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which halls have table tennis tables?

Thanks.
Wills looks really nice but it's just the whole posh kid reputation that puts me off, and if true wouldn't be able to stand.
Goldney looks great too but seems a bit too quiet



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Why wouldn't you be able to stand it?
I'm worried about them looking down on me, but trying to avoid where they might be seems like inverse snobbery to me. I'm kind of thinking, with that many people to a hall there's always going to be people I like and dislike. I'm not sure if single sex corridors in the non-ensuite rooms is a minus or a plus though :/

Goldney is mixed (my flat has 3 guys 5 girls), durdham is mixed, manor is not mixed, don't really know for the rest, I don't really visit many people in other halls, i'm far too lazy (especially as goldney has the best grounds and facilities anyway, so why would you ever want to leave?)

Why wouldn't you be able to stand it?
I'm worried about them looking down on me, but trying to avoid where they might be seems like inverse snobbery to me. I'm kind of thinking, with that many people to a hall there's always going to be people I like and dislike. I'm not sure if single sex corridors in the non-ensuite rooms is a minus or a plus though :/

what Goldney like then?
so are you in like clusters of flats each of which has a certain amount of rooms in? so you all share the same facilities? if so is that the same for other halls?

Thought I'd share this, I made it the other day just as a quick look up to avoid all the hassle of link clicking.

It lists all the accommodation options (except shared rooms, because I really don't want to apply for them and I made this for personal use) and their costs, whther they have a basin or en suite or not.

Most places don't have insurances listed yet, but that shouldn't be too much of a difference.

http://ubuntuone.com/5PPRpX0tKRBSgHg5oGEGLp

Single sex corridors are a minus. University forces you to be more adult about many things, sticking people in single sex corridors/flats really just makes things worse. I'd hate to be in a flat with all guys, everything is a lot more balanced with people of both sexes around 24/7, the girls keep the guys from becoming too 'laddish', as tends to happen with large groups of guys, and the guys prevent the girls from forming little cliques and being bitchy about each other.


(Yes, i'm generalising a lot, thats because generally its true, get over it. Its also a lot quicker than explaining fully the benefits, but I have an exam tomorrow so don't blame me for not explaining more fully either)

See that's what I'm worried about (having gone to an only girls school that was bitch central) But surely the cliquesyness and ladishness wouldn't happen anyway by socialising with other floors of the other sex? There was very little socialising with the boys school until year11 (and because of your other point they weren't the best guys to have as mates).

I just wouldn't want to share showers with guys I don't know... not because guys have poor hygiene (I think we are actually worse than guys since our hair clogs up the drain) but because I wouldn't want them seeing me in a towel etc.

Also this could be me being silly but being in a commited relationship, I wouldn't want to share with guys in case there was a mutual attraction, as living with someone would seem to make it very hard to avoid them in order to mantain distance to not suffer from the-other-grass-looks-greener-syndrome.

No worries your reply seemed to sum it up anyway hope your exam went well

I understand why you wouldn't want to be seen by guys in your towel etc, but honestly you just get used to it. Living with people is just, well, different to knowing people otherwise. It sounds a bit silly, but it genuinely is different, and you feel differently about people you live with. Even if its still not your cup of tea, you can always take clothes into the bathroom with you (theres space to put clothes on the side while you shower and space to change afterwards.

I guess mutual attraction is a problem, but really no-one wants to have an inter-flat relationship, you're adults, you should (probably) be able to deal with it, plus when you live with someone 24/7 its a lot easier to understand they aren't perfect, and so you're unlikely to think that they are better than your current partner

Oh and my exam was alright thanks

I'll take your word for it, I can't agree or disagree never having had that experience But can't they still walk into the bathroom whilst your changing in that case?

I don't know how much people can grow up over the summer holidays :P My cousin met her boyfriend in her first year in a shared house so did one of my best friends this year ( I'm talking the 4 bedroom kind not the moohoosive bristol student house kind)

Plus I've had a bad experience with my ex cheating on me colouring my opinions... he blamed the fact that he couldn't get away from her because she was always there, which I know is pathetic and he could have waited till after me and him were over... it was just so weird, together a year and a half, he was utterly devoted, i'd spent xmas with his fam, we went on holiday together in the summer he told his friends just before he left when one was sceptical about relationships surving uni that he knew I was the one, and I was going to be his wife one day. He was so in love and so devoted to me before he left... then decided he found something better at uni in matter of weeks

Haha well I'm a really untidy person so none of their habits would probabaly bother me, it'd probabaly be someone living with me who got put off me for my messyness seeing as opposites attract and all

The bathrooms are like ones you'd have at home, ie shower, toilet, sink all in one room + some extra space, so they can't get in unless you leave the door unlocked

Re-reading what I said about in-flat relationships I perhaps worded it wrong, the point I meant to get across was more that it requires a stronger attraction internally inside the flat for people to have a go at it, because the consequences are (potentially) pretty bad for the rest of the year if it goes wrong. So theres a sort of greater 'attracted' threshold for flat members than there would be for people outside the flat, making it less likely that you'd end up with someone inside the flat.

I understand that a bad experience like that would discourage you from mixed living, but from an objective standpoint I feel like mixed living might help you too - I don't really know the full circumstances, but it seems pretty likely the result of that relationship is still affecting you, so perhaps if you are in that situation yourself you can see it from his point of view, and maybe either (a) realise that his excuse was more valid than you realised or (b) realise that it wasn't and that he wasn't the guy you thought he was. It might help you move on from it (if its still effecting you, this is all very hand-wavy on my part )

Everyone has a threshold messiness they can put up with, its just down to people to find out what it is, most peoples are reasonable I'm actually cleaner at uni than I am at home, even though at home my parents do vacuuming/washing for me, so I don't quite understand how that works!