or: You know it's time to move to bigger premises when... Kim and I miraculously got on in a rather small space. 2 grown ups who do not know each other living in a studio flat is not a brilliant move. Add to the cocktail a small child and the occasional visit of another child. Mix with the fairly unaccomodating nature of the 2 grown ups and you should get a nightmare. Instead we got on in a mad sort of way. After a while though we noticed clues that maybe it was time we found somewhere bigger to live. After a week-end visit to Kim's ex-husband and daughter we stopped in a crystal factory in the west midlands. We went to the coffee shop for the obligatory cup of tea when I overheard the couple at the next table. her: "I tell you they are". Him: "Are you sure ?". Her: "yes, they must be". Him: "no surely not, I mean, the kids". Her yes, I read it in the paper, on they can get the artificial insemination done on the NHS now you know" and so on. On the way out of the shop Kim giggles at the thought. We consider snogging for effect. Quick look at each other. The verdict falls. Naahhhhh, not even for effect. Back in the car, the penny dropped. This is why the waiters at the Harvester looked at us funny. Next stop, Philippa's house. We recount the coffee shop overheard dialogue. Well said her husband. The too of you DO behave like an aold couple. The next day we started looking. After over 2 months in the studio and with Kim's ex-husband as a guarantor we found a house to share. I finally had a fixed address, somewhere to put the stuff stored in garages, the opportunity to sleep in my bed, The Boy had his own room and a garden which backed on the railway line (heaven on hearth if you are a one year old boy) and I had gained a housemate. See, I told you there was a happy ending.
Encounter of the housing kind - Episode 5
2.12.03 23:10
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(3.12.03 16:43) I hope the next episode isn't how you and Kate gradually grew apart until you eventually had to go your seperate ways. You sound like such a perfect couple. |
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(3.12.03 22:28) I suppose the next episodes will be more annecdotal. Kim is still a great friend. We only went seperate ways because I am more the settling type, while she is a butterfly. Plus I can't imagine Him Indoors putting up with our old/odd couple ways for more than a few days at a time. |
