# DC area Dopers: Know anyone in Northern Virginia who needs a roommate? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 8, 2001, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-area-dopers-know-anyone-in-northern-virginia-who-needs-a-roommate/92314 "2001-11-08T23:55:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-area-dopers-know-anyone-in-northern-virginia-who-needs-a-roommate/92314/1 "2001-11-08T23:55:30Z")
I’ve been staying with my mother for about 6 months now. This arrangement was supposed to be only for the summer, after I graduated from college. It has obviously stretched a bit beyond the original timeframe, because at the end of the summer, the job I had been working at ended and it took me another month to find another one, thus no income for that month, plus my car died so I had to buy another one, wiping out the money I had saved for a place. Now I’ve gotten another job, so I can now afford to move out. The problem is, I need to do it ASAP. My mom and stepdad have been great, letting me stay here for so long, but things have become VERY uncomfortable. I don’t really think they’re doing it intentionally, but lots of things they are doing are causing me to feel I’ve overstayed my welcome. I’m asking around and checking the ads, but I thought I’d throw it out here too. If anyone knows of someone in the NoVa area, specifically Fairfax County and thereabouts, who is looking for a roomate or has a room to rent, please let me know. If you just want to come in and pat me on the head, that’s fine too. Thanks all. ---
**Author:** ![Bluesman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@Bluesman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bluesman)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-area-dopers-know-anyone-in-northern-virginia-who-needs-a-roommate/92314/2 "2001-11-09T00:17:25Z")
You know you’re always welcome at **my** house, sexy! (Prolly a little far for a commute, tho. Darnit) ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-area-dopers-know-anyone-in-northern-virginia-who-needs-a-roommate/92314/3 "2001-11-09T00:22:44Z")
Yeah, I think your place would be a bit out of my way. It is a nice thought, though. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-area-dopers-know-anyone-in-northern-virginia-who-needs-a-roommate/92314/4 "2001-11-09T02:26:28Z")
I’d offer you the other bed in my room at college, but: 1. My roommate comes back every once in a while, and he might mind. 2. The five other guys I live with might get just a TAD . . . well, not nervous, but probably entirely too horny. And with the flood from upstairs that we had last week, I don’t want another flood on this floor. 3. It’s a college apartment. It’s classified as swampland. If GMU tore the things down they wouldn’t be allowed to rebuild them. 4. Parking ain’t free. 5. This thing called noise level . . . it’s a bitch. 6. I keep really, bizarrely, I-can’t-tell-you-when-I’m-going-to-sleep-because-I-don’t-know hours. ---
**Author:** ![SpartanDC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@SpartanDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpartanDC)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-area-dopers-know-anyone-in-northern-virginia-who-needs-a-roommate/92314/5 "2001-11-09T02:44:56Z")
I’m in Greenbelt, right now, in a temporary arrangement and I’d love to find an affordable place in Northern VA. I know little about you, Geobabe, but we appear to be around the same age, and if we post on here, that’s at least one cool thing we have in common. E-mail me if you want to discuss things further. ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-area-dopers-know-anyone-in-northern-virginia-who-needs-a-roommate/92314/6 "2001-11-09T04:23:05Z")
I should mention, since **SNenc** brought it up, that I was a “non-traditional” aged student, so I’m rather older than your typical recent college grad, in case it matters. I’ve met so many of the DC Dopers that I forget that not everyone knows my shameful little secret. ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-area-dopers-know-anyone-in-northern-virginia-who-needs-a-roommate/92314/7 "2001-11-09T13:05:24Z")
I wish I knew your shameful little secret, Lisë. ☹ In any case, I don’t think I can help you. I already have a roommate, you see… Right. I’ll ask around at work. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-area-dopers-know-anyone-in-northern-virginia-who-needs-a-roommate/92314/8 "2001-11-09T14:09:23Z")
Hmmm… Relocate from SoFla to NoVa??? Potential for Hot Doper Wimmin[sup]TM[/sup] roomie??? Ah, hell. I haven’t shovelled snow in YEARS! Why not? ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-area-dopers-know-anyone-in-northern-virginia-who-needs-a-roommate/92314/9 "2001-11-09T14:40:35Z")
**Geobabe** , you could move in with me, except I live in an efficiency (although it has a small space with a door that could technically be called a bedroom, although it’s more of a bedcloset). Also, I live in Old Town Alexandria, which doesn’t meet your Fairfax County requirement. You shoulda caught me last year when I had the Springfield townhouse off Old Keene Mill Road and the lowlife druggie roommates I was trying to bounce. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-area-dopers-know-anyone-in-northern-virginia-who-needs-a-roommate/92314/10 "2001-11-09T18:10:43Z")
Lise- I’ve just emailed you a note about a pal of mine who owns a house in Sterling and rents out rooms. Good luck! ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2001, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-area-dopers-know-anyone-in-northern-virginia-who-needs-a-roommate/92314/11 "2001-11-13T12:10:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Montfort \* > \*\*I wish I knew your shameful little secret, Lisë. ☹ > \*\* You most certainly do know how old I am. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by UncleBill \* > \*\*Hmmm… Relocate from SoFla to NoVa??? Potential for Hot Doper Wimmin[sup]TM[/sup] roomie??? Ah, hell. I haven’t shovelled snow in YEARS! Why not? \*\* Well, get yer ass up here, then. I ain’t got much time. **gobear** , Fairfax County isn’t a _requirement_ per se, but is much more convenient, considering where I work. **JC** , I emailed your pal, but unfortunately, his room has been rented out. ☹ Anyone else? ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2001, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-area-dopers-know-anyone-in-northern-virginia-who-needs-a-roommate/92314/12 "2001-11-13T13:51:54Z")
Wish I could help, but our spare bedroom is packed to the rafters with stuff (besides being small enough to induce claustrophobia). Hope you find a place soon!