My husband has (had?) an aversion to noise that has dictated where we lived for a number of years. We moved to a top floor after he realized how much sounds from an apartment above he bothered him. We moved to an interior courtyard when he realized how much car noise bothered him. We asked for hotel rooms on top floors away from elevators and noise.
And even with all those considerations, we still haven't avoided all noise and so I have listened to more hours of complaining about barking dogs, cars, sirens, etc. than I can even count. To the point where at times I felt guilty for wanting to live downtown and feared I would have to give that up. The fact that I couldn't continuously validate every complaint is one reason he has given for wanting out of the marriage.
So imagine my surprise now when as he is talking about what apartments he is considering, he is seriously looking at ones that are not on the top floor and that face noisy areas. If he can suddenly overcome this now, why in the world did I have to put up with it for so many years?
To add to that, his sudden interest in any apartment in the complex, is making it really tough for me to make my own decision such that I don't end up in the apartment next door to the one he ultimately chooses. I need some space. At first, he was going to stay in our current apartment and so it was pretty easy for me to figure out how far away from this apartment I needed to be. Then he started talking about moving to another fifth floor, so I figured I could just avoid the fifth floor. But now? I don't know.
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