Room for Rent, somewhere in the valley...

It's amazing. When I bought my condo back in the day, I had roommates. They were friends, friends of friends, co-workers, and friends of...

I'm still in touch with some of them, and they are still friends. Two guys, one with a gf (now his wife); two gals (one of whom I still hear about but don't talk to); one or two who are dead... unfortunately, they were amazing friends; a gal who I lost track of when she moved to Vegas(and the only roomie I've ever slept with --).


These days almost 20 years later, (thanks to the economy)...

I post an advert on Craigslist to find a room-mate, and get the most unusual results. Two summers ago, I got a guy moving down from the bay area to a new job, bringing his family (later). He was an amazing roommie, mostly because he was a responsible adult and a good guy to hang out with (even though he was a vegetarian).

Then, I advertise again, and get

(*) weird gals who want to trade "services" for the room (wtf?) (pet care, sex?),
(*) get a squatter who moves in while I'm out of town... and have a hell of a time convincing her to move out!
(*) a "doctor" from Iran who's working as a day-laborer because he doesn't have a license to practice (and he can't get better work with that level of education?, and his "brother-in-law" does all the speaking for him)... ** remember 911 is still with us **

(*) a stunninly beautiful model-quality type, who does a quick scan of the place and very politely... runs for the hills. (Remember, I have cats!!!) and am a typical guy (bear with furniture) so I can't really say anything bad about that decision!

(*) a guy who when asked "why are you moving?", tells me that "his landlord is evicting him to sell the building" and that "he's suing the landloard for moving expenses and inconvience"... AND HE REALLY EXPECTS ME TO WANT TO RENT TO HIM?

And... when I ask them to fill out a credit check (so I can see if they're really a terrorist/felon/confidence-person etcetera, the "doctor", the gals... vanish. I guess Al Q can't do good documents...

Hmm... I wonder if that says anything?

So, I'm looking again, and have talked to a couple with a kid (more bodies than I want as a steady roommate situation); a gal with daughters (at least a slightly smaller burden); and Yet again... a Nigerian scammer posing as a hot british gal...
It's not the W4M, M4W, or LTR section folks...

It would be nice to have a roommate (or even the gal with kids) as a short term solution... as long as they respect the house/the cats and I can get along with them...

At least, no flaming militant gay guys this time... I voted against Prop8, but that's mostly because of freedoms and civil liberty; not because I want to live it at home. I've got enough gay friends at present... and although I love them dearly; the drama (experienced first hand!) is more than I need. My best female friend is ... and I wouldn't trade her for the world, but she's as rare as they come. (still couldn't live with her).

But, it really is about the money folks; otherwise I'd be advertising for a 25-35 year old with big breasts; and very low self-esteem....

Well... (grin) that would be fun, also... but still wouldn't pay the bills.

so, we'll see who returns a reference sheet/ credit check form...

wanna put money down that they don't?