Sharing accomodation with couples....

voz es

I'm looking at rental sharing adverts on Daft and a lot of them state 'no couples'

What is so anoying to have to live with couples? I never did it.

mad muffin

I would presume, things that go bump in the night.

efb

Any they take over

Birneybau

Yeah, good luck getting the tele/kitchen.

DoozerT6

From a landlord's perspective, the more people living in a flat/house, the more wear and tear on facilities/appliances. Better to have two people sharing a kitchen and bathroom than four for the same rent.

From a tenant's perspective, it also means more people having to share communal facilities.

Also getting caught in the middle of a couple fighting or...otherwise...., doesn't appeal to a lot of people.

Lucifer MorningStar

Birneybau wrote: »

Yeah, good luck getting the tele/kitchen.

Don't forget the bathroom

bitemeluis

Lucifer MorningStar wrote: »

Don't forget the bathroom

They do it in the bathroom?

Lucifer MorningStar

bitemeluis wrote: »

They do it in the bathroom?

They do it everywhere

irish12345

could you imagine having to listen to a bird whos on one in your own livingroom and your not even getting a ride out of it
that is what it entails

holystungun9

Lucifer MorningStar wrote: »

They do it everywhere

Lived with two gay Portuguese guys, a Chinese couple and another couple in one flat. Typical that the night I had diarrhoea that the Portuguese were bumming each other in the bathroom. I decided to move out as I realised how tragic it was to be hovering over the bin in my room scuttering away, with a milk bottle of piss beside me (only one bathroom so often had to pee in my room) and d ladz pounding the hoop off each other in d jacks.

K4t

holystungun9 wrote: »

Lived with two gay Portuguese guys, a Chinese couple and another couple in one flat. Typical that the night I had diarrhoea that the Portuguese were bumming each other in the bathroom. I decided to move out as I realised how tragic it was to be hovering over the bin in my room scuttering away, with a milk bottle of piss beside me (only one bathroom so often had to pee in my room) and d ladz pounding the hoop off each other in d jacks.

My faith in after hours has been restored. Fabulous.

irish12345

hahah

mickydoomsux

Yeah, back in my renting days i lived with couples a few times.

Don't do it.

holystungun9

K4t wrote: »

My faith in after hours has been restored. Fabulous.

Not as interesting but when the Chinese couple moved out they took everything from the room. EVERYTHING. They even removed the light from the ceiling leaving just the bare electric cable hanging out.

Fat Christy

holystungun9 wrote: »

Lived with two gay Portuguese guys, a Chinese couple and another couple in one flat. Typical that the night I had diarrhoea that the Portuguese were bumming each other in the bathroom. I decided to move out as I realised how tragic it was to be hovering over the bin in my room scuttering away, with a milk bottle of piss beside me (only one bathroom so often had to pee in my room) and d ladz pounding the hoop off each other in d jacks.

Could they not do it in the bedroom FFS?! :mad:

Jeefff

Say you're single and living in a 'no couples' house, and a few weeks later you start seeing someone, can you not take them back home and ride them? Where's the line?
One night stands fine as opposed to longer term relationship?

mackeire

I lived with a couple for over 20 years.
The lady would make me food and the man would give me pocket money.
They were my parents so it was grand.

The Diabolical Monocle

In English we have the term 'being the third wheel' meaning of course being awkward and out of place in a situation.

The French have a great one for this kind of situation 'holding the candle'.
Makes me picture being the awkward douchebag holding a candlestick for a couple at a romantic meal.

holystungun9

Fat Christy wrote: »

Could they not do it in the bedroom FFS?! :mad:

Trust me they did. It sounded like there was a trampolining competition going on while some builders were knocking down the wall. Do your own thing on your own patch and I cud care less but that night when I got the trots and was waiting for "whoever" to finish their 25 minute "shower" certainly was the end.

Fr_Dougal

Couples nest, take over the place. At least sharing with non-couples there's a chance they'll spend some time over in their bf/gf's place so if you ever want to have mates/gf/bf over you'll have some chance of having the place to yourself sometime.

gctest50

holystungun9 wrote: »

Lived with two gay Portuguese guys, a Chinese couple and another couple in one flat. Typical that the night I had diarrhoea that the Portuguese were bumming each other in the bathroom. I decided to move out as I realised how tragic it was to be hovering over the bin in my room scuttering away, with a milk bottle of piss beside me (only one bathroom so often had to pee in my room) and d ladz pounding the hoop off each other in d jacks.

FFS like - thats probably why you had diarrhoea

- they put santorum all over the jacks the evenin b4 and a tiny bit got on your toothbrush - into your mouth and thats it


/f that
.

The Diabolical Monocle

urrgh


dont click on that link

Mugatuu

I was living in an apartment before and one of the lads living there started going out with going out with someone I would have been friendly with. She completely moved all her stuff in really early on in the relationship and didn't pay rent or contribute towards any of the bills. She would take all of the hot water in the mornings and spend aaages in the shower every morning and in the evenings when she would get home.

We all used to feel so uncomfortable around them! The kitchen/living room would be completely taken over at all times by them and even watching one program on tv they would be ALL over each other like teenagers on the couch! Early mornings the loud high pitch laughing/moaning etc would be cruel! Breakfast time was by far the worst. They couldn't even make their f*ckin porridge without being intertwined, wearing half nothing and kissing while stirring the shaggin porridge. She also took over a press in the kitchen and a shelf in the fridge without asking and would regularly just throw out food from the fridge. The flirting between them used to be nauseating and OTT.

I wouldn't be keen on sharing with a couple again!

bitemeluis

Now I'm a very tolerant person, but a shelf in the fridge, fcuk that, who does she think she is?

ollaetta

holystungun9 wrote: »

Lived with two gay Portuguese guys, a Chinese couple and another couple in one flat. Typical that the night I had diarrhoea that the Portuguese were bumming each other in the bathroom. I decided to move out as I realised how tragic it was to be hovering over the bin in my room scuttering away, with a milk bottle of piss beside me (only one bathroom so often had to pee in my room) and d ladz pounding the hoop off each other in d jacks.

Bones of a decent sit-com right there. Or maybe a kinky porno!

mad muffin

The Diabolical Monocle wrote: »

urrgh


dont click on that link

Too late :eek:

Mugatuu

bitemeluis wrote: »

Now I'm a very tolerant person, but a shelf in the fridge, fcuk that, who does she think she is?

it was one of those small under counter fridges and there was a few of us in the place so fridge/cuppord space was tight! The shelf she took would was one of the lads fridge shelf and she would stack his stuff in the corner and would use it as her shelf and she used to pelt all her excess stuff in the drawers.

We had some laugh one day when she pelted in a load of veg in on top of one of the girls natural yoghurt pots and burst it and just left and walked off. Idiot.

Fred Swanson

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cactuspaw

lived in a house where one side of the wall was my sister and her fella and in a room below were a nice pair of fellas who were "very much in love". so things goin bump in the night, twas like stereo in that house!

efb

holystungun9 wrote: »

Lived with two gay Portuguese guys, a Chinese couple and another couple in one flat. Typical that the night I had diarrhoea that the Portuguese were bumming each other in the bathroom. I decided to move out as I realised how tragic it was to be hovering over the bin in my room scuttering away, with a milk bottle of piss beside me (only one bathroom so often had to pee in my room) and d ladz pounding the hoop off each other in d jacks.

Pics or it didn't happen! Portuguese rectal action, not yours!

Birneybau

cactuspaw wrote: »

lived in a house where one side of the wall was my sister and her fella and in a room below were a nice pair of fellas who were "very much in love". so things goin bump in the night, twas like stereo in that house!

It's bad enough hearing strangers riding...

Sir Arthur Daley

People have become more tolerable to listening to people riding thanks to the celtic tiger and the semi detach boom of houses.

holystungun9

efb wrote: »

Pics or it didn't happen! Portuguese rectal action, not yours!

You weren't there man!

voz es

No couples so

bitemeluis

No couples, unless they're two hot Italian chics with a penchant for Dublin accent

--LOS--

I wouldn't chose to live with a couple, I did once, they were grand except when an argument arose and they would always take eachothers side, that's the same as moving in with any two people that already have a strong bond.

I dunno, still might be better than living with someone who has their boyfriend/girlfriend around constantly and they're not even paying bills

kiffer

Voting block.

Come home to all the furniture rearranged.
Eh what happened here?
Oh we thought it would be better this way.
Oh I liked it better the other way...
Well two against one, we like it like this.
...

Next week:
Where's all the kitchen stuff? Why are all the shelves in the presses different?
oh we thought it would be better if the presses were arranged like this...

They just sort of take over in the way two other people not in a couple don't/can't.

brummytom

Two of my housemates ended up going out with each other this year. I was friends with them both, and they were hesitant to tell me for fear of making me feel uncomfortable.

But I'm really not arsed, I don't have any horror stories. If you get on with them, I don't see what the problem is. I'm living with them again next year.

anncoates

In my experience they were more likely to treat the house like they're were not sharing with others: wanting shared areas to themselves, public affection sessions, arguing etc.

Avoid.

Shakespeare's Sister

Would have done it when way younger in a big house-share with a few others besides the couple.
But just a couple and nobody else - not a hope. The other side of the coin is: I wouldn't want them feeling inhibited in their coupledom out of politeness to me.

Legs.Eleven

I was part of that couple for a few years. Shared with a Spanish guy in Edinburgh for four months and we all became bezzie mates. He was very relaxed though, so maybe we were a pain the hole. I don't think it caused problems although we took over the couch, I think. Lived in London again as a couple with another couple from Poland, a woman from China, an Indian woman and a woman from South Africa. The polish couple spent most of their time in their bedroom and fought a lot whereas we'd spend it out talking to everyone else and didn't argue.

My very first flat in London was with an English couple (before my ex moved down from Scotland) and I'm not exaggerating when I say I never saw the fella from the couple once in the 3-4 months I lived there. Anytime I came near the kitchen/sitting room, he'd scurry back into their bedroom in his underpants (which I don't think he veer changed they never washed clothes) Highly uncomfortable situation but that had more to do with your man being a complete oddball, I reckon.

Overall, depends on the couple.

shruikan2553

My and my girlfriend often live with other people. Although we dont have sex when others in the house, not all over each other in common areas, rarely fight and any times we do we keep it to ourselves and not bring others into it. On the plus side we both pay an equal share of bills etc which I would prefer to live with rather than someone boy/girlfriend always over and paying nothing.

Sound like people are just living with selfish assholes.

czechlin

I lived with my brother and his partner for a good while and it was grand. Because we get on like house and a fire and are honest and open with each other, disrespecting the space of another was never an issue. Now I'm living with two friends and love it. My bf stays over one or two nights a week (sometimes not at all) but when he's over we're not in anybody's way. My flatmate's gf seems nice (I don't know her very well) but I was asked the other day could she move in if our other friend moved out (there's a possibility of that happening) and I'm not sure how I feel about it. Can't say I'm ecstatic about the idea to be honest.

The Peanut

holystungun9 wrote: »

Lived with two gay Portuguese guys, a Chinese couple and another couple in one flat. Typical that the night I had diarrhoea that the Portuguese were bumming each other in the bathroom. I decided to move out as I realised how tragic it was to be hovering over the bin in my room scuttering away, with a milk bottle of piss beside me (only one bathroom so often had to pee in my room) and d ladz pounding the hoop off each other in d jacks.

Well, if this isn't one of the greatest pieces I've ever read on AH.

nelly17

Sir Arthur Daley wrote: »

People have become more tolerable to listening to people riding thanks to the celtic tiger and the semi detach boom of houses.

My neighbour has anyway

rosedream

Some couples just don't know any boundaries. I have never shared with a couple, but I have been out with friends who would bring their boyfriends along, and it is nauseating enough seeing some of them with the flirting and the cuddling, imagine putting up that and more if you lived together?

Potatoeman

voz es wrote: »

I'm looking at rental sharing adverts on Daft and a lot of them state 'no couples'

What is so anoying to have to live with couples? I never did it.

If it's a house share then there usually is not enough space for another person permanently there. If it's a flat a single person will not want to share with a couple.

efb

holystungun9 wrote: »

You weren't there man!

I was there other nights those Portuguese boys...