Have You Ever Tried Living with a Friend? How Was Your Experience?

I have done this before and it can be difficult, even with someone you are really close to, or you get along with really well. It will work better if you lay down some ground rules before hand, such as who is responsible for which expenses, or will you split everything down the middle. Who is responsible for cleaning, will you take turns. Rules about using each other's things and having company should also be made to avoid arguments or resentment later on.

I think it's easier to live with someone who is first a complete stranger. Then there are no expectations. I moved in with a girl I barely knew once and it went great. Another time I moved into a place with someone I had known for a while and it ended horribly. A very close friend of mine has joked that if I had an extra bedroom she could come live with me but I'm glad I didn't have the room for her because I'd hate it to ruin our friendship. I could be wrong and it might work out, but I'm too chicken to try!

hi wonderice! if you mean, living as in plainly living like sharing a house or sharing a room with a friend, yes, i have experienced and still experiencing that. i used to live in a boarding house back in college and i got to share a room with a friend. the saying that "you wouldn't really know a person until you got to live with him/her" is true. during those times, i just kept wishing that she'd go back to her old boarding house. ^__^;; now i am sharing a staff house with my officemates. most of the times its okay because they are fun to be with and we share concerns over each others things. like, if we have clothes hanging outside and it started raining, whoever is the first to go outside would also take in, not only her clothes ,of the rest of us. something like that. and most of the times, we'd share food and its an advantage for me because i don't like to cook. ^__^;; i give my share of money for the food and i leave them do the cooking. but there would be times that i'd be annoyed at one of them. that can't be avoided. everybody's not perfect and so as me. misunderstanding would always be there.

No, I haven't. A lot of people have to do it, and many of my friends have done it during the time they lived in other cities for studying. I think I might have to do it in future. I have my friend tell this to me, that living with someone for 3-4 hours in a day is a different thing and living with someone for 14-16 hours is a different.

Yes I have shared an apartment with two friends before and it was fun because we were pretty relaxed people and didn't have much disputes. However, I have heard of people living with their best friends and after a while they were best friends no more. It's even hard living with parents and family so i guess it's alawys a challenge. I personally prefer my own living space, otherwise would like to be able to choose who i live with. definitely not into sharing a dorm room with people whom i don't know. that is just a recipe for disaster.

I never did, but some of my roommates left to go live with friends at college. They found that visiting each other was one thing, but living together was too much of a good thing in 2/3 cases. 1/3 it worked out. The ones where they have the same major, are in the same classes, plus together at night, too much of a good thing. The one where her major was different and they only saw each other for an hour or two in the evening to share what had gone on that day got along much better.

Yes, i tried living with a friend who is also a co-worker... at first... we live in a dorm with other people who were mostly students... but we can't bear the noise they made... so we decided to just rent our own apartment... it was very nice... because we like a lot of things... and she was very considerate and sensitive... and i to her... but it lasted only for a few months... because she had to resign and live in the city... so i lived alone until i went back to live in my mother's house...

Hello wondericequeen, I never lived with a friend and so, I don't have any experience to share with you here. I used to live with my eldest sister - almost 10 years from the time I entered varsity until I worked for a few years. I only moved out after I got married about three years ago. Even though I stayed with my own sister, we had a lot of differences. The way we want the house to be, how to do things and so on. I remember how I used to argue with her. I have a lot of antic acts *smiles* and that makes me think twice before living with other people who are not blood related to me *laughs*