I had two roommates, Kurt and Bob. Kurt was a good guy but incredibly socially awkward and a little standoffish. Bob was the exact opposite of Kurt and was incredibly outgoing and people gravitated toward him easily due to his affable nature and jovial personality. Kurt and I had been friends for years and years and I had met Bob through him and we became fast friends — so much so that we ended up living in this apartment for a year. Kurt had a regular 9 – 5 job, so did I, but Bob was an actor and took crazy shifts at crazy times whenever he could. He was always broke but he was always happy about it and as long as he paid the rent and utilities on time I didn’t care what he did.
One afternoon I came home from work early for whatever reason and Bob was home — as always — in the living room, watching cartoons. I kicked off my shoes and jumped on the couch to join him and catch up a bit. We talked a little while and laughed at the nonsense on TV until the program ended. Bob put the TV on mute and asked me if we could talk.