| Here are a few reasons why you do not want to | | | | always made sure to clean up after |
| move in with a friend and some personal | | | | themselves, but friends will leave things |
| experiences from when I lived with my 2 best | | | | around because Â"itÂ's coolÂ", |
| friends. Personal Space and Privacy: Moving | | | | they will get to them eventually. One friend |
| in with a friend over a stranger means you | | | | of mine hated anything being left in the sink |
| will have almost no privacy, friends have a | | | | for any amount of time and if it was left |
| tendency to wan to hang out especially when | | | | fore more then an hr or 2 she would complain, |
| you door is shut and you just want to be | | | | so me and my other roommate started cleaning |
| alone, but a stranger will usually respect | | | | the dishes as soon as we were done with them, |
| your privacy by not bothering you unless it | | | | only to find that she would leave her dishes |
| is something important. Friends will also | | | | sometimes for days and when questioned about |
| assume it is ok to borrow things from you | | | | it she said that her seeing our dishes |
| without asking be it food in the fridge or | | | | bothered her but her dishes did not bother |
| your toe nail clippers from on top of your | | | | her so it was ok for her to leave them. Power |
| dresser. My old roommate would always go into | | | | Consumption: Unless your roommate has lots of |
| my room to borrow my things no matter how | | | | money and lets face it if they had cash they |
| much I asked her not to, and every time I | | | | would not need a roommate, then they will be |
| asked she would get insulted because it was | | | | looking to save money and not want to waste |
| her so it should be ok with me. Bills and | | | | money on electricity, and once you agree on |
| Expenses: The reason why you moved in with a | | | | things like using the dryer or air |
| roommate in the first place was you | | | | conditioning two roommates who meet online or |
| donÂ't make enough to live on your own | | | | from an add in the paper will usually respect |
| right. Well my experience has been that a | | | | the rules better then two friends will. |
| friend may worry less if their roommate is a | | | | Friends will usually bend the rules, like |
| friend because their friend will help them | | | | leaving the computer on all day or running |
| out if they were short on the rent or | | | | the ac all night. When I have lived with |
| electricity because they spent too much money | | | | friends I would constantly come home and find |
| in the online casinos, but that same person | | | | my roommates using the dryer even though we |
| would probably be more considerate and make | | | | agreed only 1 usage a week per roommate, and |
| sure to have the rent money if they were | | | | the worst was how often I would come home to |
| living with a stranger rather then a good | | | | find the AC on in one of the bedrooms and no |
| friend. One of my friends would always gamble | | | | one is even home. This is a very common way |
| in the casinos and especially the online | | | | for friends to take advantage of one another. |
| casinos because it was easier then driving to | | | | This article just points out the most common |
| the nearest land based casino, and sometimes | | | | problems I hade when I tried to live with my |
| he would spend all his money playing in the | | | | friends. This is no way means that you can |
| poker rooms or the Blackjack or Roulette | | | | not get a friend who will respect you enough |
| table, and come the end of the month when the | | | | not to do these things or that you will not |
| bills were due he would have to ask me to | | | | find a stranger that wonÂ't do all the |
| cover him. Cleaning: When I have had | | | | same things. |
| roommates who were not my friends, they | | | | |