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[afsjesse]

So I have an interesting situation..... my VP comes up to me and say's he wants me to rent one of my rooms to him until February.... he's paying me and said he'll share the management utilites. What ya'll think of this? I think this would be an interesting thing.

[Zutronius]

Talk about bringing your work home with you. If your VP is an alright person, then I don't see the harm in doing this. Why does the VP want to rent a room?

[afsjesse]

He's an awesome fellow and we get along great. The rent he's willing to pay is a bit low, but I'll take any other money I can get in a rural area with no privates.... 100,000 Korean won... practically free living I know.

[Underwaterbob]

If you're in a rural area he's probably from elsewhere and thus needs a place to stay.

[D.D.]

He probably wants a place to party. His room will have a disco ball and ktv set up in it. Many ladies will be seen coming and going as well as all his buddies. Should be great fun if you like to drink and want to party.

[Bibbitybop]

Unless the foreigner, you OP, live like a monk or in chastity, nothing good can come from this.

Wait, you have your own rooms for rent? Are you rich?

Honestly, you don't want anyone in your school knowing your personal habits at home. What happens when everyone knows you don't flush regularly? Or that you don't eat kimchi with dinner each night? What happens when you bring home a Korean girl? What happens when you VP leaves his dirty dishes out for you to clean?

Shit, meet fan, fan meet shit.

[yingwenlaoshi]

He should suck it up and get his own fkn place instead of putting you in this position.

[Kimchieyescream]

Do not do this. It is going to be "big brother" all the time. You need your time away from work. It will only end up being a pain. PM me.

[pkang0202]

[Paddycakes]

[ernie]

this is a disaster waiting to happen. and you're only getting 100 bucks out of the deal? don't be an idiot.

[cazzy3]

while i would never consider the idea, let's give the OP the benefit of the doubt. maybe he enjoys having a roommate/person around....maybe he and his VP get along great and the guy is a really nice person.

my only advice would be to have an escape clause in your agreement if you choose to do it. if after a month it's not working out, there needs to be some easy/non-confrontational way to say "sorry it didn't work out" or else there may be some problems in the future.

[afsjesse]

The guy is nice, but to be honest.... I really don't know him and we have never hung out. I only said OK out of hast and because I didn't want to create any bad feelings. I really don't want him moving in but now that I said ok I'm pretty much obliged to let him. I could tell him I changed my mind because of _______ reason.... but no matter what way I spin it, it's going to harvest bad experiences in the future. Any ideas?

[pkang0202]

Just do it. Make the rules clear:

At school, your the boss. In my home, I'm the boss.

[OnTheOtherSide]

He thinks you're "handsome" and wants a Brokeback Mountain experience.