getting your own place...

I know exactly how you feel. I used to live with my boyfriend and his brother until I got pregnant. He never payed for bills, he never bought groceries, and he never cleaned the house. I was awful.

Living at home and living in a place with people whom you did not grow up with is very much different. It requires a lot of adjustment from everyone and from every single detail possible. You have to be keen in determining the best way to deal with them and the same goes with you. I have lived in a house with 5 other people and it was good at the start but eventually people turned out differently. Fights started to happen. It wasn't a very good first experience for me. The best thing one can do is to be as civil as you can be with the others. Be aware of what they like and don't like. Communication is always a key factor with any kind of relationship. Talk to them if any problem arises or if one should start. And finally, enjoy the company of great friends.

True,when you are not living together , you do not know much about his living habit, and he may even try to pretend to be a neat person when he saw you, but when you are living together, he cannot hide anything , and you will know exactly what he does everyday, whether he will clean up or not. And you may argue more when you are living together.

Guess I got lucky. The only person I have shared a house with was my girlfriend who became my wife. We never had roommates so it was just us and made working out our differences a lot easier when we first moved in together.