Path: casaba.srv.cs.cmu.edu!bb3.andrew.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!ks7k+ From: Kroum Stoev Newsgroups: soc.culture.bulgaria,soc.motss Subject: Re: the tangled web Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 13:19:36 -0500 Organization: Doctoral student, Physics, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 28 Distribution: world Message-ID: References: <314873AD.2F8B@mindspring.com> <4idro3$7pt@news.nyu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: po2.andrew.cmu.edu In-Reply-To: Xref: u.gp.cs.cmu.edu soc.culture.bulgaria:29115 soc.motss:367720 Excerpts from netnews.soc.culture.bulgaria: 20-Mar-96 Re: the tangled web by Chavdar Popov@merituk.de > >(Note: I had a bad experience with a gay EX-roommate from the CMU math > >dept, who had a problem with my girlfriend's visits!! I am not holding > >it against gays overall but that kind of stuff doesn't happen in > >Bulgaria. And when his boyfriends came over I was as cool as a cucumber.) > > Bloody hell! This send shivers down my spine (and bellow). It must have been > quite an experience sharing a room with someone who perceives you as a > sexual object. Did you sleep with your back glued to the wall ? If I were in you > r > position, I'd have considered wearing a chastity belt :) Fortunately we shared an apartment, not a room. I am not THAT open minded. > > But then I guess we've all got to pay a price for enjoying the freedoms > of the free world. Yes, that's exactly what happened. I paid the price. It was about $300. My security deposit. THat and the fact that I moved out during the beginning of January in a mild snowstorm. It was just like one of my army experiences. > > Chavdar Cheers, Kroum