Living with your ex after a break-up – B1 English Listening Test
Summary
TLDRThe narrator recounts living in a shared apartment with her ex-boyfriend Adam and friends Sarah and Luke after a breakup. Unable to afford moving out, she relocates to a storage room, maintaining an uneasy truce with Adam. Despite an agreement not to date others, she develops feelings for a school acquaintance, leading to tension when Adam overhears her discussing him. This culminates in Adam bringing a girl home, further straining their relationship. The living situation becomes unbearable, affecting friendships, until the narrator finally moves out after six months, unable to reconcile with Adam or her friends.
Takeaways
- 🏡 The narrator lived in a shared apartment with her boyfriend Adam, and friends Sarah and Luke.
- 💔 The narrator decided to end her relationship with Adam, which he took badly.
- 📝 They had just signed a 6-month rental agreement, making it difficult for the narrator to move out.
- 🛌 The narrator moved into a small storage room, giving Adam the master bedroom.
- 👗 The narrator's clothes didn't fit in the storage room, requiring her to still enter Adam's room.
- 🤗 She turned to Adam for comfort after a rough day, which gave him false hopes.
- 🚫 They agreed not to date anyone else while living together, which the narrator initially respected.
- 💘 She developed an attraction to a guy at school and started a flirtatious relationship.
- 🗣️ Sarah, their roommate, was informed about the new guy, leading to gossip.
- 👀 Adam overheard the gossip, which led to awkwardness and a breach in their agreement.
- 🎉 Adam brought a girl home from a party, seemingly to show indifference.
- 🏠 The narrator and Adam avoided each other, making the apartment environment tense.
- 👥 The situation strained the friendships within the apartment.
- 📅 The narrator waited until the 6-month lease was up before moving out.
- 😔 The experience negatively impacted her friendships, particularly with Sarah.
Q & A
What was the initial living arrangement described in the script?
-The initial living arrangement was a shared apartment with the narrator, her boyfriend Adam, and another couple, Sarah and Luke, who were their friends.
Why did the narrator decide to end the relationship with Adam?
-The narrator decided to end the relationship with Adam because she couldn't see them staying together long term.
How did Adam react to the breakup?
-Adam took the breakup quite badly and hoped that they would get back together.
What was the narrator's solution to the problem of not being able to afford moving out after the breakup?
-The narrator moved into a small storage room in the apartment, giving Adam the master bedroom that they had shared before.
Why did the narrator sometimes go into Adam's room after the breakup?
-The narrator had to go into Adam's room occasionally because there wasn't enough space in the storage room for all her clothes.
How did the narrator's interaction with Adam after a rough day affect their situation?
-The narrator's interaction with Adam for comfort after a rough day gave him false hopes and made the situation tense for a while.
What agreement did the narrator and Adam make regarding dating other people while living together?
-They agreed that they wouldn't date anyone else while living in the same apartment.
How did the narrator's relationship with a guy from school complicate the situation?
-The narrator's relationship with a guy from school complicated the situation because Adam overheard her discussing him with Sarah, leading to awkwardness and tension.
What did Adam do in response to finding out about the narrator's interest in another man?
-In response, Adam went out partying and brought a girl home to show that he didn't care or was pretending to show it.
How did the living situation affect the friendship between the narrator, Adam, Sarah, and Luke?
-The living situation made the apartment very tense, and it affected their friendships, with the narrator being distant and polite, and the friends avoiding each other.
What was the final outcome for the narrator after the 6-month rental agreement?
-The final outcome for the narrator was that she moved out after the 6 months were up, which also affected her friendship with Sarah and Luke.
Outlines
💔 Post-Breakup Cohabitation Struggles
The narrator describes the aftermath of a breakup with her boyfriend, Adam, while still living together in an apartment shared with friends Sarah and Luke. Despite the breakup being her decision, Adam took it hard, and they agreed not to date others during the remaining six months of their rental agreement. The narrator moved into a small storage room to give Adam the master bedroom, but the living situation became awkward and tense. An incident where Adam overheard her discussing a new romantic interest led to further strain, with both eventually bringing someone home to make a point. The once close-knit group of friends became distant, and the living environment turned uncomfortable, with both the narrator and Adam trying to avoid each other as much as possible.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Shared apartment
💡Breakup
💡Master bedroom
💡False hopes
💡Agreement
💡Attraction
💡Flirting
💡Tension
💡Avoidance
💡Friendship
💡Moving on
Highlights
A breakup occurred in a shared apartment with a boyfriend named Adam and friends Sarah and Luke.
The decision to end the relationship was made by the narrator.
The narrator moved into a storage room to give Adam space after the breakup.
The narrator's clothes did not fit in the storage room, requiring access to Adam's room.
The narrator and Adam agreed not to date anyone else while living together.
The narrator developed an attraction to a guy at school despite living with her ex.
Sarah, the roommate, was aware of the narrator's attraction to the guy at school.
Adam overheard the narrator discussing her attraction to another guy.
Adam reacted to the situation by bringing a girl home from a party.
The apartment atmosphere became very tense after the incident with Adam and the girl.
The narrator and Adam avoided each other as much as possible within the apartment.
The situation strained the friendships within the apartment.
The narrator stayed in the apartment for the full 6 months before moving out.
The breakup and living situation negatively impacted the narrator's friendship with Sarah.
Adam was likely relieved when the narrator moved out.
The narrator reflects on the difficulty of moving on while still living with an ex-partner.
Transcripts
I was living in a shared apartment with
my boyfriend Adam and another couple
Sarah and Luke who were our friends we
just signed a rental agreement to stay
there for another 6 months when we broke
up it was my decision to end it I just
couldn't see us staying together long
term he took it quite badly in an Ideal
World I would have moved out to give him
some space but we just couldn't afford
it fortunately there was a little
storage room in the apartment and I
moved into that giving him the master
bedroom that we had shared before there
wasn't enough space in it for all my
clothes I have quite a lot of them so I
had to keep going in his room but I did
my best to give him some space it wasn't
easy for sure I knew he hoped that we
would get back together and one time
after I'd had a rough day at school and
was really stressed I turned to him for
Comfort it was just so easy to slip back
into old habits and he was there and I
knew he could give me the support I
wanted but I shouldn't have done that it
gave him false hopes and things were
tense for a while after that we had
agreed that we wouldn't date anyone else
while we were living in the same
apartment and I kept my word but it
didn't quite go according to plan you
see there was a guy at school who I got
to know and there was an instant
attraction between us I was honest with
him I told him I was living with my ex
and that it wouldn't be possible to take
things further for a while and he was
fine with that but of course we flirted
and we often met up for coffee and then
I told Sarah the friend who we were
living with about him and one day we
were gossiping about him in the kitchen
and she was asking me all these
questions and I was chatting away and
then Adam walked in he'd been in the
living room and overheard every word I
hadn't realized he was there it was very
awkward he didn't speak to me for a
while after that and that weekend he
went out partying and brought a girl
home I'm sure he didn't have any
feelings for her it was just him showing
he didn't care or pretending to show it
after that I kept out of his way as much
as possible when we were together I was
distant and polite and he avoided me too
it wasn't easy for sure trying to cook
and do the laundry when the other one
wasn't in the room it was hard on our
friends too gone were the days when we'd
hang out in the living room watching TV
with takeout and a bottle of wine
playing board games together or watching
a movie the apartment was very tense I
stayed until the 6 months was up and
then moved out really I should have
moved out sooner as it really hurt my
friendship with Sarah or with all of
them really she hasn't reached out to me
since then and I'm sure Adam was glad to
see me go I guess it was natural that we
couldn't just end things immediately
after being close but while we were
living together neither of us could move
on
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