Do You Think it's Okay for people of different genders to share a house?

I think it's okay - I used to do this before. You have to do run some ground rules though like No relationship between you two - that'd make you a couple and not roommates. To keep each other posted if one of you brought some _friend_ in the house. The good part about it though is that - when she brings in her friends with her home. Mmmm :) Hopefully, that won't turn you... differently.. sexually. Oh, and Girls as roommates make good with the cleaning things. :) You can help with the repairs.

I'm being troubled by that too! Personally I think it should be okay and whether we decide to share a house with someone or not shouldn't depend on their gender. Still I think that my mother is right when she says a girl can never be too careful. I'm moving out soon too and I can't decide if it's a good idea to share a house with a man or not. Maybe when you decide you can tell me what a good solution is.

I think it's better to share the house with people you know or whom you are friends with. Like what the other member said, men are more disorganized and more messy. But I think you can work things out with whoever you are sharing the house with. Maybe you can set up some rules or something.

Well, on the one hand having a man in the house means you have someone to protect you from anything, you can always count on him for technical stuff like changing the light bulbs and fix things that not every woman knows how to do and also shopping. On the other hand we are more disorganized, it's often a mess around us and so on. Everything depends on whether you are friends, do you get on well, do you share common interest and such things. It could be best thing happened but also it could be a nightmare.

Yeah, I think people tend to get too caught up in gender rules and social norms. Basically, if you get along well with a person, and it's mutually beneficial to live together, I say go for it, regardless of gender. However, I would actually warn against becoming roommates with friends, unless you are such good friends that you are absolutely confident that you'll be able to survive it. And even then, I would make very clearly defined rules. I say this because I had a co-worker/friend as a roommate and it was absolutely disastrous. So just be careful and make sure you're both up to the challenge, because it is a challenge. Although, since you started this discussion two months ago, I assume you've already put your decision into action. So, what did you eventually decide?