Socially Immature?

I have 2 new roommates: Beth & Jared. They are both about 25, so a few years younger, but not what I would consider "young" by any means.

Jared is a computer nerd - he works all day, comes home, goes to his room, plays video games, watches tv, and occasionally comes out to talk to me, but basically, spends his time at home in his room. He's a cool guy and, when we do talk, he's fun to talk to. Plus, Mandy loves him. And anyone Mandy loves, gets bonus points in my book!

Then there's Beth. She's an interesting individual. When I got new roommates, I was looking for 2 people who would pay their rent and their bills and would keep the drama to a minimum. I wasn't looking for my new best friend because let's face it, I've got a lot of really good friends. While it's always nice to have more, I'm not out there looking for more friends! Well, Beth is very needy and I feel like I'm supposed to be her bosom buddy, in her mind. I spend A LOT of time at Mike's place because it's just the two of us and our dog. There's no roommates there to deal with! It's nice. She constantly comments on how lonely the house is when I'm gone and when Mandy's not there and how she's always alone. Well, honey, I'm not on this earth to entertain you! SORRY! Is that mean? I just don't have the energy to constantly entertain someone else or to be there for her when she needs a friend. That's why Liv and I didn't work living together....way too much drama!

I titled this blog "Socially Immature?" so let me explain. First, Beth and her friend Nancey joined my family for Thanksgiving dinner. Beth is pretty much estranged from her family and didn't have anywhere to go. I felt bad having my family there for dinner, eating all the scrumptious food, and her just sitting there watching everyone. So I invited her and told her she could have a friend join her so she wouldn't be "alone." Then we went over the not-so-appropriate topics for dinner convo because I have teenage brothers and my parents are fairly conservative. You know, things like not talking about how she likes girls, how her brothers gay, but has a girlfriend that he keeps around for the sex, and no cursing in front of my family. These are kind of no-brainers to me, but hey, everyone has a different idea of what's "appropriate." That's a lot of background to say that she basically talked about and said all the things that we discussed as inappropriate. She turned the nice background music off and turned on techno music, REALLY LOUD, at one point. How does that facilitate conversations?!!!? YIKES! Then she kept asking for pie when we were in the middle of cleaning up the table and doing dishes. Geez...not even my teenage brothers were that obnoxious about pie.

SO...my mom and I have decided that she is socially immature because she hasn't had any social upbringing from her parents. I just don't think she understands what it is to be appropriate in different social situations. I don't think it comes naturally to her to modify her behavior based on the situation she is in. She may be 25 in age, but socially, mentally, she seems A LOT younger than that. Maybe 18 or 20? It's crazy! So that's the story of my socially immature roommate.

Back to work now!