Got the apartment today though. He's coming down on the 26th, so he has a nice room, and we just need to do that initial shopping trip. That's always the most expensive one, isn't it? You have to get everything -- from salt to cooking oil to towels to dishes and ziploc bags, and everything else. There goes another $1000 out the window.
I don't know what the hell I'm doing. I just know I'm tired of being alone, but couldn't take the pain of going through another actual break up right now in life, so I came up with this solution. I asked him if he has some friends in this city, and he said he doesn't, which sucks. I'd sleep better at night knowing he has some friends to hang out with. Asked him if he was ok to stay alone though, and he said he had no problem with it, so that's cool.
I don't know, but this still bugs me. Must be the good hearted Canadian in me. He's totally up for it though, and getting him setup with an apartment like this minimizes my chance of getting hurt, so I should be fine with it.
Around here, there's loads of hotels called "maa ruut", which translated technically means "curtain motel", and that's exactly what they are. There's huge hotels, hundreds of rooms each like this. Nice places and excellent rooms -- main difference is compared to a standard hotel is these places have an individual driveway for your room, plus curtain, so you can hide your vehicle from your wife.
For Western standards, sounds pretty atrocious, but it's totally acceptable here. It's one of those things that everyone does, but nobody talks about, and you definitely don't bring it into your home.