Living alone or with flatmates?
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Re: Living alone or with flatmates?What!? Working with people in a professional environment is worlds apart form sharing a living space! I've had a successful career and lived alone the majority of my adult life. I have also lived in flat/house shares. My preference all day long is to live alone, I've even moved to an outer suburb of London purely because I can afford my own place here.(Original post by dem503)
I'm surprised so many people are saying 'alone'!
It is a vital life skill to be able to get along with people in a close environment, some of you are gonna have a shock when you start working 9-5, working day in day out with the exact same people!!
Also, living with people does not mean you spend every second in somebody else's face, you will still have your own room. You are also allowed to have other friends, or even leave the house! The kitchen will not be in a state of uncleanliness simply because you share it with other people- it will be unclean if you live with idiots (and even if they are, show them how to clean!)
I think it's a more positive life skill to be able to live alone. Being content in your own company is incredibly important. Inability to share a home with other non-related adults is not a reflection on your ability to cope with full-time employment. -
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Re: Living alone or with flatmates?Marry me please.(Original post by Soph.Jade)
Alone. I enjoy my own space and doing my own thing, a house free from mess and being able to arrange the kitchen the way I want it. I also end up cleaning up after people a lot.
I'm a bit of an unsociable person unless it's a night out/lectures etc. I need time away from people without them knocking my door or asking me to watch films etc. Sounds harsh but I like seeing friends in small doses -
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Re: Living alone or with flatmates?(Original post by Soph.Jade)
Alone. I enjoy my own space and doing my own thing, a house free from mess and being able to arrange the kitchen the way I want it. I also end up cleaning up after people a lot.
I'm a bit of an unsociable person unless it's a night out/lectures etc. I need time away from people without them knocking my door or asking me to watch films etc. Sounds harsh but I like seeing friends in small dosesLiving in separate houses though, right?(Original post by Pinkhead)
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Re: Living alone or with flatmates?haha of course, only get together for the important stuff(Original post by dem503)
Living in separate houses though, right?
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Re: Living alone or with flatmates?With housemates (or perhaps even just the one other housemate), but with a lot of 'alone time'. I hate the feeling that I constantly have to 'socialise', not because I'm a loner, but because I like to have the freedom to be who I am and do what I want in my own home. Sure, if I'm out, in the workplace or at a social gathering, I'll place an onus on being social, but I don't want to feel like I have to constantly congregate in the living room for fear of being 'anti-social'.
Having said that, I like that I'd get social contact as and when I feel it's wanted and the warmth of sharing a place with a friend sounds idyllic. -
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Re: Living alone or with flatmates?Last year I lived alone, and although I did feel a bit lonely at times, it did feel good to have that privacy and time to myself. Especially when you're coming back home from a long and tiring day at uni/work. So I would say alone, only by a close margin though. This year, I'm moving in with my closest friends. It'll be a change, but I'm all for change so quite looking forward to it
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Re: Living alone or with flatmates?I had to stay for work for the entire holidays bar Christmas day and New Years Eve/Day, and walking back to halls everyday through empty blocks of flats in complete silence was one of the eeriest experiences of my life!(Original post by Origami Bullets)
With flatmates. I stayed in halls for about three days at Christmas when there was no one else there (I was there due to work). Honestly I was bored out of my mind, and even started to miss the annoying flatmate!
Even if you're not actually socialising with them at that point, I still like to know that there are people around me!
