So I've been flat hunting throughout exam season for three first years, and right in the middle of exams our international student dropped out because of a worry that she couldn't come back next year. Now that my exams are over, I'm flat hunting for two.
I'm pretty socially incompetent and these two are basically the only people I see often, so I'm already sad that my one friend might not be back next year and can't live with us either way. Now I'm also worried that living with a really close friend without the buffer of another flat mate is going to strain our relationship. Both of us would feel more comfortable in a three bed flat. There are way more two bed than three bed flats available to students so that actual hunt has proved easy, but there are still some nice three bed flats floating about.
Everyone we know has already grouped up and the clock is kind of counting down. Me and my friend are both trans so a third person would ideally be LGBT to avoid awkwardness. We know this one person who is living in a homeless unit at the moment but I don't know their financial situation at the moment so it might be inappropriate to ask?
I'm likely just gonna buckle down and try for a two person flat, but I'd like some advice or sympathy or whatever in the meantime. I know this is really specific and dumb but I am a fragile little flower who crumbles at the first sign of interpersonal stress.