Jonquilyn Hill

The fellowship doesn't pay a ton, but what it does do is give Iris six months to find full-time employment. And it pays enough that Iris can afford to stay in the city as long as she finds roommates and doesn't stay downtown. JQ, what's the last group housing situation you were in and how did you find it?

The fellowship doesn't pay a ton, but what it does do is give Iris six months to find full-time employment. And it pays enough that Iris can afford to stay in the city as long as she finds roommates and doesn't stay downtown. JQ, what's the last group housing situation you were in and how did you find it?

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This is kind of a perfect segue into today's story. So one day, Iris goes to check out a place that seems too good to be true in her housing search. According to the pictures she had seen in a queer Facebook housing group, this place is a three-story townhome with beautiful red brick and white trim. There's in-unit laundry. The kitchen has a dishwasher.

This is kind of a perfect segue into today's story. So one day, Iris goes to check out a place that seems too good to be true in her housing search. According to the pictures she had seen in a queer Facebook housing group, this place is a three-story townhome with beautiful red brick and white trim. There's in-unit laundry. The kitchen has a dishwasher.

And in the pictures, it seems not just clean, but also well-decorated. After the apartments that Iris has seen, this place looks like a palace. So the day Iris goes to check out this place, she's doing that thing where she's kind of telling herself that her expectations are low, when in reality, they're like sky high.

And in the pictures, it seems not just clean, but also well-decorated. After the apartments that Iris has seen, this place looks like a palace. So the day Iris goes to check out this place, she's doing that thing where she's kind of telling herself that her expectations are low, when in reality, they're like sky high.

Have you ever walked into like an apartment or a house and kind of just known that it was right for you?

Have you ever walked into like an apartment or a house and kind of just known that it was right for you?

Yeah, that's the feeling Iris has as she walks down the terracotta stepping stones that lead to the front door. She walks past the in this house we believe in science yard sign. She goes up the steps to the porch, which has a gorgeous set of rocking chairs that Iris can already picture reading a book in with a glass of wine on a warm evening.

Yeah, that's the feeling Iris has as she walks down the terracotta stepping stones that lead to the front door. She walks past the in this house we believe in science yard sign. She goes up the steps to the porch, which has a gorgeous set of rocking chairs that Iris can already picture reading a book in with a glass of wine on a warm evening.

At this point, Iris has just fully dispensed with the fiction of having low expectations and is just silently praying to the housing gods that their roommates be normal. When the front door opens, revealing a man in beautiful silk pajamas holding a wine glass. How would you react to this?

At this point, Iris has just fully dispensed with the fiction of having low expectations and is just silently praying to the housing gods that their roommates be normal. When the front door opens, revealing a man in beautiful silk pajamas holding a wine glass. How would you react to this?

So, hey, all fair reactions. Iris doesn't really have a chance to react because before she can say anything, the man in the pajamas says, welcome. And then he asked her, would you like some rosé? He turns with a swish of silk and then ushers Iris inside where Iris is greeted by between seven to ten other men. They all say hello in that sort of sing-songy way that people do when they're buzzed.

So, hey, all fair reactions. Iris doesn't really have a chance to react because before she can say anything, the man in the pajamas says, welcome. And then he asked her, would you like some rosé? He turns with a swish of silk and then ushers Iris inside where Iris is greeted by between seven to ten other men. They all say hello in that sort of sing-songy way that people do when they're buzzed.

And it's immediately clear to Iris that she has stumbled across elder millennials in their natural habitat at brunch. There are remnants of a mimosa station on the counter. The man in the silk pajamas presses a glass of rosé into Iris' hand before giving her a tour of the townhouse, which is somehow even more beautiful in person.

And it's immediately clear to Iris that she has stumbled across elder millennials in their natural habitat at brunch. There are remnants of a mimosa station on the counter. The man in the silk pajamas presses a glass of rosé into Iris' hand before giving her a tour of the townhouse, which is somehow even more beautiful in person.