So as you might know, the EU has opened its borders to Ukraine, to help those who are fleeing the Ukraine-Russia war. However, the UK has not acted in lockstep: instead we have a sponsorship scheme, whereby you can take refugees into your own home and provide them with shelter, food etc. It's a slightly cowardly and corporatist way about it as it places the responsibility of individuals.
Now I'm reasonably well off so I'm in a position to be able to take some people under my wing. I also have connections with friends who can either employ or help find employment for our Ukrainian friends. So I'm very proud to say that I've signed up for the sponsorship scheme. However I don't have a lot of space so I can't take on more than one person, as much as I would want to take in a whole family. So I've told the foreign office that I'm only open to adopting individual people. Moreover I only have one bedroom and only a double bed, which places pretty heavy restrictions on the physical dimensions of who will be able to stay as they will need to share a bed with me. And before you ask, no they can't sleep on the sofa because I have a grow light array in the living room, that runs at night so as not to annoy me during the day.
Anyway as I said because it's a double bed and I'm a pretty big guy, this realistically means that they would need to be at most 5'3" else we won't both fit, and probably no more than 100lbs because the bed frame is only rated for a 400lb load (after taking the mattress into account obviously). They would also need to be a woman because growing up I had quite an abusive father and I perceive any male presence in my domicile as a threat. Nothing sexual I just had some bad stuff to deal with in the past. They would also have to be ok with snuggling up for warmth because it's still quite cold in the UK, and I would probably need to turn the heating off to make up for the extra costs of keeping a person rent-free in my home (wouldn't be a problem usually but energy prices are really high right now).
To cut a long story short I'm pretty stoked to be able to provide some sort of humanitarian aid to a country in need, and hope this inspires other UK citizens to do the same!
EDIT: to everyone saying that there is a sexual aspect to this, I usually jack off before I go to bed so that I'm not horny beforehand (I would do this normally so that I don't get nocturnal emissions and stain the mattress further).
Now I'm reasonably well off so I'm in a position to be able to take some people under my wing. I also have connections with friends who can either employ or help find employment for our Ukrainian friends. So I'm very proud to say that I've signed up for the sponsorship scheme. However I don't have a lot of space so I can't take on more than one person, as much as I would want to take in a whole family. So I've told the foreign office that I'm only open to adopting individual people. Moreover I only have one bedroom and only a double bed, which places pretty heavy restrictions on the physical dimensions of who will be able to stay as they will need to share a bed with me. And before you ask, no they can't sleep on the sofa because I have a grow light array in the living room, that runs at night so as not to annoy me during the day.
Anyway as I said because it's a double bed and I'm a pretty big guy, this realistically means that they would need to be at most 5'3" else we won't both fit, and probably no more than 100lbs because the bed frame is only rated for a 400lb load (after taking the mattress into account obviously). They would also need to be a woman because growing up I had quite an abusive father and I perceive any male presence in my domicile as a threat. Nothing sexual I just had some bad stuff to deal with in the past. They would also have to be ok with snuggling up for warmth because it's still quite cold in the UK, and I would probably need to turn the heating off to make up for the extra costs of keeping a person rent-free in my home (wouldn't be a problem usually but energy prices are really high right now).
To cut a long story short I'm pretty stoked to be able to provide some sort of humanitarian aid to a country in need, and hope this inspires other UK citizens to do the same!
EDIT: to everyone saying that there is a sexual aspect to this, I usually jack off before I go to bed so that I'm not horny beforehand (I would do this normally so that I don't get nocturnal emissions and stain the mattress further).
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