It’s your room, do what you want

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This article was published 07/11/2015 (3985 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.

Dear Miss Lonelyhearts: I’m crazy about animals and am considering papering the walls to the roof with pictures of adorable baby animals. It’s my first apartment and I have roommates. I should be able to do what I want with decorating my room, right? My roommates think it will scare people off, like I’m a crazy woman. One of them said to me, “I doubt any guy will want to sleep in here with 200 pair of eyes staring from the walls at his bare butt!”

I may never get a chance to do this again when I’m older. I’m 18 now and just moved into the city with my girlfriends. I’m going to college next year and working full time until January when my course starts. What do you think? — First Apartment Problem, Downtown

Dear First Apartment: Get it out of your system. So what if no guy sees the inside of your bedroom for the first months? You’re young and fancy free and this is your first place.

Suggestion: you might want to affix the animal pictures onto large rolled-out pieces of mural paper so you can take them down without wrecking the walls. When you grow out of this decorating faze, and you will, things will change, but for now, why not decorate it when your roomies are out, and keep the door shut when uptight company comes over.

Dear Miss Lonelyhearts: Since I have become a guitarist and singer with a band, I find I idolize my favourite singers and songwriters more and want to ask them questions. I see their pages online, but am too shy to contact them and ask them questions. Will they think I’m coming on to them? — A Million Questions, Fort Garry

Dear Questions: Surprise! People who are always on buses or planes spend a lot of time on their laptops and you may even get some conversations going with them on social media. Don’t expect too much, but it can happen. Keep your questions about music, and don’t use them as a way to sneak in as a rabid groupie.

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