tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1927652976660901418.post6786555126570261660..comments2023-09-16T07:40:01.698-07:00Comments on In The Trenches - Budgeting for Financial Survival and Recovery: RoommatesCarol Schultzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02277120447454788570noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1927652976660901418.post-88492716509939828452012-03-27T18:39:52.435-07:002012-03-27T18:39:52.435-07:00Glad you stopped in and shared both the good and t...Glad you stopped in and shared both the good and the bad of the situation. For a while all the single adults in our family were living in a room mate situation and it worked well for all. As you mentioned the key is finding the right situation.Carol Schultzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02277120447454788570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1927652976660901418.post-65497653594044676842012-03-27T06:45:49.415-07:002012-03-27T06:45:49.415-07:00Hi Carol, I just came across your website by chanc...Hi Carol, I just came across your website by chance when looking for a 'room to rent' image. I've bookmarked it for now but what I've read so far is fascinating.<br /><br />I am a seperated 48 yr old male currently renting a room from my mother-in-law. Yes, strange I know. I've been here for two years and for the most part it works fine. My soon to be ex wife has fallen out with her mother and my twin daughters do not want to see Nanny and so this has made things difficult. So I start looking for somewhere else. Personally I would never dream of behaving like some of the example stated. I understand that I am extremely lucky to have a roof over my head and everything is included for my weekly rent which includes food.<br /><br />I spent a period of six weeks living somewhere else early on, renting a room again. The advertisment sounded ideal and the landlady was very pleasant on the phone. It wasn't until after I had moved in that the problems started. She had a fit that I had used three units of electricity in one day. Then she decided she had the right to lecture me about 'giving up on life' because I spent 6 hours in front of a computer. (I build websites and promote country music over the internet). It went downhill from there.<br /><br />Whilst the Landlady has to be careful whom the rent to, my experience has shown me to ask a lot more questions before I agree to rent a room.<br /><br />Great site!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1927652976660901418.post-91580313698041590472012-03-26T14:06:11.639-07:002012-03-26T14:06:11.639-07:00There was no romance intended with these two. I go...There was no romance intended with these two. I got glowing reports from others about their character. sigh...However, I have rejected romantic relationships based on person habits!<br /><br />I didn't mean to repeat myself. <br /><br />We are expected to leave carts in the parking lot, so I don't feel bad about not taking mine back.Practical Parsimonyhttp://www.practical-parsimony.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1927652976660901418.post-23165780486313629282012-03-26T06:25:31.875-07:002012-03-26T06:25:31.875-07:00I remember you sharing those stories and that is j...I remember you sharing those stories and that is just the point I was making. Some people are just disgusting in their behavior! Thankfully we can and should learn to watch out for them. I too have missed or ignored the clues in the past so wanted to remind everyone that these arrangements can and do work if we are watchful and don't assume that others share the same standards as we do including and especially those in our own family or ones we may be considering a romantic relationship with.Carol Schultzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02277120447454788570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1927652976660901418.post-54578575013864965022012-03-25T23:12:35.488-07:002012-03-25T23:12:35.488-07:00I have never, ever taken my cart back and know no ...I have never, ever taken my cart back and know no one who does this. ??? However, I know people who have immaculate homes and trash the streets. <br /><br />At one time, I tried renting a room. The first guy was an alcoholic and got into my food all the time, making about five gallons of tea at one time. He said he was "going to kill the F***ing b***h, meaning me. <br /><br />The next smoked pot and drank cheap wine, walked around naked and peed on the walls, threw up on the bathroom walls in his own private bath. I did not find that until it was concrete-like. <br /><br />I decided nothing could be hard enough for me to endure renting a room. I did not want to rent to women because they all had boyfriends they wanted to entertain or children and grandchildren they would babysit for. Children having the run of my house was not something I desired.Practical Parsimonyhttp://www.practical-parsimony.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com