地道美語(yǔ)聽(tīng)力播客:An Unwanted House Guest

About a month ago, my friend Richard called me and asked if he could come stay with me for a couple of weeks. I usually don’t like having house guests , but Richard was a good friend. He’s an artist and he was thinking about moving to L.A. He wanted to see if he could get a job in the area. I told him, yes, of course, and he came down right away. As I said , that was a month ago. He’s been living in my guestroom ever since .
I like Richard and we get along , but I just don’t like having a roommate. Sometimes, he getsin the way when I want to invite someone over, and he’s always hogging the couch. One of my pet peeves is a dirty bathroom and Richard is a slob . I finally decided to let him know that he had overstayed his welcome . But, how do you throw out one of your best friends?
On the day I was going to talk to Richard, he came home with some big news. He had met someguy at the employment agency and he planned to move in with him. I was bowled over ! He had just met him. I tried to talk him out of it , but he’d made up his mind . Richard has always been a free spirit so who am I to tell him what to do? I just hope he’ll be happy.