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u/KawaiiRockie
My roommate kissed me while drunk and seems not to remember
My roommate of about a year and a half, Eren, is an avid drinker. He used to have at least one beer a day, but that’s gone down to a minimum of three a week. Either way, he drinks a lot. And it’s really hard for him to get black-out drunk.
Last week, we were out with some of our friends (read: some of my friends, some of his friends; we don’t have many friends in common) and people were drinking. So, naturally, Eren was drinking too.
They ended up doing shots or something and the next thing I knew Eren was wasted.
Now, I don’t drink at all. I don’t know what it’s like, alcohol is nasty, so I don’t touch the stuff. This landed me as the dd, which is fine. And even if I wasn’t, I still would’ve ended up alone with Eren, since we live together.
We ended up back at our house and we were talking and pretty much out of nowhere he kisses me. He was just talking about my habits I think, mostly about my incessant anime watching and my tendency to rant about the stuff I watch. I wasn’t really paying attention, it all seemed like drunk rambling to me.
I really don’t know what to think of it. It only lasted a few seconds before I pushed him away because he was very drunk.
In the morning he had the worst hangover I’ve ever seen him with. He stayed in bed all day but when I brought him some food I brought it up. I said we should talk about last night and he just seemed confused. When I said we should talk about what he did, he groaned and started listing things he’s done when he was drunk, asking if it was one of those he did. So obviously I said no.
But since he didn’t remember I just decided… maybe let’s not talk about it right now. How much could it affect our lives anyway, right?
But now I’m reading too much into his actions. I can’t figure out if he likes me.
Here’s a list of things that he’s done in the last week that have had me second guessing our relationship.
- Made me breakfast (almost every day)
- Made me dinner (again, almost every day)
- Reminded me to take my meds
- Folded my laundry
- Changed the oil in my car (we kind of share it?)
- Paused my anime when I fell asleep
- Carried me to bed
- Put an anime body pillow next to me in bed (I swear it wasn’t there before)
- Offered to help me dye my hair again
- Brought me chocolate
- Offered to clean my dish after eating
- Spaced out while looking in my direction
I’m definitely overthinking this, right? Someone tell me I’m overthinking this.
u/listenup
|This is why girls and guys can’t just be friends.
u/KawaiiRockie · OP
| Nani? Oh, I forgot to include that we’re both men.
u/likethegun
| Do you know if Eren likes guys?
u/KawaiiRockie · OP
| He’s bi
u/8675309
|I feel like we need more information. He might like you, or maybe it was a drunken idea he gave into.
u/crownuts
| Drunk actions are sober thougts
u/crownuts
| I think that if you like him you should go for it, but if you don’t like him, leave well enough alone.
u/69DUDES1
| Do you like him? I feel like that’s an important detail.
u/sanicthehedgehoog
| Sounds like he likes you. But the important question is whether you like him or not
u/jimjams
| Sounds like someone’s love language is acts of service. He totally likes you.
u/JankJack
| You should really just talk about what happened. That’s the only way forward.
Edit: A lot of people are asking if I like Eren. I don’t know. Maybe? He used to bully me in high school, so it’s hard to say that I have feelings for him, but I guess I could? He’s… well, I mean, I’m not blind, he’s very very hot. And he’s really sweet nowadays. And, I don’t know, him being around just makes me happy, even if he’s not doing anything. And when he kissed me I had this sense of dread, like I wanted him to be sober. And I
Oh god, I think I like him. Fuck…
u/SpareTheSympathy
| If you like him, you definitely should talk to him about this. Maybe it could lead to something.
u/waynegretzky
| If you like him, you definitely should not talk to him about this. If it was just a drunken action and you tell him you like him, it could ruin everything. It’s a terrible idea to talk to him about it in this situation.
u/user420
| Why would you risk your friendship and roommate-ship by talking about this? Keep yo damn mouth shut or you’ll ruin everything.
Update:
Guys, he got drunk again. But this time he didn’t kiss me, he just talked about me a lot. About my eyes and my hair, and my hair back in high school (it was blue back then) and my habits. This morning he asked me if he said anything weird and I lied and said no.
I lied to him! We don’t lie to each other, it’s like a thing. Since he used to bully me in high school, honest, genuine communication became a big deal in our house. And even though it’s mostly for him, I have to do my part too. I need to tell him that he kissed me and said weird things about me. Maybe I’ll also tell him how I feel. I don’t know if he likes me, so I might not. I’ll update when I’ve done that.
u/likethegun
| Wait, he used to bully you in high school? That’s fucking crazy, why are you roommates with him?!
u/ KawaiiRockie
| Circumstances. We would’ve never been roommates if we had a choice in the matter.
u/crownuts
| Okay, I take back what I said. If you like him after him bullying you, you should go to therapy. If after therapy you still like him, more therapy. And if even then you like him, maybe talk to him.
u/beansbeansnothingbutbeans
| He definitely likes you, how are you even still questioning it anymore?
u/kaikaikai
| He was talking about your eyes while drunk? Man is in love with you dude.
u/lawandhorder
| Are you sure you want to pursue something with someone who apparently gets blackout drunk on a regular enough basis? Might not be the best idea.
u/KawaiiRockie · OP
| He doesn’t get blackout drunk that often. Rarely honestly. But we were celebrating birthdays so he was drinking more than usual.
Update: Okay, I talked to him about it.
First I told him that I lied and that he had said some strange stuff while he was drunk. And he got really embarrassed and apologised a lot. I didn’t even say what he said, he just immediately started apologising. I said it was okay and that we had more to talk about. So I asked him if he remembered getting drunk a couple weeks ago and he, of course, said kind of. That he remembered getting drunk, but not so much the being drunk part. And then I told him that he kissed me.
Again, he started apologising, but then he started talking about finding new apartments and moving out and I had to put a stop to it. He wouldn’t shut up no matter how many times I interrupted him so I just straight up covered his mouth with my hand. I explained that it was okay and that it was just a drunken mistake and that I knew that.
And then I asked if he wanted to do it sober. Not in those words, but that was essentially the question. And he apologised again, but said that he did. And that he always thought I was cute back in high school, fully had a crush on me in middle school, and was probably in love with me now. Which was… kind of crazy to hear. Again, he started talking about moving out.
So I told him that I liked him too. Not that I’m in love with him, because I don’t want to go that far, but that I really liked him and would want to fall in love with him. We kind of made out? I’m not very experienced in any sort of stuff like that, so I think that’s what it was?
And I guess we’re dating now. Well, not I guess; Eren asked if we were boyfriends and I said yes. So I guess we’re boyfriends now. Which is… absolutely absurd in the best way possible. If you told me in high school that I would end up dating him, I would’ve told you that you need to lay off the fanfiction (which is saying something coming from me). But he’s my boyfriend now and I’m extremely lucky.
u/JagerBomb
| I’m the lucky one <3 Love you sweetheart
u/KawaiiRockie
| I love you too baby <3