don’t date a rouge member
they’ll tell you they don’t care about the title you hold, as long as you can pay half of the rent. then they’ll ask you when you’re going to make more money so they can live in a nicer apartment. and when you work 60 hours a week to afford the nicer apartment, they’ll complain about your lack of time together. to fill this void, they’ll shop online, gifting you samples and product so you don’t get angry when you learn they’ve spent $800 at sephora.
they’ll start sentences with “i don’t know if this is classist of me…” and then other you and your friends because you don’t hold degrees. they’ll poke at your whiteness and then talk about how much they hate white people. if your family is religious, they won’t build a relationship with them - and don’t bother explaining that religion is an addiction substitution, they simply won’t understand.
if they talk shit about your friends, don’t deter or they’ll yell at you in the glendale galleria parking garage. when you’re at home, give them all of your attention or they’ll throw dirty socks at you. if you don’t stop by goodwill on your way to work as they asked, they’ll throw a folded stack of laundry at you. if you keep water at your bedside, don’t leave any leftover - they’ll throw it at you in an argument as you’re on your way out the door to commune with your best friend who’s been out of the country for months.
and when you leave them because they have a bad habit of throwing things at you, they’ll keep the apartment, make you take the shit they don’t want, and fuss when your friends unfollow them on instagram.