Do you live alone?

[necine]

I live alone, and cooking just for myself sucks... doing all the chores sucks... paying all the rent myself sucks. However, the benefits are no one bothers me and I don't have to deal with roommate drama. What's your living situation?

 

[Jeff7]

Yeah, all the chores and such suck, but, at least here, I don't have company, well, pretty much ever, so I'm the only one who's concerned if certain things don't get done all the time. I've had roommates enough, and I was willing to put up with extra expense and hassle (driving to class instead of being on campus, in a place where it snows almost every damn day) to get the hell away from damn disrespectful college kids. Parties, loud noise, loud roommates, dirty roommates, etc etc. I'd had enough.

 

[Jhill]

Pissing in the kitchen sink is awesome. (I hear)

 

[daveshel]

Been living alone since I got divorced like 25 years ago. It was hell at first. I think I was addicted to having someone around all the time. Eventually I learned to like solitude and found I could do the things that needed to be done better on my own. Last year my best friend was going through a breakup and I told him he could live in my spare room until he figured out what to do. Thankfully he got his own place after 3 months - the extra cash was nice in the beginning but eventually I decided it wasn't worth it.

 

[Special K]

Cooking for myself is fine because I always cooked for myself anyway. My diet always tended to be a bit different than most people's anyway (see sig )

Chores are more of a hassle, but then again I only have my own standards to answer to, not anyone else's. If I'm not having anyone over, then I might let the cleaning slide a few days longer than I would otherwise.

Sure I would save money by having a roommate, but rent here is fairly cheap so I don't really mind.

 

[LS21]

lived with 3 roomates (friend, friend's friend, then stranger) last 3 leases , and now im solo

OMG its so much better. pay more on rent, pay more on bills, but so worth it -- dont have to share fridge. dont put up with mess... or dont feel pressured/guilty for leaving mess. and i can walk around nekkid all day