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