To all who used to have roommates:

[tfinch2]

here at school i live by myself...i love it. my parents make me pay the difference in cost (1100 compared to 2200 a semester) to live by myself and i gladly pay it.

 

[So]

Roomatates are a great deal if they are friends but they MUST be up front with you. If you can't trust them now, when will their betrayal of your turst be too much?

 

[acemcmac]

whatever you do, definitley do NOT contribute to some other a@@hat's morgage... You might want to *consider* splitting utilities with him...

On the other hand.... if you pay into the morgage... when you leave, you can sue him for your part of the house (i think). I LOL at people who answer to frats and parents when theyve moved away from home.

Me: you know parents? christmas was really crappy with you guys... i think im going to florida for spring break.

Step-mom: LOL you cant afford florida!

Me on spring break: She was right... had to settle for USVI lol- satus=owned.

 

[Jeff7181]

Originally posted by: HappyPuppy
Yes, it is worth living without a roommate. You don't have to put up with the BS and you will be much happier.

And if you get lonely you can invite people over, and kick them out when they get annoying

 

[nageov3t]

in college, I roomed with strangers, roomed with friends, and had my own room for awhile.

having my best friend as a roommate was definitely the best, but living in my own room was far better than living with a stranger.

 

[Kelvrick]

Totally worth it. Do whatever the fvck I want, and don't have to deal with their problems, borrowing your stuff, messing with your stuff, or anything in general. People have cars, you can visit if you're bored, but while you ponder if you want to live along or not, I'm gonna strip down to nothing, sit in front of my computer, and have a :beer:

 

[zixxer]

Originally posted by: Kelvrick
Totally worth it. Do whatever the fvck I want, and don't have to deal with their problems, borrowing your stuff, messing with your stuff, or anything in general. People have cars, you can visit if you're bored, but while you ponder if you want to live along or not, I'm gonna strip down to nothing, sit in front of my computer, and have a :beer:

Yeah..

I think I'm going to talk to my grandmother (who I'm renting the house from) and explain the situation. I'm out of roommates (my current roommate is going to end up living @ home again, and my "new" roommate isn't going to live here if I don't pay in on his mortgage.

If she doesn't want to rent me the house for the price of a 1br I guess I'm back to annoying apt renting.

 

[Turkish]

If you really are good friends w/ roomies, it can be fun.

In my freshman/sophmore years in college, I had a 2 cool roomies (who I didn't know prior to moving in) and a drug addict roommate who would come home at 5 A.M. (drunk 5 out of 7 days in a week) and start singing in the shower.

Then he would knock on our (locked) doors and ask if we could drive him to Wendy's or Hardees so he could get those nasty egg&bacon biscuits...

I had so much hate flowing in my veins. I wanted to kill the motherfucka :| Well, me and the other 2 roommates did what was necessary and called the cops when we found cocaine on the kitchen counter... never saw him again, i hope the motherfucka is dead.

Now I live alone, and I love every single moment of it. My friends can come over anytime they want and I don't have to worry about cleaning other people's mess.

 

[zixxer]

Originally posted by: Xiety
If you really are good friends w/ roomies, it can be fun.

In my freshman/sophmore years in college, I had a 2 cool roomies (who I didn't know prior to moving in) and a drug addict roommate who would come home at 5 A.M. (drunk 5 out of 7 days in a week) and start singing in the shower.

Then he would knock on our (locked) doors and ask if we could drive him to Wendy's or Hardees so he could get those nasty egg&bacon biscuits...

I had so much hate flowing in my veins. I wanted to kill the motherfucka :| Well, me and the other 2 roommates did what was necessary and called the cops when we found cocaine on the kitchen counter... never saw him again, i hope the motherfucka is dead.

Now I live alone, and I love every single moment of it. My friends can come over anytime they want and I don't have to worry about cleaning other people's mess.

There's a couple of main points that are really fscking bothering me.

I own everything in the house; the tv, couches, tables, dishes, everything. My roommate and/or his g/f are ALWAYS in the living room watching tv. I very rarely am able to sit down and watch a movie. I never have any privacy (someone is ALWAYS here) and I can't really kick my roommate/his friends out (he pays just as much rent as me)

On the other hand, I think I could live with the lying friend really well as a roommate; it just REALLY pisses me off that he won't pay rent and live here (but he's here all the time) yet he expects me to help him pay his mortgage (pay rent in a house his dad is buying) yet not keep any part of the house.

 

[thedarkwolf]

I paid around $150-$200 a month for rent while living with roomates. I bought a house and now I pay $338 a month for my mortgage. I like living alone but it was nice having a roomate setting right next to you when playing lan games. It is nice not having to feel guilty about not cleaning my share and stuff or getting pissed at the other people for not doing theirs . Having a garage and being able to have my dogs out ranks the loneliness.

 

[KingNothing]

If you have good roommates, it's better than living alone. If you have bad roommates, it's worse than living alone.

Is this so hard to understand?

 

[zixxer]

Originally posted by: thedarkwolf
I paid around $150-$200 a month for rent while living with roomates. I bought a house and now I pay $338 a month for my mortgage. I like living alone but it was nice having a roomate setting right next to you when playing lan games. It is nice not having to feel guilty about not cleaning my share and stuff or getting pissed at the other people for not doing theirs . Having a garage and being able to have my dogs out ranks the loneliness.

Yeah.. Not having a garage is my biggest concern. I hated my old apartment because my car was out in the open all the time..

 

[zixxer]

Originally posted by: KingNothing
If you have good roommates, it's better than living alone. If you have bad roommates, it's worse than living alone.

Is this so hard to understand?

asshat. It's not that easy. I have a good roommate now; but the fact that he's ALWAYS in the living space is really fsking irritating (he doesn't have a job so he spends all his time at home) and his g/f is an annoying b!tch.

That's something that ANY roommate is going to bring into the situation

 

[KingNothing]

Originally posted by: se7enty7

Originally posted by: KingNothing
If you have good roommates, it's better than living alone. If you have bad roommates, it's worse than living alone.

Is this so hard to understand?

asshat. It's not that easy. I have a good roommate now; but the fact that he's ALWAYS in the living space is really fsking irritating (he doesn't have a job so he spends all his time at home) and his g/f is an annoying b!tch.

That's something that ANY roommate is going to bring into the situation

I have a good roommate now. We're both in the living space quite a bit, usually playing XBox or watching TV. He has a job and goes to school, but so do I so we're home at roughly the same times. His g/f is over quite a bit, but she's nice and they're usually in his room when she's over.

That is NOT something that ANY roommate is going to bring into the situation.

 

[zixxer]

Originally posted by: KingNothing

Originally posted by: se7enty7

Originally posted by: KingNothing
If you have good roommates, it's better than living alone. If you have bad roommates, it's worse than living alone.

Is this so hard to understand?

asshat. It's not that easy. I have a good roommate now; but the fact that he's ALWAYS in the living space is really fsking irritating (he doesn't have a job so he spends all his time at home) and his g/f is an annoying b!tch.

That's something that ANY roommate is going to bring into the situation

I have a good roommate now. We're both in the living space quite a bit, usually playing XBox or watching TV. He has a job and goes to school, but so do I so we're home at roughly the same times. His g/f is over quite a bit, but she's nice and they're usually in his room when she's over.

That is NOT something that ANY roommate is going to bring into the situation.

YES it is. You just said yourself that your roommate is in the living space a lot; and that his g/f is over a lot. Same situation w/ me except that it bothers me.

 

[thedarkwolf]

Originally posted by: se7enty7

Originally posted by: KingNothing
If you have good roommates, it's better than living alone. If you have bad roommates, it's worse than living alone.

Is this so hard to understand?

asshat. It's not that easy. I have a good roommate now; but the fact that he's ALWAYS in the living space is really fsking irritating (he doesn't have a job so he spends all his time at home) and his g/f is an annoying b!tch.

That's something that ANY roommate is going to bring into the situation

The girlfriend thing was one of my problems. She lived at our place and didn't pay squat at the first house. She had her own apartment but I don't think she spent more then a week there in a year. When we moved to the second house we made her pay .

 

[KingNothing]

Originally posted by: se7enty7

Originally posted by: KingNothing

Originally posted by: se7enty7

Originally posted by: KingNothing
If you have good roommates, it's better than living alone. If you have bad roommates, it's worse than living alone.

Is this so hard to understand?

asshat. It's not that easy. I have a good roommate now; but the fact that he's ALWAYS in the living space is really fsking irritating (he doesn't have a job so he spends all his time at home) and his g/f is an annoying b!tch.

That's something that ANY roommate is going to bring into the situation

I have a good roommate now. We're both in the living space quite a bit, usually playing XBox or watching TV. He has a job and goes to school, but so do I so we're home at roughly the same times. His g/f is over quite a bit, but she's nice and they're usually in his room when she's over.

That is NOT something that ANY roommate is going to bring into the situation.

YES it is. You just said yourself that your roommate is in the living space a lot; and that his g/f is over a lot. Same situation w/ me except that it bothers me.

I said we're both in the living space a lot. Sometimes we even watch the same TV show or play XBox together. :Q His g/f is not an annoying bitch.

Living with someone takes a little bit of give and take. If you can't even stand being in the same room with someone, then it should be that much more obvious that you should live alone.

 

[dethman]

Originally posted by: HappyPuppy
Yes, it is worth living without a roommate. You don't have to put up with the BS and you will be much happier.

 

[TTM77]

Find another roomate to rent with you.

I used to live in the dormatory with a roomate and he was fine. He was gone all night to work, and only come back round 8 or 9 in the morning. I kinda miss the dude. Good guy. Help me out when I am stuck with my assignment. Don't really understand his story. He is a foreign student from some small country. So his parent must be loaded but he work all night and only sleep a little during the day. Work at the gas station so perfect for him to study on the job. My mom bought me a little rice cooker and he asked to share. He offer to pay half of the rice and I toll him don't worry about it. I bought in 1 bag and couldn't even finish it. And beside the rice would get dry if it's there for more then a couple of days.

 

[Dedpuhl]

I'm glad I don't have the problems some of you do. My roommate and I get along very well. There is no fighting over TV, food, bills, or anything. I guess it helps that we both are college grads (in civil engineering) and buy our own stuff and rarely make a mess in the shared rooms.

We live in one of the best apartment complexes in Baton Rouge. It's gated, not visible from the roadway, and in a centralized location. The rent is $850 (2br/2ba) and you must make 3x the rent/month in order to be considered. This keeps out section 8 people and trashy people. I will gladly put up with minor roommate annoyances to live in that area. I'm hoping he is willing to renew the lease for one more year. After that, I'll be in the position to buy my first home.

 

[zixxer]

I guess I'll try to find another roommate. Bleh..