Ian the reason I 'engage' him is b/c he has gone out and gotten a house, is looking online at cabinets and windows to order, etc etc. The guy is not living here already and is getting his own house, not just crashing somewhere while he straightens his life out...
If I don't try to make the arrangements with him then I feel I am 'stuck'...I will turn around in 7 days and he will have his own house and have done nothing to prepare....