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AIBU?

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Original poster

to think there is probably no recovering from this?

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HeyNannyNanny · 28/08/2016 12:26

Just moved into a new flat share, a week ago.
I work FT and am typically reasonably shy so haven't met any of the new flat mates yet.
DP is not working at the moment so has spent almost all of his time in the new flat, so subsequently has spent a lot of time here.

Late this morning we were having a play fight* in our bedroom which was basically me stealing all of his underwear so he couldn't have a shower. This culminated in me wearing 15 pairs of boxer shorts over the top of my PJs and about three pairs on my head, so that he couldn't grab them out of my hands. We were both in stitches because we're both secretly children (both actually in our late 20s) and found this very very funny.

DP opens our bedroom door into the corridor to escape to the bathroom, gleefully holding a pair of rescued boxers out of my grasp. Both of us are giggling like mad.

This, of course, is the perfect moment for two of our flatmates to be in the adjoining kitchen, enjoying a leisurely cup of tea.

I met my flatmates for the first time adorned with 18 pairs of men's boxers, some of which on my head.

AIBU to think that I'll probably never live that down in this house? And that perhaps emigrating should be in my near future? Blush Blush

*its important to note that this was very very quiet and we also live next to a helipad and next door are having some kind of party so we weren't disturbing anyone with the giggling.

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Original poster
HeyNannyNanny · 28/08/2016 17:57

Technically I could walk to the bathroom naked.

But maybe I should focus on salvaging my reputation within the flat first.... Grin

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Trills · 28/08/2016 18:44

If you walk to the bathroom naked maybe that will cancel out the could I BE wearing any more clothes?

On average you'll have been wearing the usual amount of clothes.

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HeyNannyNanny · 28/08/2016 19:01

Trills genius. Then it'll be like it never happened!

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AnyFucker · 28/08/2016 19:07

Op, is this you and your boyfriend ?

here

ILostItInTheEarlyNineties · 28/08/2016 19:13

You've got to love a laughing couple Grin.

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HeyNannyNanny · 28/08/2016 19:23

Anyfucker Oh Gawd...maybe a little bit. But I swear only in private Grin
At least we have each other...

We're more like this...

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molyholy · 28/08/2016 19:31

AnyFucker I was thinking exactly the same thing.

AnyFucker · 28/08/2016 19:34

I mean it in an affectionate way

I love Catherine Tate Smile

spankhurst · 28/08/2016 19:36

I'd think you were endearingly uncool and funny, and probably like you!

PirateFairy45 · 28/08/2016 19:40

That's hilarious!!!

KC225 · 28/08/2016 20:09

19 pairs of pants.

NancyNamechange · 28/08/2016 20:45

Lol at reactions of all the privileged mumsnetters who have never had to live in a HMO/flat share

mygorgeousmilo · 28/08/2016 21:29

The first thing that came to my mind was Chandler Bing, too! Could I BE wearing any more clothes?!

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HeyNannyNanny · 28/08/2016 21:36

Maybe I should make it a thing?
Where multiple layers of clothes every time I go to the kitchen?
Like a fashion statement

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JellyBelli · 28/08/2016 21:38

Go to the bedroom and have loud sex, banging the headboard against the wall at every stroke. come in a loud and theatrical manner.

I absolutely promise the pants episode will be forgotten. Probably.

MalcolmTuckersEyebrows · 28/08/2016 21:59

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TinklyLittleLaugh · 28/08/2016 22:17

I've never shared with people I wasn't already friends with. It sounds like my idea of hell; it would make me very anxious and irritable.

You sound like a nice couple though OP.

Trills · 28/08/2016 22:26

I've shared with people I'm not friends with but I've never shared (or been to visit with the intent of maybe sharing) except in places where the existing people get to meet and vet people first.

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HeyNannyNanny · 29/08/2016 08:59

There's a Wifi router in the kitchen which we can all connect to in our rooms.

Everyone just keeps to themselves. I imagine this would be more miserable for DP and I if it was just the one of us and/or if our space wasn't the size of a flat in its own right.
Rather than feeling like a share, it feels like our own place - with a shared kitchen.

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Honeybadger83 · 29/08/2016 17:26

Well, it's one hell of an introduction, but at least it's memorable. They may feel slightly thrown in at the deep end but now they know exactly what kind of wonderfully bonkers person they are living with.
If I were in that situation, and that was the way I met my housemate for the first time, I'd be relieved that they were mental (in a good way) and I wasn't living with a humourless bastard.

DonkeysDontRideBicycles · 29/08/2016 17:59

Well at least you weren't doing lunges! (Another Chandler + Joey moment).

Just brazen it out OP.

AnotherPrickInTheWall · 29/08/2016 18:00

Great ice breaker OP.

RitesOfSpring · 29/08/2016 18:48

I've house-shared during and shortly after uni, but always with people I knew and got on with. Isn't it awkward when you're cooking dinner and somebody else that you don't know is in there?

What if you're both cooking at the same time and you don't know each other?

The awkwardness must be unbearable!

TanteJeanne · 29/08/2016 19:05

You live next door to a helipad????

pollymere · 29/08/2016 19:06

Great way of breaking the ice I think. I think it's hilarious. Say you were doing it as a silly dare if anyone asks. Just grin next time you see them and say hopefully you look a bit less strange this time!