Haha, I think my parents like to touch base with me on things like my "lifestyle" sometimes because generally it's not talked about, because I'm not in a relationship at the moment and my activism isn't LGBT focused other than in the "I'm a LGBT person and am angry in general RAWR" way :)

I have no clue, usually I call them the 'rents and when I'm being sarcastic I call the 'rental units. I just find it funny... dunno where I picked it up.