Would you ever consider having a roommate?

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When I was young, and starving, I had roommates. Now that I'm old and fat, thank God I don't need roommates. But I have to say my best friends are my old roommates. So ,would you ever consider having a roommate (assuming you had room)? What if your best friend needed a place to live? Or a relative? There's lots of reasons "fer an agin".
 

fuzzybuddy said:
When I was young, and starving, I had roommates. Now that I'm old and fat, thank God I don't need roommates. But I have to say my best friends are my old roommates. So ,would you ever consider having a roommate (assuming you had room)? What if your best friend needed a place to live? Or a relative? There's lots of reasons "fer an agin".
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Yes. I recently talked to my brother in Ca.. He is thinking of retiring but doesn't know where to go. Though I have a roommate we discussed this and decided he is welcome. It looks like we are going to need to make room for all us baby boomers somewhere. Even if you have a roommate would you consider another one? ( or should this be for those who live alone? )
 
In many cases people i know in their senior years have done the roommate thing ......
maybe they were friends or family but in short time many were not getting along very well ..... just like many young people find out as well.
 
Even sharing with a relative, can be difficult. Personality conflicts. My sister and I shared a 1 bedroom apartment. It was okay, until she had one of her snits and didn't speak to me for a week at a time. Before marriage, I preferred to live on my own.

In my mid-20's, I shared a 2-bdrm. apartment with a friend/co-worker. She ended up staying with her new boyfriend and his roomie most of the time. When she wanted out of renting with me, since I couldn't afford the entire rent, the landlord had her wages garnisheed.

IMO, not a good idea to share abode. Of course, I understand that living alone is not always affordable.
 
Only if push came to shove, shove, shove... and I was hanging by my fingernails at the edge of a precipice.

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Or, I might consider it if I was head over heels in LUV. 😍🙃😍 I'd have to be crazy about him and vice versa. Or, I'd just have to be crazy. 😵

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My mother lived with us for 26 years. The three of us got along very very well.
Do not know if we could hit the lottery again, but guess it would be worth a try if
needed. We have a large house, so there is space to get lots of privacy...think this makes a big difference.

Although now that I think of it, there was that brief 2 yr span when my mother in law lived here too. Hmm...even a 5 or 6,000 sq ft house wasn't big enough for both of them. LOL!
 
fuzzybuddy said:
When I was young, and starving, I had roommates. Now that I'm old and fat, thank God I don't need roommates. But I have to say my best friends are my old roommates. So ,would you ever consider having a roommate (assuming you had room)? What if your best friend needed a place to live? Or a relative? There's lots of reasons "fer an agin".
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I have housed every single member of my family at one time or another.. regretted every single time.. .. but what do you do, they're family and they needed somewhere to live.

I would hope that I never need the money enough to have to take a lodger, but if someone came to me in dire need.. I'm such a soft touch...
 
My son and daughter live with me, does that count? My son and I are moving in with my cousin pretty soon, so I suppose we will all be roommates.

Before I married my first husband, I did, and I liked it. But it was buffered by the fact that my friends were over a lot. I lived alone for 4 months at my mother's house after she died. Again, buffered by the fact that friends and relatives were over a lot.
 
I do not like the thoughts of living alone after 36 years of living with someone. I am basically afraid to be without her. I know it is dependency, but we all are dependent on something/s. This is a big one. From the above posts I have noticed that most like living alone even after having been in marriages or long term relationships. That is heartening to hear. I have made the transition before, I won't be so afraid of the "living alone".
 
GAlady said:
Absolute not. I live in an assisted living and have my own apartment. It sometimes gets annoying trying to dodge some of my fellow residents when I am just not in the mood to talk.
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I looked at assisted living a couple of years ago after my husband died and decided 2 things: didn't want to live in a "walk in closet" and exactly what you said about avoiding fellow residents when I'm not feeling social!
 
Well, I know I wouldn’t want to live with another woman and don’t want to wait on a husband. So if it comes to having a roommate, I’ll be searching a gay man - the neat and tidy kind we see on tv shows.
 
fuzzybuddy said:
When I was young, and starving, I had roommates. Now that I'm old and fat, thank God I don't need roommates. But I have to say my best friends are my old roommates. So ,would you ever consider having a roommate (assuming you had room)? What if your best friend needed a place to live? Or a relative? There's lots of reasons "fer an agin".
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If necessary, I would always take in family members.
 

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