Just Get Me Out of the Dating Pool
I never realized how similar subletting your apartment and dating really are.1. You need someone, and they need you.
2. You're sure there's someone out there, and it only takes one, but they seem impossible to find.
3. You know you're going to have to trust them, so you're scrutinizing everyone that comes your way.
4. If it doesn't work out, you're going to be out $2K. (Well, okay, this is the equivalent of "heartbroken" in a relationship, unless you're dating a hooker.)
5. At the beginning, it's all about games. ("Well, I don't know if I can start April 1..." or "Well, I have had sooooo many people interested...")
6. You feel like you have to sell something in order to reel them in. ("This place does have a dishwasher, you know...")
7. They're constantly checking you out, even when you feel like you're (or your place) is at worst condition.
8. They ask a lot of questions.
If this comparison is legitimate, then I have been dating two guys and a girl this past week, and I'm exhausted. I have played so much phone tag that they might as well attach a neon sign to my ass and missile lock, because I am close to collapsing anyway.
Last night, I was talking to a guy, and it started out innocently enough, until I realized that ten minutes later, he was telling me stories about how his college friends live close by and how they were out until 5 on Saturday and he's still hung over. Okay, fine. But then when he asked me what I did for a living, and where I went to school, I had to steer the conversation back to the apartment because I was getting major flirtation vibes. And really, the only thing I'm interested in putting out for him is a sublet contract for the next two months.
Besides, my heart belongs to someone else. (Just kidding, gosh! Relax.)
posted by KA @ 7:48 AM
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