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12 No. 12
Guys, I'm sorry for posting in TF2chan with my personal issues, and all of the crap I'm about to post in a little bit, but hear me out. Please.

So, I have this roommate of mine that I live with in a small house in France. Being able to find stable footing in a country I've never stepped foot in once would be a blessing, but I wasn't the only one with residency issues, so there was a solution somewhere. I responded to a Craigslist ad for a person looking to split an investment for renting a small apartment (or flat for all y'all non Americans) in the eastern part of France. I called him up a few times to make certain he was legit. Judging by his accent, I was expecting him to be an Irish/Scottish person. And I was right in so many ways... I'm sorry to both Irish and Scottish people respectively. I will admit that before my roommate, I honestly had no clue what the differences were, but I think I made up for it in spades once with this guy.

There's some stuff I'll skip over for now like our contacts together planning pricing, location, making certain we weren't going to runoff with each others' bank accounts, but either way we're done, and we're heading to France.

I met him at where we planned to be all alone at the flat. I was nervous, and I refused to step inside just in case my bloody kidneys get stolen in a fantastic convince-a-foreigner-to-come-over-and-then-steal-organ plot, but whatev. Anyway, to my joy, I see my future roommate step out of a cab, and I'm... tense, I guess. I mean, I'm not afraid of Black men, but if you saw this guy, you will admit he had a rough, almost-mercenary demeanor about him. Maybe that sounds like over-exaggeration, maybe it was the eye patch.

Anyway, we live together now. For the most part the man is interesting and nice and all, but he has a problem with the bottle... I can talk to him during the day, but the guy always observes his nightly ritual of drinking himself to unconsciousness. But the thing is is that it's a very drawn out process. The man has an experienced liver, and quite frankly I'm certain it purify sewage water into fresh, with the way he drank alcohol. It would take five, angry, confused, and finally depressed hours until he passed out from Scrumpy, as he called it. (Idk what Scrumpy is, but maybe someone more knowledgeable could answer that for me.)

Have you ever hanged out with an angry drunk? It's... not fun at all. Yelling, vocalizing regret for every each thing that happened in his life (which I don't really know much of, admittedly). I think he used to have a girlfriend named Jane, that broke up with him, because he always says "I'M SORRY, JANE. PLEASE LORD FORGIVE ME." And then he would burp loudly, and take another swig.

He's also passive aggressive with me if I try to help out while drunk. Called me a "lassie", and how he didn't need my help, and was perfectly content to stay up until 5 in the morning crying, and moaning drunkly.

I must be horrible person, because, I have work in the morning, and I need my sleep. So I try to ignore, but damn, do I need to get ready for work/sleep.

TL;DR I'm having problems with an angry drunk. idk what to do. We're both foreigners in a distant land, and he's not bad when he's sober. When he isn't, which is most of the time....

So can you guys help me work things out with this guy, or will I have to move? I really don't want to because I put a whole lot of myself into making this work, but Christ, I need... something. Something because I don't know if I'm really going to be better off/safe if I stick around with a perpetually drunk man, who often sleep-talks about having killed his parents....
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>> No. 13
sneak into his drawer/computer and find who jane is
maybe she'll help you help him become sober!
>> No. 15
(For a second, I was like '...Wts is this doing on the RP board. Surely this is more suited to help')

...

As to your problem, as a person with quite a few Scottish friends, the problem is simple to solve and I have used it on occassions. Drink your sorrows away and forgettaboubit! Being drunk makes everything fine.
>> No. 50
Stage an intervention, say something like, uh..

"[SCOTSMAN'S NAME HERE], I'm worried about you, that's why I'm staging this intervention."
>> No. 53
"And I was right in so many ways... I'm sorry to both Irish and Scottish people respectively. I will admit that before my roommate, I honestly had no clue what the differences were, but I think I made up for it in spades once with this guy."

Was going to help, but that is leaving a sour taste in my mouth. Search for a new place if you can't handle it.
>> No. 132
Get him to sleep with you when he's drunk. It will solve and create so many problems.
>> No. 169
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169
Stick with him. He might be a pipe to be around but despite his explosive temperament, I believe you might learn a thing or two from him!
>> No. 248
Scrumpy is Cider, if that clears it up.

Perhaps talk to him about it when he's sober, maybe suggest for him to see an alcoholics group (or whatever they're called) or even tell him if he doesn't clear up his act you're going to have to reconsider sharing with him.
>> No. 257
>>169
My heart and soul scream for your death.
My brain, however, applauds your cunning usage of puns. They shall stick to me for hours upon end.
>> No. 273
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273
Hey guys, this is authornon. I'm sorry for the fucking huge delay. It... may not be so safe for me to talk about things in details right now (but then again, there's no reason to talk about important life details-that-somebody-could-easily-trace-where-you-live-by when you're on the internet anyway). I honestly thought this topic was dead-and-done, but I'm kinda glad some people bumped it, because I got a lot of stuff to tell you guys since last time. I'll try and respond to some of the things you guys posted during my period of being a fuckoff. Yes, I'm using it as a noun.

>>13
I do try not to be a horrible roommate, but if need be, I may want to contact this Jane person on facebook or something. Jane is such a common-sounding name, but I'll try to do something.

>>15
Sorry, I don't know what you wrote in the parenthesis (it comes out looking like ̼ͥ̾̐̕͟B̹̙͎̱͚̙̟ͨ̐̓̓͊͂̂̃̅́͜e̗͈̪̣ͨ̌ͬ̔͡͝h̪́ͦͫ̋͂́͛ͩ͟i̧̲̝͙̺ͬͤ̾n̥̠̯̻͙͉͆͊̃́̕d̐̽̽͂ͤ́̑ͫ͋
̷̘̰̪ͅ ̬͓̼͍ͬͪͬ̈́́͜T̨̞̦͚͂̓͊͛̋͊̀͟ḥ̵̤͈̪ͫͪ̽͌́e̞̟̱̞̐̿̿̾̒̍̀͡ ̢͚̤͓̞̞̺̗̒ͫ̔̔̒̉̐̽W̵̛̖̞̤̩̣͖͇̐̆͆̀̍͑̈́ͦa̟̩͔̻ͭͦ̑͋͊͋̚̕͟͠ḷ̢̬̪̲̪ͫͬͩ͠l̢̤̳̩͕̯̖̔ͤͩ.̭̪́̾̕Í
‡Ì©) so so yeah :(. Anyway, I will be completely honest, this seems to work. I kinda sat down with the guy before he decided to drink himself to death (in other words, sober) and we kinda talked for a couple of hours. Why alcohol is a major human necessity for social bonding I don't know, but it is. :/ He offered me scrumpy, and just by the smell when he took the lid off, my brain and liver immediately said "aw hell no".

>>50
A little contradictory to what really happened, but the guy still needs help, so this is still an option. ...I just realized that I'm talking about my roommate more than I am now, but eh.

>>53
Hey now, maybe it seems ridiculous to you, but honest to God, I've never really met or seen Irish people or Scottish outside of cartoons when I was growing up. My only problem was the accent; voice actors for shows and video games aren't perfect when it comes towards sounding like the real thing.

>>132
Like hell it would. D:

>>169
I must be stupid because whatever you so stealthily implied with your black bars has flown over my head. However happy!Putin warms up the heart any day (unless you're Russian and/or live in the eastern bloc).

>>248
Thanks for clearing that up. :) I've never heard of the word scrumpy before, and my dictionary apparently hasn't either.
Anyway, the frightening sleep-talking has subsided considerably, to the point where I think I can manage. I also have some more things to mention in my next update which should or shouldn't answer what I'm going to do next.

>>257
This slaps me on the knee.

Have random picture of a cool watercolor I found on the internet. I'm interested in watercolors and learning how to become good with them, and this is kinda like inspiration for me of what is possible with them. =) Until the next post, which hopefully I can get to soon.
>> No. 372
>>273
>I also have some more things to mention in my next update which should or shouldn't answer what I'm going to do next.

ok, now i'm really curious.
Also i still agree with >>13 i'm really curious about this Jane. You did ask him about this, right?
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