which one would u pick?
i just moved out by myself!
im now think it might b wrong! please reinsure me that i was right.....

Done all the above, the one that worked out well were, all with pros and cons. Lived with a friend, one time she turned out to be a psycho, tried it again it worked really well. Lived on my own once, it was good, no hassles, but you won't be cooking much and if you like the ps2 and ciggies, you'll find that you will be doing that more often. Looked in the papers twice for room and both times worked out well. This all depends on your personality and what stage in your life you are at.

i live with my brother, which has turned out really well he uses our apartment as an office so we can afford a wicked place, and he has a girlfriend so he is there a lot. Have lived with strangers, was fine to start with but i wouldnt do it again, turned very nasty. the best thing to do is make sure whoever you live with has a partner with a place of their own, that way they are not at home all the time and if you wanna kick them out for a night for some privacy, easily done.

I live with the fams. Its mad fun
I've lived with strangers. At one time, there were 14 of us in a 4brm house
I'd live with a friend.. but i think there's only about 3 people i can think of that i would actually like to live with.
Am looking forward to living on my own at the end of the year. My house. My rules!

Live by yourself. It’s the only way.
Last thing you want to be doing is hating a best friend because they have no sense of common decency... or just plain smell bad.

by yourself too hexy.

currently with missus, and two others. its a breeze and awesome, it all depends on the flat mates. make and breaker imo

BJ

ye i prefer to live with people

and I've heard plenty of horror stories where really good mates have moved in together and driven eachother crazy

so i reckon strangers are the go (as beran says though, gotta pick decent ones)

I loved living on my own. Absolutely LOVED it. It's the best. You can see your friends when you want to, have people over if you want or not, it's clean to your own standards and you get "you" time all the time if you can't be bothered interacting with the world. It's terribly self indulgent, but I loved it.

I'm living with a stranger now, who as it turns out is now one of my best mates. She rocks. But it's still difficult at times - we're having a washing up standoff at the moment. lol.

on your own rocks

i'm living with a stranger right now, a guy who eats (slurps) his microwave meals with a soup spoon every night.....covers his mouth when he coughs but then licks his hand and sleeps on roll matt on the floor amongst a sea of shopping bags...needless to say his cleaning is errr, non existent.

And he is on 23K, work that one out!

You've got it easy if you're on your own.

Have done all the above. Currently sharing a flat with a friend, and it's working out well.

Whether it's friends or strangers, you need to have similar standards re: clearing up and stuff ... or it'll drive you nuts.

Gonna be looking for a flatmate in Julyto live in my place..some friends have said "get a female" others have said "get a bloke to live with"..reading all your comments..some good advice!

meh.

my house is good. my flatmates interpretation of cleaning is poor. pikey students imo.

_first of all they dont differentiate between tidying and cleaning
_theyre too tight to get a cleaner
_we dont have a dishwasher (no idea how i missed that on inspection)
_they carnt keep their jackets or shoes off the landing, nor in the shoe rack
_vacum/hoover doesnt suck enough
_i'm the only person that puts the lid on the toothpaste (its even hinged to the tube)
_they buy cheapo 1/2 ply toilet paper, and only in the 2-4 pack

but otherwise i'm pretty low maintenance and living with randoms is cool.

When I get the shits that my flatmate doesn't ever take out the rubbish, consistently cramps up the living room table with crap, and doesn't change the toilet roll, I just remind myself all the stuff she does for me, like let's me use her vegemite, buys cleaning products, and lets me eat her Ben n Jerrys.

Usually puts things back into perspective.... !

out flatty's major prob is they just dump dirty dishes in the kitchen, even tho we HAVE A DISHWASHER . it aint hard.

BJ

At this point in time living with two others and BJ is fantastic. We have other people to bounce off, hang out in the living room, talk crap and just be chilled. They are really easy going, all have different lifestyles so we dont clash and we also arrive home at different times which means dinner time doesn't have 4 people cramed in the kitchen.

As Bj said the only issue is that we are quite neat people, or at least put our dishes away most of the time. So we find ourselves putting there shit away alot. Not messy people, but generally very relaxed. Having said that though, I dont nark about it often purely because there are things they do for us every now and then that evens it out.

They are cool with us having friends over etc which makes things great.

Eventually could live on my own with BJ but whilst living in such an expensive city I'd rather an awesome place with two other peeps rather than a shit place and just us two.
W*

At this point in time living with two others and BJ is fantastic. We have other people to bounce off, hang out in the living room, talk crap and just be chilled. They are really easy going, all have different lifestyles so we dont clash and we also arrive home at different times which means dinner time doesn't have 4 people cramed in the kitchen.

As Bj said the only issue is that we are quite neat people, or at least put our dishes away most of the time. So we find ourselves putting there shit away alot. Not messy people, but generally very relaxed. Having said that though, I dont nark about it often purely because there are things they do for us every now and then that evens it out.

They are cool with us having friends over etc which makes things great.

Eventually could live on my own with BJ but whilst living in such an expensive city I'd rather an awesome place with two other peeps rather than a shit place and just us two.
W*

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_i'm the only person that puts the lid on the toothpaste (its even hinged to the tube)

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you share toothpaste?!

heh what's wrong with sharing toothpaste

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you share toothpaste?!

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not when they buy the mankey stuff*. then i buy my own, which becomes theirs (complete with crusty first squeeze) very quickly.


* it is really shit. like pink. tastes foul. packages itself like some herbal remedy. and is no where near triple action technology.

Live by yourself, it's much easier and not as stressful as living with a friend can sometimes be.

Couldn't do the London flat-sharing thing, 4 people in a two bedroom flat is the stuff of nightmares. I like my own space, my own mess, and my own sleeping routine.

stuff you all - live with your parents so costs are minimised leaving you to spend your money on useless gadgets and random stuff you don't need

and of course the ol fashioned cooking and cleaning services free of charge

robbie y

I have lived in many different sharing situations, and they have all been a great blessing, if not sometimes a challenge.... and I have also lived solo.....

Among my favorites and memorable living situations -

Sharing community life in silence for a couple of years right after high school.... this was the most challenging of all of my sharing situations. The silence was easy. The sharing was difficult. Go figure.

Sharing a home with a benefactor who helped me to pay for college while I worked for his family business and lived in the upper floor of his large house... it was great living in his home with his kids and his wife... and working with him every day.

Sharing three summers (for 8 weeks) with about 200 kids at a camp that I helped to run in NY.... the grown up kids held a reunion in NY recently.... boy did they every grown up over those 35 years....

Sharing a huge apartment in New York City in a community with roughly 20 other people back in 1969 - the time of many family movements in the US.

Sharing a home with my lover in Boston for 14 years.

Sharing a home in Key West with a lovely lady from Rome and her stud muffin.

Sharing a home in Madrid, New Mexico with a young man and his two wives for the start of the Millenium.

Living alone in a tent and then later in a converted yellow caboose in the deserts of NM. Rattlesnakes were closest neighbors but the people who lived nearby were absolutely wonderful.

Sharing a home with 4 musicians for two years.... our coop was filled with music every day for two years.... what a wonderful place to live.

Sharing a home with a lovely lady who was battling cancer for the last three years.... she finally went HOME last month.

Sharing a home with a reclusive roommate at the moment and learning to live another aspect of family life. Lots of time for my own obsessions while he pursues his.

Would I prefer living alone or with others....

I think that I would always choose a life with others, although I am real comfortable with my own company.... I guess I just love the dramas, and joys, and sharing even more than the life of a hermit.

Namaste.

DJ EaZy (denny)

www.bodyelectrik.com

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heh what's wrong with sharing toothpaste

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the notion doesnt really tickle my fancy. it kinda makes me think of when people share toothbrushes

if you are moving to a new city its good to share with strangers that way you dont get lonely. Its good to have company even if you want to put razor blades in their cereal! i am new to melb an though i live with my bro i get lonely, esp on a sunday comedown.

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stuff you all - live with your parents so costs are minimised leaving you to spend your money on useless gadgets and random stuff you don't need

and of course the ol fashioned cooking and cleaning services free of charge

robbie y

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oh dear robbie. i'm gonna tell ya mum to start charging you

BJ

i wish i was in the same state as my pars, even if you dont live with them they are normally good for a free feed a few times a week!

I think a huge part of why are place works is because we have two bathrooms.. one for myself and BJ the other for two flatties. perfecto! No drama's, privacy and definitely no sharing of toilet paper and toothpaste. We share nothing, having said that, because we share nothing, we are so much more willing to share our food etc.

because its bought seperately and is totally an independant environment it means there are no issues or grievances about so and so eating all the biscuits, but I have found that this has led to a happier environment and a very sharing one.

If you live with other people it means you cant dance naked round your living room.

Nuff said imo.

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If you live with other people it means you cant dance naked round your living room.

Nuff said imo.

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why not dance in the living room naked anyway, you might eventually get the living room to yourself if you keep doing it.

They will probably be too polite and embarrassed to ask you to stop...

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If you live with other people it means you cant dance naked round your living room.

Nuff said imo.

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never stopped me. neither did the living room restrictions

BJ

Yeah, but you're not of the ' stature' where people mistakenly try and harpoon you in the street and then try and sell you to some weirdo to make concoctions out of your subcutaneous tissue.

Live alone and love it. No TV just a fucking huge bookcase.

no tv is a really good suggestion, i have gotten so much more into music and books since not getting an antenna for mine!! although i have overwatched my dvd collection, black books is able to be watched over and over again but human traffic has its limits!!! (i knew i should have stolen something different from the video shop!)

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Yeah, but you're not of the ' stature' where people mistakenly try and harpoon you in the street and then try and sell you to some weirdo to make concoctions out of your subcutaneous tissue.

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Dr Rosenpenis ?

BJ

moonriver...

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moonriver...

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low ...


good to see you back rchinn.

ahhh, you using your whole fist there Doc ?

BJ

its been two day now! still not use to it yet!
i feel so loney n wats worst my house has very bad reception!

I always choose a stranger.

I always have one question.

Do you like dance music?

Dance music covers a pretty broad spectrum. What happens if they say yes and you move in, only to find that their favourite type of dance music is hard house......or even worse, Sasha and Digweed.

*let the backlash begin*

My biggest concern in the PAST!!! was can I smoke weed, the answer I loved hearing, can I score from your dealer.

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Dance music covers a pretty broad spectrum. What happens if they say yes and you move in, only to find that their favourite type of dance music is hard house......or even worse, Sasha and Digweed.

*let the backlash begin*

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I only dislike drum and bass. And I'll be buggered if I've ever met anyone in Australia that truly does.

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If you live with other people it means you cant dance naked round your living room.

Nuff said imo.

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never stopped me. neither did the living room restrictions

BJ

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ummmm, yeah never great...

O - whats that in the VCR, o and you are naked.....