I thought I lost him, but he msg’d me the next day and wanted to talk.
He had calmed down and was now more receptive to communicate our differences. He appologized for putting me through this. I appologized to him too.
The past three days we talked on the phone every day for hours. Today we’ll finally see each other! I hope everything goes well 🙂
I like him a lot. We like each other a lot.
He is not happy with his current roommate. I might’ve been receptive to move in with him right away, but I’m going to be in South Africa for 1.5 months.
What are some possible scenarios?
1. He keeps this roommate until March 30th, then I move in.
Pros
– I do like his space – close to downtown, close to the sea wall, close to Kits for volleyball, great view.
– We’ll get to live together
– Motivation for Alex to make more money
Cons
– Too soon to move in together perhaps. But we gotta try it to know if we are compatible.
– Paying more rent. Paying $1300 instead of $700. ($600 more!)
– Older place
2. He gets a room at Cyndi’s, or somewhere that is less than $800
Pros
– He gets to save up some money
– Good influence from Ty and Cyn, potentially
Cons
– We will be losing out on his gorgeous space. Vacancies are rare. Rent is higher in equiv. places
3. He moves in with me
Pros
– We can possibly both pay much less rent. Maybe $1000 combined. I save $200 a month, he saves $700 a month. We can use that money for other things and have more fun.
– So much space! And a modern place.
Cons
– He’ll need to store or sell his furniture
– Not sure how long we get to stay here
– Farer for him to get to work; if he drives my car, I’d have no car to use. But it’s actually not THAT far. Only 27 minutes!
– If it doesn’t work out then he’ll have to find a worse place and pay more