• I'm going to move in with a friend and live without parents for the first time in my life, what are
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Here's something: it's not as hard as you might think it is. I've been independent since I was 16 (I'm 20 now), and it has always been easier than living at 'home'. Ofc., this depends on how sheltered you are as a kid, I guess. If you've never done anything for yourself, it'll be a rude awakening.
[QUOTE=devotchkade;33608938]Here's something: it's not as hard as you might think it is. I've been independent since I was 16 (I'm 20 now), and it has always been easier than living at 'home'. [/QUOTE] It's the best shit ever. Not a day goes by where I'm not thankful I'm not living at home anymore. Everything gets better. [I]Especially[/I] your relationship with your parents.
[QUOTE=Rad McCool;33608951]It's the best shit ever. Not a day goes by where I'm not thankful I'm not living at home anymore. Everything gets better. [I]Especially[/I] your relationship with your parents.[/QUOTE] Absolutely. My mother and I hadn't talked for months except for fighting by the time I moved out. Now, she comes over at least twice a week, and we talk every day. Sometimes it's shitty, but if you take care of yourself, it's more than worthwhile. Don't use a lack of parental guidance to let yourself go, because you're only going to be screwing yourself over in the end. [editline]7th December 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=warflamingo;33599589]I would really, really, REALLY recommend against living with a good friend. I've tried it, a few of my friends have tried it. It doesn't work! I don't know what it is, but at first you'll have little pointless fights. They'll escalate and keep getting bigger and bigger, and eventually you'll have to move. Pick a roommate that you barely know or a stranger.[/QUOTE] I hear what you're saying, but, honestly, you just don't know. It can go either way. Sometimes it turns out that you can't be friends in such close proximity, and sometimes you become closer. Conversely, a stranger or acquaintance can turn out to be someone you get along and live well with, or a complete sociopath. Only trial and error can really solve this one. I moved into an apartment with my boyfriend, and it turned out marvellously. I had dated him for a year before, though, so I knew he wasn't going to be totally nutbar. Edit: lol at the person who just rated me gay. Females exist, you do realize, right? Having a boyfriend doesn't necessarily mean I'm in a same-sex relationship?
Number one thing I can possibly tell you. I moved out of my parents house when I was sixteen, bought a bunch of shit I knew I would need before, got to my new house, realized I needed a bunch of shit I never even thought about. You do not have everything you need, you think you do, but you don't. Things I had to buy -A trashcan -A broom -A plunger -Silverware (I started out with what I thought would be enough. I was very wrong) Also be prepared to buy more toilet paper and paper towels than you ever thought anyone could ever use. You run out of that shit QUICK. [editline]7th December 2011[/editline] Also if your house is shitty be prepared to be trashed constantly. That was how I made it through winter of last year, we were too poor to turn on the expensive as hell gas heating, but we were not too poor to afford liquor.
Oh! Just thought of one. Buy something pre-prepared to eat for your first few days there, or order in. Everything's a mess, and you don't want to be cooking. The first night, my boyfriend and I only realized we needed food a few minutes before the shops shut. He raced down to the supermarket, but had only enough time to buy the first thing he saw, which was waffles. We couldn't operate the oven that night - newly built apartments, and they weren't functioning yet - so we (lol) wrapped them in foil and tried to heat them on the stove (I blame tiredness and a lack of food). Needless to say, we went hungry that night, and fell asleep on the couch dying of starvation. Makes me smile to remember it, though.
Ha, bread? I can live off of rocket and vinegar alone. Getting the lizard diet up in this
For the love of God, remember to sleep.
Do you work to pay the bills plus it be better if you and your friend and his gf could put in for bills
Not living at home anymore is arguably the best decision I've ever made in my life.
[QUOTE=kaskade700;33610018]Not living at home anymore is arguably the best decision I've ever made in my life.[/QUOTE] Even if you won't decide to do so your parents will eventually make that decision for you.
[QUOTE=Hullu V3;33610044]Even if you won't decide to do so your parents will eventually make that decision for you.[/QUOTE] Don't count on it..
Your "friend" is going to use the money he gets to pay the rent for smoking, I bet.
Don't drop the soap
[QUOTE=warflamingo;33599589]I would really, really, REALLY recommend against living with a good friend. I've tried it, a few of my friends have tried it. It doesn't work! I don't know what it is, but at first you'll have little pointless fights. They'll escalate and keep getting bigger and bigger, and eventually you'll have to move. Pick a roommate that you barely know or a stranger.[/QUOTE] I can agree with this, unless your friend is exactly like you then pick someone else. I have a friend who had another one of our friends live with him and the guy was a big fucking slob. A 350lb one too; he never cleaned up, hardly bathed, left dishes and food everywhere; even one day I was helping my friend clean up his room and we were trying to find the source of some foul odor coming from one corner of the room, it turns out his slob roommate left an old cup of milk sitting there for god knows how long. The stench actually made us gag, and I almost lost it. We ended up just torching the cup outside since it was so damn vile. His roommate ended up getting into a bad car accident about a year and a half ago and lost his job because he made no effort to fill out the proper paperwork then basically sat at home on the couch all day playing maplestory and stinking. He eventually moved out after things were getting to be too much, and now he's living with another one of our friends, but hey we warned him. Moral of the story? Don't live with friends for any extended period of time because it can ruin friendships. For a while me and my two best friends wanted to rent a place together but in the end I opted not too just because we all wouldn't do well living together. Especially with me, I'm extremely neat and tidy, to the point it's almost OCD; my other friend is cluttered but not dirty, he just has a ton of shit left around everywhere; and my other best friend is clean but he doesn't like cleaning. So once something becomes a mess, if he's not in the mood to clean it up it'll be left there for a while.
[QUOTE=Zang-Pog;33609673]Okay, whatever you do don't piss off your roommate. Pranks might sound fun but when you deal with those it's not going to be all shits and giggles[/QUOTE] Everything I've learned from College Humour's Room mate Confessions has told me not to ever mess with your room mate, they'll end up pissing in your stuff and screwing with anything an everything.
What's up with all the not letting dishes pile up? There are dishwashers you know.. You just put it on overnight and you'll have clean dishes in the morning.
Ramen noodles for your bread product. Tuna for your meat product. Buy whatever fruit is cheapest. offbrand cereal. Beer. You are now fit to survive.
Apparently some friend I knew knew a chinese guy who moved in with a black guy. This Chinese guy slept naked, under a mattress everyday for some reason. The chinese guy would tell everyone that there would be a tingly sensation and some white substance in his ass everyday because he thought it was some anal infection from his bed. Therefore, keep your room locked if you're sharing a house.
smoke weed erryday
[QUOTE=Goodcat;33611194]What's up with all the not letting dishes pile up? There are dishwashers you know.. You just put it on overnight and you'll have clean dishes in the morning.[/QUOTE] lol There are some people who aren't privileged and well-off you know...
- Eat [B]everything[/B] in the fridge. Never ask before doing it either, just go around searching everywhere and eating whatever you find. - Always take huge stinky shits, forget to flush, leave shit streaks in the toilet and for the love of God [B]don't[/B] aim when peeing. - Break your friends stuff often, and have absolutely no regard for his propriety. - Always be rude, fart and belch at the table, and don't forget that they're not your parents, so you don't need to respect them. - Whip out your dick often, fap on the couch in the living room in the middle of the day, leave cum tissues around the house and don't hesitate to use stuff you find around his house to pleasure yourself.
[QUOTE=Goodcat;33611194]What's up with all the not letting dishes pile up? There are dishwashers you know.. You just put it on overnight and you'll have clean dishes in the morning.[/QUOTE] Even if you do have dishes piled up you still should rinse dishes before putting them in the dishwasher. Most of the time stubborn food that sticks to dishes has a hard time coming off in the wash. Might as well save yourself the trouble and do a quick rinse and scrub, then toss them in the dishwasher.
[QUOTE=Goodcat;33611194]What's up with all the not letting dishes pile up? There are dishwashers you know.. You just put it on overnight and you'll have clean dishes in the morning.[/QUOTE] no, there are not dishwashers. I don't have a dishwasher unless you count my hands
[QUOTE=Shiftyze;33597019] The most complicated thing I'm having right now is finding a house for rent that is under 700 a month for 2 bedrooms, or under 950 a month for 3 bedrooms (One of my other friends wants to live with us). Is there a good site to find rentals besides Craigslist? Craigslist hasn't done a whole lot of good for me. [/QUOTE] I live in a place where you can buy a two bedroom house for $50k, but can't even rent one for 700/month, so I don't see how you're going to find one in a place where houses aren't all shit
[QUOTE=Zeke129;33613099]I live in a place where you can buy a two bedroom house for $50k, but can't even rent one for 700/month, so I don't see how you're going to find one in a place where houses aren't all shit[/QUOTE] Newberg, Oregon is kind of a shitty place sooooo
Don't drink from the god damn bottle if your thirsty. Fucking hate that shit.
Interesting as fuck thread, reminds me that I may be living with 2 friends next year if I keep this job!
[QUOTE=nerdygamer;33613162]Don't drink from the god damn bottle if your thirsty. Fucking hate that shit.[/QUOTE] People do that? I only do that if I know I'm about to finish it, so rather than dirtying a glass, I just take it to my computer with me.
[QUOTE='[CWG]RustySpannerz;33614391']People do that? I only do that if I know I'm about to finish it, so rather than dirtying a glass, I just take it to my computer with me.[/QUOTE] Same with me, but I can't tell you how many damn times I've bought a couple of 2 liter sodas for a night with friends only to have one of them start drinking right from the bottle. I'm just like, Jesus, get a glass you dink.
It's beautiful living alone with no room mates. I get to live by my own unhygienic rules as I please. Really though, it's really easy to keep clean. I'm doing less housecleaning, dishes, and laundry than I did when I lived with my family simply because I'm only cleaning up after myself now and not others.
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