<p>lol I'd want to do that too, but alas, I live on the other side of the country.</p>
<p>hmm i was just thinking about having a gay roommate...what if your gay roommate is attracted to you? would that create problems? would it strain a friendship?</p>
<p>i think its the same sort of thing as if you're attracted to someone you work closely with (hetero or homosexual attractions)- you shouldn't make a move, because the working relationship is far more important than anything that could happen sexually.
same sort of thing as why dormcest (relationsihps with hallmates) is often looked down on.
its not worth what could happen.</p>
<p>roommate is like brother
brother does not = sex
meaning.....
the gay guys i know would never be attracted to the roommate</p>
<p>random hook-ups.......whatever, not so hot if you ask me, in either case.
relationships..........of course theyll all tend to end up in sexual bliss! lol
inner-racial.......I can't believe anyone would even ask: of course!
gay room-mate....probably would prefer not to have a gay room-mate, and one of my closest friends (we grew up together) begs to differ on the "room-mate=brother" formula. It's the same as saying for a male: room-mate=sister; but, if my room-mate was gay I wouldn't object to it. As a rule, you are either attracted to someone or you are not. I think skyandsea and blurinka are closer to being right, it's like a workmate, you would value your job too much to act, but that doesn't mean the sexual tension wouldn't be there if there was an attraction. Id prefer not to have the potential tension and awkwardness.</p>
<p>(D student)</p>
<p>At least among first-years, hook up is the name of the game. I know some people with boy/girlfriends at other schools (more than others at D, actually), and even one engaged freshman! People are generally pretty smart... "hook up" usually falls short of actual sex, but more encompasses making out, fondling, maybe some oral sex. I was actually surprised... when I always thought "hook up" meant actual sex. </p>
<p>As for homosexual roommates... I know at least a dozen; their straight roommates are not only okay with it, they are allies. Most people are wise enough not to have a sexual relationship with the person they are living with. And floorcest... happens more than you think. It's not so taboo, and it doesn't have to be awkward. I suppose it depends on the person.</p>
<p>well- I would like to differ with him. I think that having a roommate, even if they are very very attractive, even if that gay person is attracted to the roommate in the beginning, the chances of him or her being attracted to their roommate after a week or two is slim.</p>
<p>Basically, I believe that most people are able to draw a distinction as to what they can and can't have. I mean, my point is- your roommate is probably not going to be attracted to you (you in the "everyone" sense) if he or she is gay, and if (s)he is, they'll get over it pretty quickly.</p>
<p>But yah, at Dartmouth, I don't know a single gay person who's roommate has a problem with it. In fact, I really don't know any person on campus who has a very visible problem with homosexuality. Some that don't show it do have a problem with it, but this is a pretty liberal place regarding the subject, in my point of view.</p>
<p>apppro,</p>
<p>I didn't mention my friend is gay, but he is and it kinda follows from my own experience as a hetro regarding women: you are either attracted or you are not, you don't usually choose to be attracted to someone--you just are.</p>
<p>Still, the odds that any particular roommate--male or female, hetro/homosexual--are going to find you to be the ONE are pretty slight and nothing to get all pumped up about, especially if you do not share their sexual preferrence in the first place.</p>
<p>i actually have a question for Dmouth students-- how do you manage the act if you have a roommate? do you just kick your roommate out? and how do you prevent them coming in? leave some sort of signal?</p>
<p>The only issue it really plays out is first year. In the choates with doubles you might have to avail of the basement lounge or your roommate might have to. After this though it starts to be a lot easier. Most places have common rooms so a roommate can crash there. Off campus is mostly singles.</p>
<p>Haha... I can't believe they have dorms called "Tree Houses"</p>
<p>they do? i thought i read through the housing page... but i must have missed that one.
when i get rich i'm going to marry a guy named hall, donate a lot of money for a dorm or classroom building, and name it hall hall. </p>
<p>that's my goal in life.
i should have written an essay on it. they would have loved it.</p>
<p>My goodness, 2,000 views.</p>
<p>I guess words like sex really draw the eyes...and mice</p>
<p>Skyandsea, how about "Hall squared?" btw (on a totally random thought) did you know Yale has a Harkness Tower? Wonder if there's any connection...?</p>
<p>hmm... couldn't resist a google on that, and... <a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/edward-harkness%5B/url%5D">http://www.answers.com/topic/edward-harkness</a></p>
<p>just out of curiosity, how many phelps things do you guys have? i know your stadium and ours both are, but we also have a science building, a bunch of scholarships, and i know there's more...</p>
<p>haha so on all of my prep school tours (and one of my college tours, until i kindly explained to him that joke was 'so four years ago') my father would bust out this joke.
tour guide: this is xyz hall, this is abc hall, etc
my father: damn, mr. hall must have given a lot of money.</p>
<p>haha, that's terrible... that's something * my * dad would say.
alright we've got the stadium, phelps athletic scholarship, a wing in the art museum... not sure but there could be some other stuff.</p>
<p>how 'bout you guys and abbot? we have an abbot campus (the old girls' school) and an abbot cluster and the abbot cabaret talent show...</p>
<p>I have noticed a couple names popping up at EVERY Ivy campus, starting with Thayer. Dartmouth: Thayer Engineering/ Dining Hall, Harvard: Thayer Dorm, Brown: Thayer Street...other commom names include Baker, Reed, etc.</p>
<p>according to my father (who majored in engineering at dartmouth, but also somehow just knows all these random facts. he's special) thayer school of engineering (and i'm assuming the dining hall too) was named after the same guy as thayer academy, which is somewhere around boston.
(he also told me to go look up the history online right before i played them, but i somehow never got around to that...)</p>
<p>we have an abbot dorm (the oldest dorm here), but i think you guys have more just becuase you had a whole school..</p>
<p>kinda interesting to see the old boy network at work though. :-)</p>
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<li><p>Sex is a beauty treatment. Scientific tests find that when women make love they produce amounts of the hormone estrogen, which makes hair shine and skin smooth.</p></li>
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euphoria and leaving you with a feeling of well-being.</p></li>
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opposite sex crazy!</p></li>
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EFFECTIVE THAN VALIUM.</p></li>
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</ol>
<p>got that off a friend.. who probably got it off another friend.. who probably found it somewhere.. where it probably originated from some really really really really really really really cool person..</p>