I have a weird problem I have no idea what to do about. This guy downstairs blares shitty techno music all the time, but never at really unreasonable hours. Well tonight my girlfriend and I were having sex, nothing like crazy or outlandish just our normal kind of sex, and he starts banging on the floor/his cealing. We tried to quiet down but I think it's the bed and he pounded harder, which ended our evening. It's not like he has kids there, that would make me feel all kinds of weird, it's just him. And my opinion on Loud sex is just let them at it and in like 10 minutes it'll pass. Plus we've never complained bout his awful techno.
Is there a tactful way to resolve this? Because I would really like to have sex again sometime without interference.
Play shitty techno music really loud while you get your bone on?
Even better, hit him up for a mix CD and then play that.
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Get. A swing.
You win on at least two counts. Possibly 3.
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This can't possibly be the first time you guys have had sex since he's been your downstairs neighbor. Is there anything different that might prompt him to hear it more or complain about it? Maybe it was at 2am or you guys got a new bed or something?
Re: The techno, if you haven't complained about it now, bringing it up in conjunction with him complaining about your loud sex makes you seem petty and retaliatory. If it really bothers you, bring it up to the landlord and they can deal with it, especially if he's blasting it loud enough that everyone else can hear.
This can't possibly be the first time you guys have had sex since he's been your downstairs neighbor. Is there anything different that might prompt him to hear it more or complain about it? Maybe it was at 2am or you guys got a new bed or something?
Re: The techno, if you haven't complained about it now, bringing it up in conjunction with him complaining about your loud sex makes you seem petty and retaliatory. If it really bothers you, bring it up to the landlord and they can deal with it, especially if he's blasting it loud enough that everyone else can hear.
It was at like 11 at night, not super late but yeah probably later then most normal people sleep at. And this is not the first time we've had sex, hell we've had super loud crazy sex before and haven't heard a peep. I have a feeling its the bed and not us being loud as after I posted he was pounding on the floor/ceiling again when we were just getting situated in bed.
I did that for a number of years before I mounted a bed frame about 1.5m up my wall. Was much better, then I could have my desk under it. Also went from a single to a double!
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So Amy and I found some bookcases for all our books to go in. Two brand new solid wood bookcases, $500. (This is in Australia, where two Ikea fibreboard bookcases the same size would have cost around $300 and sorely lacking in style compared to these, so we're pretty happy about this.)
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The same store has a bunch of really nice furniture in it that is a fair whack more expensive, like a solid Jarrah (Mahogany) dining table for $2400.
It is fun to show her stuff like that because my parents just gave us a nice solid beech dining table almost as big for free, so no matter how much she wanted the Jarrah table, she couldn't reason herself into buying it.
I'm trying my best to use the packing process to also purge things in and out.
But I'm getting to the point of just wanting to dump everything into boxes and just say 'fuckit' and sort it out later.
I remember I would get the same way as it came time to move out of the dorm every year. I would start really organized, but by the end things would just go in any box I could fit them into.
I have a weird problem I have no idea what to do about. This guy downstairs blares shitty techno music all the time, but never at really unreasonable hours. Well tonight my girlfriend and I were having sex, nothing like crazy or outlandish just our normal kind of sex, and he starts banging on the floor/his cealing. We tried to quiet down but I think it's the bed and he pounded harder, which ended our evening. It's not like he has kids there, that would make me feel all kinds of weird, it's just him. And my opinion on Loud sex is just let them at it and in like 10 minutes it'll pass. Plus we've never complained bout his awful techno.
Is there a tactful way to resolve this? Because I would really like to have sex again sometime without interference.
Play shitty techno music really loud while you get your bone on?
Invite him up to join. He probably just feels left out.
Every now and then I think of things I won't be able to do when I have a roommate again.
Like today when I was too lazy to keep rolling up my sleeves while I washed dishes so I just took my shirt off.
When I was young my dad would have me clean the shower right before taking an actual shower. His thinking was that I was going to be naked anyway so it was one less set of clothes to clean.
I have taken this as a lifelong lesson and applied it to all manner of housecleaning. You have not felt freedom until you have done naked vacuuming.
My friend is buying a place. Settlement is due to happen tomorrow. It's not been confirmed if it's actually happening yet.
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The same thing happened when we bought our place. House builder was adamant that it would happen on a certain date and the solicitor kept being cagey about it. It ended up with it being guaranteed the day before we moved and a mad scramble to pack, book a van and get organised.
The one about the fucking space hairdresser and the cowboy. He's got a tinfoil pal and a pedal bin
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oh my god.
where did all this STUFF come from.
Like, seriously. Where. Why are there so many BOXES.
who packed all this? Why did we pack all this? We just have to unpack it.
Shoulda just sold it all and then bought new stuff.
Guys this is so exciting. I'm really impressed by the lack of stress this whole weekend has had. Tonight my roommate and I had dinner just the two of us and celebrated with some boozy milkshakes to toast our new home. After the couch arrives Tuesday we can have some people over and it will be fit for company.
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Guys.
My dining room table is finished, the chairs are put together. We've got about only 10 boxes left to unpack. We bought a BBQ yesterday and had friends over and had BBQ food on our new dining table and chairs and plates and YAY!
And only one small disaster from where I was trying to put a mug into the dishwasher but failed miserably and banged it on the counter.
Oops
But man, we have a HOUSE. And our first mortgage payment already went out and OHMYGOD life is so amazing.
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Even better, hit him up for a mix CD and then play that.
Satans..... hints.....
STEAM
Remove your floor.
You win on at least two counts. Possibly 3.
Re: The techno, if you haven't complained about it now, bringing it up in conjunction with him complaining about your loud sex makes you seem petty and retaliatory. If it really bothers you, bring it up to the landlord and they can deal with it, especially if he's blasting it loud enough that everyone else can hear.
It was at like 11 at night, not super late but yeah probably later then most normal people sleep at. And this is not the first time we've had sex, hell we've had super loud crazy sex before and haven't heard a peep. I have a feeling its the bed and not us being loud as after I posted he was pounding on the floor/ceiling again when we were just getting situated in bed.
it is part of the reason I kind of really want to buy a new bedroom suite after we gets married
Satans..... hints.....
And not really all that similar to a box. At all.
1) ACQUIRE MATTRESS OR SHEEP.
2) LIE ON IT AND SLEEP.
I did that for a number of years before I mounted a bed frame about 1.5m up my wall. Was much better, then I could have my desk under it. Also went from a single to a double!
It is if you're building a platform bed!
But I'm getting to the point of just wanting to dump everything into boxes and just say 'fuckit' and sort it out later.
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It is fun to show her stuff like that because my parents just gave us a nice solid beech dining table almost as big for free, so no matter how much she wanted the Jarrah table, she couldn't reason herself into buying it.
I remember I would get the same way as it came time to move out of the dorm every year. I would start really organized, but by the end things would just go in any box I could fit them into.
Invite him up to join. He probably just feels left out.
Like today when I was too lazy to keep rolling up my sleeves while I washed dishes so I just took my shirt off.
When I was young my dad would have me clean the shower right before taking an actual shower. His thinking was that I was going to be naked anyway so it was one less set of clothes to clean.
I have taken this as a lifelong lesson and applied it to all manner of housecleaning. You have not felt freedom until you have done naked vacuuming.
If I'm at least in my underwear I can stick my phone through my bra strap and jam out.
The Japanese, as always, have done this and taken it even further: http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2013/06/music-playing-electrolux-vacuum-is-noisy-on-purpose/index.htm
(Watch the video. It's hilarious.)
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Showering? Business casual.
Sex? Three piece suit.
STEAM
Money is transferred!
Settlement is on Friday!
ahhhhhhhhhhh!
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YEA COMPETENCE
The same thing happened when we bought our place. House builder was adamant that it would happen on a certain date and the solicitor kept being cagey about it. It ended up with it being guaranteed the day before we moved and a mad scramble to pack, book a van and get organised.
where did all this STUFF come from.
Like, seriously. Where. Why are there so many BOXES.
who packed all this? Why did we pack all this? We just have to unpack it.
Shoulda just sold it all and then bought new stuff.
(so. awesome you guys. We have a house! )
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My dining room table is finished, the chairs are put together. We've got about only 10 boxes left to unpack. We bought a BBQ yesterday and had friends over and had BBQ food on our new dining table and chairs and plates and YAY!
And only one small disaster from where I was trying to put a mug into the dishwasher but failed miserably and banged it on the counter.
Oops
But man, we have a HOUSE. And our first mortgage payment already went out and OHMYGOD life is so amazing.
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