# I'm usually not much for fetishes, but I am all over this... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 16, 2011, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-usually-not-much-for-fetishes-but-i-am-all-over-this/592884 "2011-08-16T10:52:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-usually-not-much-for-fetishes-but-i-am-all-over-this/592884/1 "2011-08-16T10:52:38Z")
[Roommate Offers to Help Cover Rent in Creepiest Way Possible](http://gawker.com/5830966/roommate-offers-to-help-cover-rent-in-creepiest-way-possible) > [@](#): > > Everyone loves a good roommate horror story. This one is a classic in the genre. What would you do if you got an email from your new roommate offering to cover some of your rent? Don’t answer until you’ve read the whole email. If this is your cup of tea I will FULLY cooperate with your fetish! ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-usually-not-much-for-fetishes-but-i-am-all-over-this/592884/2 "2011-08-16T14:17:36Z")
Further proof that motivation is _everything_. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-usually-not-much-for-fetishes-but-i-am-all-over-this/592884/3 "2011-08-16T14:23:59Z")
Heck, I’d be willing to not pay anything toward rent. In addition, I’d be willing to hit on his gf and eat his food. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-usually-not-much-for-fetishes-but-i-am-all-over-this/592884/4 "2011-08-16T14:24:37Z")
I’d love to get this person off by taking his paycheck every week. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-usually-not-much-for-fetishes-but-i-am-all-over-this/592884/5 "2011-08-16T14:25:52Z")
Every apartment needs a good doormat. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-usually-not-much-for-fetishes-but-i-am-all-over-this/592884/6 "2011-08-16T14:31:24Z")
Well, other than the ‘wanting to be submissive by simply paying part of her rent’, I find this part odd: > [@](#): > > I would not have moved in if I knew that I would be living with a couple, but I had thought I was moving in with a gay male and a woman who were simply sharing a room to save money. Really? Seems like an odd thing to think…did she think they were sharing a bed, too, just to save money? ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-usually-not-much-for-fetishes-but-i-am-all-over-this/592884/7 "2011-08-16T15:28:59Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > Well, other than the ‘wanting to be submissive by simply paying part of her rent’, I find this part odd: > > Really? Seems like an odd thing to think…did she think they were sharing a bed, too, just to save money? I know. I was wondering if she was Mr. Furley’s grandkid or something.