Which do you prefer?
I like having a roommate.
Living alone or rooming with someone
by White Dove 20 Replies latest social relationships
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VampireDCLXV
I'm used to living alone. It would freak me out to have to change that arrangement. I've heard soooooo many horror stories about room-mates. Brrrrrr!
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trueblue
I don't like living alone but have to because I work at home and men are very interested in what I do for a living. Makes it hard for me to get anything done with them hanging around. What I need is a woman to run men off so I don't have to isolate myself.
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Broken Promises
I think some have the personalities for living alone, and others don't.
I've had flatmates from hell (one occasionally posts here) and frankly, I'd rather live alone in poverty than go thru that again.
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Twitch
I prefer living alone. I've had many roommates in my younger years and though I look back on it and smile, I know now that I prefer solace over chaos, solitude over over common space, peace and quiet over constant input. Probably b/c my job is so demanding of energy, it's nice to just kick back and have no stimuli. It recharges me.
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OUTLAW
It`s better to be alone,than to want to be alone.....Purple Sofa
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1Robinella
We were young JW's and married at 18...yikes! When I got divorced, living alone at 35 years old freeked me out. I had never lived alone before. That sounds so stupid as I type this out. I kept my front room light on 24/7 and I hated it. I suppose I was so used to being with someone I forgot how to be on my own. As time went on, I loved it. No one told me to do the dishes or pick up my socks. (my ex was a major clean freak). Living alone is great...I loved it. A girlfriend of mine decided to rent a place just two doors down and it was fun. Give it time, you will adjust. I never wanted a roomate because of the horror stories. lol. If your a girl, be careful who you tell that you live alone. A lot of creepy weird guys out there. When asked I always lied and said my dad lives with me.
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blondie
After over 15 years of rooming with so-called Christian jws, I got my own apartment. No more doing dishes for others, cleaning up after their mess, dealing with their fights and lies, not paying the rent or the utilities, eating my food....I wish I had done it sooner. You can invite a friend over for a bit; it's hard to get rid of moochers.
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Soldier77
I've lived with roomates several times. I don't like it, I didn't mind one roommate, but the other was a totall asshat. Back in my early 20s I lived with a couple JWs, one MS and one 'aspiring' MS, they were the filthiest guys I've ever known. I mean, bad, like leaving the trash stacked up in the basment for weeks! It was gross, I was hardly home, but when I came home the place was a pig sty, dirty dishes out so long it was caked on, trash every where, pizza boxes piled up on the kitchen table. All these guys did was play Playstation all day/night. Sick freaks.
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White Dove
Blech! I'm glad I don't live with someone incompatible. I live with my daughter and we both love the arrangement. We are roommates and both our names are on the lease.
Neither of us wants to live alone but can if necessary.
After separating from X in '94, my dad came to stay with me for about 2 months. I was too upset to be alone with my two little kids at the time.
It was too long of a stay but he had his own reasons for being at my house for so long.
