April 30, 2008

Learning to Share...or not to

So this may be somewhat disturbing to some (or most) but I go the the bathroom with the door open. I don't mean at work or at a restaurant, but when I'm at home in my own apartment. I have spent most of my life after age 18 living alone with the exception of the occasional roommate and/or cat and the need to take that little bit of extra effort to close the door seemed like a waste. But now with moving in with my fiance on the horizon I'm concerned.

He knows of this odd habit that I have developed and it has become somewhat of a joke between us. I will purposely accentuate the fact that I am leaving the door open and tease as to whether he can handle my socially inappropriate behaviors, but once I move in must I stop? Is the humor in my oddness going to fade into annoyance or even disgust? I like leaving the door open because its my own silent protest to social expectations, but up until now I was the only person effected by the strike on conformism. Now, I think I will have to give this up as a courtesy to my new cohabitant and find otherways to conduct my personal dissent.

I know its strange...can't I just leave the door open a crack? I'll ask, maybe he won't mind...

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