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Kind of MM: Roommate Free Living in 1 Week!
This is kind of pointless, but I am excited, so wanted to post.
I just realized we are 1 week away from living on our own again!!!
About 1 year ago, DH's brother showed up on our front door step after impulsively quiting his job, hopping on a plane and moving back to our state (which he impulsively left 10 months before to live with a girl). With no where to live and little money, we agreed to let him live with us provided he got a job and paid $300 a month in rent. We didn't need the money, but we weren't going to let him live with us for free and the extra cash was nice. Luckily, he worked the night shift (8pm-6am), so we rarely ever saw him and he was able to watch our dogs during the day while we worked. So it was a pretty nice set up.
Well, over the course of a few months, he quit that job (surprise) and got another job, but worked the day shift. Then, we started seeing him more and it got a little annoying (but the money was still nice). A few months after that, his work started to cut back on hours and about 4 weeks ago, he impulsively decided to move to a ski town about 2 hours away to get a security officer job. We are betting he won't stay long since the cost of living is high there and he only makes $11.50 an hour...but we will see how long he lasts.
My sister is also temporarily living with us for the summer to complete a college internship. She is a fairly low-key roommate, but has her quirks. She leaves next Thursday though. So we are in the homestretch.
Long story short: Next Thursday will be the first time in a year we will live in our home by ourselves again! We are so ready and excited for it. The money will be gone, but we will be fine. At this point, DH and I both agree: no more roommates, ever again! Unless it's children under 18
Has anyone done the roommate thing while married? Was it save or make money? Are you glad you did it?
I just realized we are 1 week away from living on our own again!!!
About 1 year ago, DH's brother showed up on our front door step after impulsively quiting his job, hopping on a plane and moving back to our state (which he impulsively left 10 months before to live with a girl). With no where to live and little money, we agreed to let him live with us provided he got a job and paid $300 a month in rent. We didn't need the money, but we weren't going to let him live with us for free and the extra cash was nice. Luckily, he worked the night shift (8pm-6am), so we rarely ever saw him and he was able to watch our dogs during the day while we worked. So it was a pretty nice set up.
Well, over the course of a few months, he quit that job (surprise) and got another job, but worked the day shift. Then, we started seeing him more and it got a little annoying (but the money was still nice). A few months after that, his work started to cut back on hours and about 4 weeks ago, he impulsively decided to move to a ski town about 2 hours away to get a security officer job. We are betting he won't stay long since the cost of living is high there and he only makes $11.50 an hour...but we will see how long he lasts.
My sister is also temporarily living with us for the summer to complete a college internship. She is a fairly low-key roommate, but has her quirks. She leaves next Thursday though. So we are in the homestretch.
Long story short: Next Thursday will be the first time in a year we will live in our home by ourselves again! We are so ready and excited for it. The money will be gone, but we will be fine. At this point, DH and I both agree: no more roommates, ever again! Unless it's children under 18
Has anyone done the roommate thing while married? Was it save or make money? Are you glad you did it?
Re: Kind of MM: Roommate Free Living in 1 Week!
Congrats!
I've not done the roommate thing since I was in the dorms in college and even then it was only the first year that the college forced it. I won't lie, it's crossed my mind, but was never worth the headache.
I would love to get a roommate for the extra cash flow, but probably wouldn't do it in our current house. We only have 1.5 baths (jack and jill bath upstairs) and I refuse to share a bathroom with someone other than H at this point. I'm kind of weird about that stuff.
If we had two full baths upstairs I would definitely be up for it thou. I'd probably like it to be someone we know thou.
We rent our spare bedroom and bathroom for extra cash but only on a short term basis. 2 months is the longest we had anyone stay with us and it was fine but we wouldn't enjoy having someone there longer.
Awesome, good for you! how exciting!
We've never done it and never would....We did stay with my parents for 3 months between our condo sale and house purchase and that was unconformable enough......but it was nice to save the extra money!!
If we were ever to allow someone to stay with us again they would (a) pay rent and (b) have a defined end date.
Congrats!! I'm sure it will be nice for you all to have the house to yourselves again.
I haven't had roommates since college.
My H and I really couldn't have a roommate in our current house. It technically has 3 bedrooms, but is a shotgun layout, so there are no doors between the rooms, except for an addition in the back of the house (which is our bedroom). AND only one tiny bathroom for the whole house!
Even if we had a better layout for it, I doubt we would ever take in a roommate. With the only exception being a family member/close friend in need and only for a short time...but we wouldn't even do that (unless it was just a few days) for our current situation.
Isn't that something? If I were in dire straits and a friend took me in rent free, I would be twisting/turning/bending over backwards doing everything I could to be as problem-free for them as possible. I don't even like cooking and cleaning, but they would have a spotless house and a home cooked meal (with food I bought) every day.
I'm glad you all were at least able to salvage the friendship over time.
Amen to the bolded!
"Houseguests are like fish. They both start going bad after 3 days." (I think Dear Abby is the source for that quote, but she may have gotten it from somewhere else)
But definitely have a happy feeling about next week and all the freedom it comes with, like others have mentioned. Wearing or not wearing clothes around the home, not needing to close doors, not having other people's dishes or laundry laying around. It will be sooooo nice!