Victor Nguyen Blog#2: Me, my friend, and his girlfriend

During the summer, me, my friend, and his girlfriend shared an apartment. Living with them was extremely awkward. I’ve been single my entire life, but their presence was a horrible constant reminder of it. I’d be watching a show and they’d be making out nearby. It’s especially sad when we eat. We all agreed at the start that we would all get our own food. However, it was more like I get my own food while my friend and his girlfriend cook food for each other. If anybody walked in it would have been a very pathetic sight to see a couple laughing and eating homemade curry together while I’m sitting by myself eating instant noodles and watching some cartoons. It was pretty bad sharing a bathroom with them since there was only one for the three of us. I think it’s cute for them to take a shower together, but God damn it! The lone guy needs to take a leak and it didn’t seem like they plan to leave the bathroom anytime soon.

It’s also pretty bad when her parents come by to visit and deliver some supplies. Now I’ve seen those movies where the parents interview the boyfriend, but I didn’t know it applies to housemates too. Somewhere along the line I got asked how come I didn’t have a girlfriend. I didn’t want to say that women intimidate me, so I tried to play it cool by saying I wasn’t interested in romance. Unfortunately, this was the wrong answer because the mom then proceeds to ask me if I’m gay….after thinking about this for a while, I don’t think there was a right or wrong answer to that ‘cause by the end of the day they’re probably still wondering if I’m having a threesome with them.

Then there was the night life. Every now and then I’d wake up in the middle of the night to the sound of the wall thumping. On nights like those I just end up sighing and looking at my hand, “Well looks like it’s just you and me.” I live in the apartments on campus now, so I don’t have to deal with that anymore, but sometimes I wake up at night with the sound of thumping from my housemate’s room next door.