Friends as Neighbours? What are your thoughts?
@keelymcilwain (797)
Canada
March 6, 2010 12:15am CST
Well our neighbours house is available for rent for April 1st. We have a friend that is looking for a place. We told him about it and he is going to see it on Tuesday.
What would you say the pros vrs cons are with having a close friend as a neighbour?
I know there will be the ups and downs. I think some of the ups would be:
-always have company.
-someone to go visit.
-we both have 2 dogs that get along so now they can play all the time.
-when we need something it is very close to go to borrow things.
-someone to keep a eye on our house when we are away or out.
Some of the cons would be:
- someone borrowing things all the time.
- someone coming to use the phone every day.
- someone coming to use the computer every day.
- someone knowing our where about's at all times.
- someone that you can't hide from. lol
What are some that you can think of?
1 response
@lilybug (21107)
• United States
6 Mar 10
I think having a friend as a neighbor might be kind of fun assuming it is the right friend. I think some kinds of friends would make better neighbors than others. If your friend is one of those needy kind of friends then it might not be such a good idea. If they are needy now they will be worse when they are living next door and they can ask you for things more often. I would also want it to be a friend that I have known awhile and I know we would get along long term. The last thing you want is to be living next door to an EX friend.
