I must be a prude. I just applied for a sublet in a house with 8 other women. It seems to be a non-profit program to provide a safe environment for single career-minded women in their early twenties.
I need temporary housing for the last five weeks of research for the book in Seattle. The girl who’s moving out thinks they might make an exception for me so they can rent her room while she’s away on business. However, the application made me cringe!
Twice it asked what my sexual preferences were. Straight/Heterosexual – Gay/Lesbian or Bisexual… I wrote in ‘SEXUAL’. Maybe I’m old fashioned, or prudish but I just don’t see how it’s anyone’s business, much less how it should effect the chances I have of finding a place to rent. I was offended and I don’t know if I should be.
While the housing program might be able to get away with a question like that simply because they are a non-profit, I don’t know if I want to subject myself to an environment that has that mentality. On the other hand – it is temporary. I only need to be in Seattle until I finish the book, then I can bolt. It’s cheap, clean and aside from the possible old-school backward thinking, it seems safe. That doesn’t stop my instincts from screaming “Don’t do it!!!”
So I’m stuck at the moment trying to decide on the scale of my instincts saying “NO” and my brain saying – “But it seems so logical.”
Am I overreacting? Maybe my fear of sharing space with strangers is sabotaging me. I think when all is said and done – Seattle is not shaping up to be a place I’ll want to put down roots. I thought it might grow on me, but so far – not so much.
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