Cat Proposed That I Can Move in Her Flat

Cat phoned me after participating an Ivey Case Study activity.

Before I took the exam, we phoned each other in turn. I called her on each odd date, and she called me on each even date. This was the way we developed to encourage and to monitor each other so that both of us could study hard. After the termination of my exam, we stopped doing so and only talked with each other once on the very day she took GMAT.

In the phone call, she told me what she discovered and how she felt in the activity. Before she hanged out the phone call, she said she had an embarrassing question to ask me. That is: her father and mother will go back to Jiang Xi Province soon, leaving her current flat an extra room for another person to rent and to live.

I was kind of surprised with her propose, because I have never thought that she, as a single girl, would propose me, as a single man, to move in. She promptly explained that if we live together, we can better encourage each other to prepare for GMAT and for the application of MBA programs. Besides, we can share the rent during the period I don't work. Thus, I can save a little money.

I euphemistically rejected her idea, because I prefer living alone, a life style that I don't have to care about another roommate's mood and living habits. But I do appreciate for her kindly propose. This kind of proposes reveals that she trusts me very much. How can a single boy not feel happy when he gets such a trust from another single girl?

If I would move in, who knows what might happen in the future? Under the same roof, will we develop some kind of relationship other than friends? Under the same roof, will we become enemies because of some trivial events? I don't want to make things getting complicated.

This reminds me of a story happened in my second working years. At that time, I rented in a widow's flat. She has a daughter about one or two years younger than me. Her daughter always liked to ask me to have a walk with her in the neighborhood in the evening. At first, I always went with her, but was worried about being seen because I don't want to be misunderstood. This girl has big and beautiful eyes, very beautiful, and treats me very kind. I guessed she kind of liked me. But I tried to keep some distance from her to make sure she won't get wrong idea form me.