I think the way the market's designed--like shopping for the best auction listing--people think they can be picky buyers and not compromisers. Less work involved in a single failed date, I guess, than trying to work things out.

[He rolls into the bathroom shortly after, with her wet laundry on what is basically his lap. It's a little bit of a stretch from sitting, but he ties up a rope between a hook on the door and towel rod.]

Sounds like you've got a story of your own.