By Deborah Robertson
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The bed Leon and I shared had been dismantled and its wooden planks rested against the wall. The mirror in which we watched ourselves had its face turned away; it wasn’t telling anything. I pointed 56 to the spare room. The mess made it impossible to discern its function. This is my housemate’s room, I said. And his name is ... Leon? she asked, reading from her clipboard. Good old Leon, I said, what a pigsty. Typical man, not very domesticated. I smiled at her. And this is my room, I said, leading her into the empty white room.
If so, describe the arrange ment (eg. caravan in backyard). Have you and X both paid for any of the following items: microwave oven, clothes drier, video, boat? I knew that if this form decided that X was ‘like a husband’ to me, it would be taken for granted that I was also wedded to him financially. This hadn’t been part of my arrangement with Leon. Do you and X have any joint bank, building society, credit union accounts or other investments? What is the basis for sharing household tasks with X?
But not going on past summer) it would be all over. I would be judged to be living in a relationship-like-amarriage. Leon’s dependant. No dole. No arrangement. No way out. 46 I couldn’t complete the form. I remembered times at school when I’d felt sick because I couldn’t do an exercise and I’d gone to the teacher and she’d put an end to my anxiety, showed me how to do it, made it all OK. I can’t fill out this form, I said to the new man at the counter. Is there a problem? he asked. I don’t fit, I said.