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Been looking at apartments and it'd been a struggle getting friends together to live with. Some are in relationships, took extra semesters of undergrad or for their masters, already have plans, moved away for their jobs, or recently graduated and are trying to stay at home for a while and save money first.
Since I wasn't getting anywhere with my friends, I talked to my coworker about it after learning he was looking for a place and he mentioned a friend had just started talking to him about getting a place too and thought it'd be a good idea if the three of us lived together. Three weeks ago we started looking at places till he realized he forgot to put in his 30-day notice and was going to have to stay another month (till the end of November). We haven't really started the search back up again since then, but probably will sometime later this week/next week.
Anyways, flash-forward to now and in the past week I've had two friends tell me they'd be potentially interested in living together sometime earlyish next year since they're graduating this December. I say "earlyish" because neither of them have a job lined up to start upon graduation, but they are both interviewing places right now, so it'd depend on when they land a job. Knowing their education/experience I don't imagine it'd take that long.
I'm also having second thoughts about living with my coworker and his friend, though they both seem fine and I have balled some with my coworker outside of work. I guess I like the idea of living with friend(s) who are a known quantity over two people I don't know as well. On top of that, I'd like to live with people who I could go out and do stuff with since there are lots of other recent college grads in the area we're looking to move to as well as nightlife. I've started to notice my coworker doesn't seem like that type of person. He'll skip or leave office happy hours early and I've lost track of the number of times he's told me he didn't really do anything over the weekend when my team talks about our weekends on Mondays.
I'm conflicted right now and if I'm going to try and live with either of those two friends (or any of my other friends who become potential options in the coming months), I'd better tell my coworker soon before we start the search up again. On one hand, I'd feel bad doing it and this is a sure thing I'd be giving up. But, on the other hand I also want to put myself in the best position to make the most of stepping into the "real world" and experiencing what the area has to offer.
What would you do in my situation? What were your post-college roommate and first apartment living experiences like?
Cliffs:
-Not having success getting friends together to live with
-Talk to coworker and he mentions his friend and says us three should get a place
-Checked out some places a few weeks ago
-Stopped searching temporarily when coworker realized he couldn't move out till a little later
-Had two friends tell me they'd potentially be interested in living together after they graduate this winter and get jobs
-Apartment search with coworker will probably start back up again this weekend or early next week
-Conflicted on what to do
Since I wasn't getting anywhere with my friends, I talked to my coworker about it after learning he was looking for a place and he mentioned a friend had just started talking to him about getting a place too and thought it'd be a good idea if the three of us lived together. Three weeks ago we started looking at places till he realized he forgot to put in his 30-day notice and was going to have to stay another month (till the end of November). We haven't really started the search back up again since then, but probably will sometime later this week/next week.
Anyways, flash-forward to now and in the past week I've had two friends tell me they'd be potentially interested in living together sometime earlyish next year since they're graduating this December. I say "earlyish" because neither of them have a job lined up to start upon graduation, but they are both interviewing places right now, so it'd depend on when they land a job. Knowing their education/experience I don't imagine it'd take that long.
I'm also having second thoughts about living with my coworker and his friend, though they both seem fine and I have balled some with my coworker outside of work. I guess I like the idea of living with friend(s) who are a known quantity over two people I don't know as well. On top of that, I'd like to live with people who I could go out and do stuff with since there are lots of other recent college grads in the area we're looking to move to as well as nightlife. I've started to notice my coworker doesn't seem like that type of person. He'll skip or leave office happy hours early and I've lost track of the number of times he's told me he didn't really do anything over the weekend when my team talks about our weekends on Mondays.
I'm conflicted right now and if I'm going to try and live with either of those two friends (or any of my other friends who become potential options in the coming months), I'd better tell my coworker soon before we start the search up again. On one hand, I'd feel bad doing it and this is a sure thing I'd be giving up. But, on the other hand I also want to put myself in the best position to make the most of stepping into the "real world" and experiencing what the area has to offer.
What would you do in my situation? What were your post-college roommate and first apartment living experiences like?
Cliffs:
-Not having success getting friends together to live with
-Talk to coworker and he mentions his friend and says us three should get a place
-Checked out some places a few weeks ago
-Stopped searching temporarily when coworker realized he couldn't move out till a little later
-Had two friends tell me they'd potentially be interested in living together after they graduate this winter and get jobs
-Apartment search with coworker will probably start back up again this weekend or early next week
-Conflicted on what to do
