but there was a lot of conversation that was...well, wasn't the best dinner conversation. It all got worked out afterwords, though.

Though...one of the good things that came up...well, Whitney talked about moving into the new place that she'll be moving into.

We talked about it a bit, and to be honest the prospect excites me and makes me nervous. It's not something that would happen right away; obviously I'm not gonna bail on the guys in the middle of our lease. At some point the Bond House guys will have to sit down and see what everyone's thoughts are. I dunno, I'm pretty comfortable where I am, and I do like my roommates. It also wouldn't happen right away seeing as how Whitney and I have only been going out for a few months. But by the time my lease is up (March 2007), then it might be a good time. There's also the whole thing with space. Not to say that I couldn't get used to it, but...well, I've never been to that level of a relationship. What about alone time? I need that time to just kind of...refresh myself. If I don't get that I get a little...grouchy. `^_^

I dunno, it's something to think about. I'll talk to the guys and see what their thoughts are on the future of our residence.

Got into work today and just feeling...tired. I'm looking forward to hopefully getting to school this winter.

Comments

Living Together

[hentainobaka.livejournal.com]

It is tough, but fun also. It is strange to always be around someone. They see you when you are messy and tired and grouchy, but if they can't handle you in that way, what kind of relationship is it? Gotta be able to take the bad with the good to make stuff last. Good luck guy! :D

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[seattleotaku.livejournal.com]

*nods* good point! ^_^

Re: Living Together

[dudelovenext.livejournal.com]

I'm sure it's something that would take some getting used to, but I think overall I'd like it. Whitney and I have seen a lot of sides of each other; I'm sure there's more to see seeing as how we haven't been together that long, but I think we have a pretty good idea.

Thanks! :)

[seattleotaku.livejournal.com]

Mine's pretty work-safe... of course, I had to click some pics around to make it so... Hehe!

And I definitely agree with you about the occasional "alone time". Says the guy who's also ironically kind of sick of it by now. Heh! ^_^'

[dudelovenext.livejournal.com]

Well, there's such as thing as too much alone time. `^_^

[seattleotaku.livejournal.com]

Hai ^_^

[dudeapathy.livejournal.com]

LIES! :P

[quetz.livejournal.com]

It took me five years to decide to move in with someone...but it was under very different circumstances. I still don't know if I'd recommend itunless you're both positive you:
1. can afford it, and
2. can stand each other, a lot.

[dudelovenext.livejournal.com]

Wow, five years... `^_^

Afford it? Yeah. We'd be living in a house with other people, and Whitney and I (I'm sure) would find a way to split rent, so it'd probably be cheaper overall.

Standing each other...heh, yeah, we'll see about that. :) I think we could make it work as long as we each have our own "private" place. I like being around her and have no problem with being around her most of the time, as long as I can be alone if I want to.

[quetz.livejournal.com]

Are you talking about moving into her room, or just another room in her house? The former would be a lot higher level of difficulty than the latter.

[dudelovenext.livejournal.com]

Depends on the size of the house, I'd say at this point. Whitney will be getting the master bedroom; if it can fit both of us in there, then probably that. If not, I'll probably rent out another room, but stay in her room most of the time. Or something like that. `^_^ It's still in the "talking about it" stages.

[quetz.livejournal.com]

are we talking about her current place, or someplace that's entirely new?

[dudelovenext.livejournal.com]

Someplace entirely new. The lease on her current place is up in...I think November. She'll be getting a house with Charles and Adam (and possibly another person, I think it depends on what we decide).

[justawave.livejournal.com]

I agree. I'm the prototype! hee hee, I moved into my own room with NAte and his housemates. That was after a year of living in separate places. Then we lived in that house for a year and decided it was a good time to move in just the two of us and our birdy Joey and fishies un-named. Well, maybe they are named but I can't remember what Nate's fish's names are. PLUS, they are still at the old house. What are the fish doing there? Hmmmmmmmm....Na-a-a-a-te?

See, after you go through a gradual process you can tease each other all the time and people will wonder what the hell is wrong with you.

LOL

Seriously, though - it's exciting that you have met someone whom you can feel so open with as to be thinking, after not that long of a time, of moving into the same living area. After 2 years Nate and I know each other pretty thoroughly, but definitely have new situations to celebrate (the good) and work through (the bad).

As long as you both feel the time is right for each step you are taking, you won't go wrong! :D

[dudelovenext.livejournal.com]

I am starting to think that the "having two rooms in the same house" might be a good idea. That way we can get aquainted with living together. :)

It's something that we're tossing around. My feeling is that I'm probably going to be with Whitney for a long time.

I'm all for taking things slow. Things went pretty quick at the beginning of our relatioship, but I think they've kinda leveled out at this point. :)

[justawave.livejournal.com]

:D

[dudeapathy.livejournal.com]

I'm an advocate for the two-room solution, simply because it can make diffusion of conflict a lot easier. :)

But then again, you'll need a house anyway, you party monster, you. :P

[dudelovenext.livejournal.com]

I think the plan was to have the other room be our play/work room (it'll have our TVs, computers, and a couch). The main room would have the bed, dressers, etc.

But true. A second room would make for a good place to go if anything happened. `^_^

And hell yeah it's gotta be a house. :)

[tak178.livejournal.com]

If you are going to move out, move out on your own. Let the relationship "ferment", if you will. Grape juice takes a LONG time to become a fine wine. Don't rush things and regret it later, and take that from someone who made that mistake. You are a young man who I don't think has lived on his own (?) and as such really you might want to try it out first before jumping into something that could be over your head. Just a suggestion from someone who has been there. ^_^

~Dave

[dudelovenext.livejournal.com]

I've already lived on my own. In this day and age, it's too expensive.

Heh, I'm not that young anymore. :) Move out of my mom's at 18 and I've been living on my own and with roommates ever since.

Now, if I was younger (21? 22?), I'd agree.

[dudelovenext.livejournal.com]

*nods* Well, Whitney and I work pretty similar shifts for the part (she's 9-5:30 I think, I'm 9:30-6). Though I have Fridays and Saturdays off at the moment, while she has weekends.

Yeah, I think there are some comprimises that would have to be made. We'll have to see if they can be done without us getting into a fight about them.

*nods* True. I suppose time will tell. :)