Bottom line is roommate shouldn’t see your bottom

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Dear Miss Lonelyhearts: I’m an independent working woman of 23 and have my own place in a high rise. It’s so hot outside, I’m walking around the apartment nude and thinking nothing of it. A female friend just moved in with me to share rent, taking the much smaller bedroom — more like a den. But, things are going bad quickly.

She told me last week me she was shocked when she first saw me pass through the living room with nothing on. Big deal! My family were nudists or “naturists” so I got used to this at home. I forgot to tell her I’m into nudity when I’m at home and especially with temperatures at 30 C. I suggested she should try it too — and she gave me a suspicious look! To her, it’s sexual, I guess. She said, “Turn up the air conditioning, like normal people do!” I might, but conditioned air makes me sneeze.

She is very persistent, but the thing is it’s MY place. I hold the lease, and I’m only charging her one-third of the rent because she has the small bedroom. Yesterday she went and turned the AC on way up, so it was like a freezer when I got home from work. There was a little sign beside it that said, DON’T TURN THIS OFF.

I hate to kick her out because I need the money, and she was a friend who needed a place to live. But, the bottom line is she should move out or stay in her bedroom portion of the house, and let me continue to enjoy my home as a nudist. What do you think? — Proud Nudist, Winnipeg

Dear Nudist: It’s not fair to start walking through the place stark naked and pop out the “By the way, I’m a nudist” information AFTER she’s already living there and paying rent.

So what’s really up? She probably wonders, if it’s actually a sexual hint of some kind. It doesn’t come off as natural or totally innocent, because there was no forewarning. She didn’t know she was signing up for your nudity! So, either give up the practice in front of her, or give her a little time to find a new place and refund her some of the money so she has enough to do that.

 

Dear Miss Lonelyhearts: I’m hugely attracted to men who love animals, although I myself don’t want to do the feeding and cleaning up after them. This has caused trouble in two relationships with wonderful guys, who thought I was either lazy — or unloving! I was VERY loving towards these men. It turned me right on, to see how great they with were with their pets, but I didn’t want to be a pooper scooper or be dumping cat litter. I also didn’t want to feed animals, multiple times a day.

I am super clean in the house and a bit of a germaphobe, especially with the coronavirus. But I am just so attracted to men who show their softer side — being loving and affectionate with their animals. I just don’t want to live with animals who could give me fleas, or smell up the house. Animals should be kept outdoors. — Clean and Tidy Woman, St. Vital

Dear Clean: You are the type of person who should watch movies about men and their animals, as a turn-on. In real life, you actually turn up your nose at animal feeding, walking, cleaning, brushing and touching. You’d make a poor mate for a guy who loves animals and enjoys giving the care they entail. If a man with animals petted his dog before putting his hands on you, it’s likely you’d want him to go wash his hands first. or have a shower.

Look, we can break this down. An animal-loving man is gentle, generous, playful and probably verbally affectionate as well as “touchy-feely.” Perhaps you need a guy with that type of personality who is allergic to real animals, or can’t have animals because he travels a lot. Clearly you wouldn’t want to care for critters while he’s away.

Or, perhaps you need to see a psychologist and get over your germaphobe fears. It’s not enough to hold a camera at a distance to capture cute pictures of the man and his animal friends. Guys will see through that nonsense quickly.

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