Living situation
What living situation would you rather be in?
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| living alone | 60 |
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dappled
I live alone and I sometimes forget how much freedom and independence I've got. I am generally a considerate person but it's nice to not have to be. It's nice to get up at 3:30am, stumble downstairs, and drink the orange juice straight out of the carton. It's nice to always have the meal I want to have. If I want crackers and raspberry jam, that's what I have.
On the other hand, it's always my turn to do the chores. I still vote alone, though.
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NeuroNeptunian
Same here.
I had a friend who I am very fond of who had a friend that was facing the possibility of going homeless (because her roommate was moving for safety purposes and she had to find a place to stay but had an unreasonable budget to do so and she didn't want to live with her Dad because he is an hour from any college or whatever), so I offered to let her take our futon in our little 1 bedroom if she couldn't find a place by the deadline.
Throughout the past two months, I have been thinking about all the things I won't be able to do because she is around. I'd have to be very quiet when I come home from work and hubby and I having a bowl of cereal and watching TV while sitting naked on the futon wouldn't be possible. We'd have to get dressed if we wanted to leave our room and leave a sock on the door if we wanted to have sex without her coming in because the bathroom is through our bedroom... And I would have to socialize with her whenever I saw her. My husband and I are freebirds in our own respect but some people find it rude not to reciprocate. I'd hate to have to feel the need to socialize in my own home.
I am so happy she found her own place. She was one of those individuality-obsessed artsy types and that personality type in general annoys the piss out of me.
(Fuck, I tried to refer her to my company for a job and told her she wouldn't be able to wear her gauges in the security uniform and she got angry and argued with ME over it. WTF kind of world are we living in when the concept of not being able to wear massive earrings in a uniform is a shocking concept???)
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dappled
I kind of liked this rant for strange reasons. I like that you and your husband are kind of a single entity and she is the intruder. It makes me happy to see you in this sort of relationship. It's been years since I lived with someone I was in love with and I suppose I'd forgotten what it's like.
Aside from everything you say, it's also an extra mouth to feed and she might like different food to you, plus different TV programmes or have a different attitude to mess or noise or social conventions. I think it's great that you offered, though. :)
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NeuroNeptunian
Yeah, I feel bad for thinking that way but anyone coming to live with us would be an intrusion. Bless his heart, he had no issue with having her stay with us for a while but every now and then he would lament that we wouldn't be able to do those things or stay up all night watching Star Trek and eating cake and that sort of thing if we had a room mate.
Gah, now that I think about it... it only makes me wonder why I'd do such a thing XD I mean, I expect to have to refrain from all of that when we have kids but right now, having to give up our little castle freedoms seems shitty.
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howaminotmyself
It depends on the size of the space I am living in. A large home can accommodate many people and still give you personal space. But if you can't have that, being alone may be safer for your sanity. I currently live with three other people but I'm alone at the moment.
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Bubbles-for-life
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squeallikeasacofpigs
I've lived in a house with 6 other people for one year before. It was great fun.
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NeuroNeptunian
I would rather live on my own. There is a degree of independence that I love with not having a bunch of room mates that I'd have to monitor my behavior around at all times. In my mind, home is somewhere where you should be able to cut loose and be yourself. To have to be disciplined at home and not even because you have kids just seems... shitty to me.
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Imposturously_yours
I always try my best to live alone. Even when I have a partner I'd avoid living together, if possible. Roommates are a different story, though -as long as it's a big house and they're not hanging around the living room all the time, I don't mind that.
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Terence_the_viking
If there is only one toilet sharing with 6 other people can make you poop your pants.
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