Jayhawk,
Everybody has answered this on a personal level and treated it as such. That's cool.
But... I will go somewhere else with this one.
To pick-a-nit, technically, does the WTS permit roommates?
I have been meaning to add this to LDH's list of things that you can't do or that 'are added to one' when you become a Dub. (That seems to have taken the wind out of GodRules sails.)
It seems to have been established that Dubs can be brought to task (at a JC committee hearing) for immorality BASED ON spending the
night with one of the opposite sex.
It is not unheard of for two members of a JC to STAKE OUT a dwelling, observe the comings and goings, and WAIT FOR THE LIGHTS TO GO OUT.
They then conclude immorality. It doesn't matter if you slept on the couch, the living room floor or in a closet. People have been condemned over this one. The protestations of innocence are likely spilled on the floor as an unrepentant attitude. Case closed, you're toast!!
The practice of roommates (of the opposite sex) is well established now. I do recall that perhaps this wasn't generally established in the U.S. til perhaps the 60's???, though. But at the normal rate of progress, Dubs won't have this feature until 2060.
Innocence (presumption thereof) and circumstances, money features and convenience are not always allowed in the equation.
It makes me wonder about my sister-in-law. If she were a Dub, would she be in trouble? She is recently separated and the divorce is on the way. She kept the house and her sister bought into the house with her. It is a condition that she rents the 4 downstairs rooms out to local college students. They have turned this into a boarding-house business!!! That and the accounting that she takes in are her sole support.
Adding: I believe that this is considered a 'wordly' practice.
Just another thought
Mustang
