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11/6/2013 12:08:08 PM EDT
is it only me but whenever I hear about someone having 4,5,6 or more roommates I think it is weird...

is having a large amount of roommates outside of a sorority or fraternity weird...
11/6/2013 12:11:56 PM EDT
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Yeah, it's weird. My almost thirty year old brother has a female roomate that he doesn't have sex with. She even has a boyfriend who visits. Weird. The weirdest part is that he's laid more pipe than the Keystone.
11/6/2013 12:13:03 PM EDT
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Not everyone can afford to buy their very own mcmansion. I lived in a 2 bedroom apartment with 7 other dudes. We all worked ate and slept at different times. We all survived, and nobody was weird. Just broke.
11/6/2013 12:13:33 PM EDT
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Lived in a house with 2 other men and 2 other women (5 total) for a while, but everyone had their own bedrooms, multiple floor home.



Was cheap and since I was in the basement it was easy to separate from the group when desired.
11/6/2013 12:13:56 PM EDT
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no I can understand one or two roommates but I can not understand more than that seem crowded or something...

I had a female roommate in the past that I did not sleep with but granted her boyfriend(later husband) lived with us...
11/6/2013 12:15:32 PM EDT
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no I can understand one or two roommates but I can not understand more than that seem crowded or something...

I had a female roommate in the past that I did not sleep with but granted her boyfriend(later husband) lived with us...
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Yeah, it's weird. My almost thirty year old brother has a female roomate that he doesn't have sex with. She even has a boyfriend who visits. Weird.



no I can understand one or two roommates but I can not understand more than that seem crowded or something...

I had a female roommate in the past that I did not sleep with but granted her boyfriend(later husband) lived with us...


The weird part is that he doesn't have sex with her.
11/6/2013 12:15:42 PM EDT
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Not everyone can afford to buy their very own mcmansion. I lived in a 2 bedroom apartment with 7 other dudes. We all worked ate and slept at different times. We all survived, and nobody was weird. Just broke.
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I rent a small house...when I did have roommates we still lived in only a medium sized house... but two rooms for 8 people is a touch much...

even when I just made minimum wage and was married I was able to make a car payment and rent an apartment.. without food stamps or welfare or section 8....

11/6/2013 12:18:16 PM EDT
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I remember the days of living in a room with over 30 guys.


11/6/2013 12:20:44 PM EDT
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If everyone has their own bedroom I can see it working. It gets really weird when there's a "guy on the couch" type of deal.
11/6/2013 12:21:16 PM EDT
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that was different and under watchful eye of a responsible adult called a Drill Sergeant
11/6/2013 12:24:41 PM EDT
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Maybe he did / is. Easier to keep a secret if fewer people know.

 
11/6/2013 12:26:06 PM EDT
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eh im almost 30 and i rent out my spare room to a buddy of mine whos a fireman and gone every 3rd day.  works out well for both of us.  

i dont think renting out your spare room at any age is weird but ive lived in a frat house before and that lifestyle is stressful on all involved
11/6/2013 12:28:53 PM EDT
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I rent a small house...when I did have roommates we still lived in only a medium sized house... but two rooms for 8 people is a touch much...



even when I just made minimum wage and was married I was able to make a car payment and rent an apartment.. without food stamps or welfare or section 8....



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Not everyone can afford to buy their very own mcmansion. I lived in a 2 bedroom apartment with 7 other dudes. We all worked ate and slept at different times. We all survived, and nobody was weird. Just broke.






I rent a small house...when I did have roommates we still lived in only a medium sized house... but two rooms for 8 people is a touch much...



even when I just made minimum wage and was married I was able to make a car payment and rent an apartment.. without food stamps or welfare or section 8....



Every one of us worked our way through college without any of those things.



 
11/6/2013 12:31:26 PM EDT
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not weird, just sad that that many guys are ok being that broke...
11/6/2013 12:32:56 PM EDT
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Or outside of the military.  Technically I once had 100+ roommates, although thankfully the limit per cubicle was 6 - two triple bunks.

11/6/2013 12:35:01 PM EDT
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Depends.  I'm clearly not broke, but had a roomie for a while as I had two extra bedrooms and it was nice to have someone to watch my dog when my hours got crazy at work.  The extra money was nice, the dog didn't crap on the carpet and I got more shit done at work.  Overall a win win win.  

Not all situations are for a lack of money, sometimes there's other reasons/benefits driving the decisions that are made.
11/6/2013 12:39:14 PM EDT
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$1,000 a month trade school, full time class, job, and rent, bills, car insurance. All of were poor kids from rural areas in a place with $1,600 a month apartments. Mommy and Daddy didn't take care of any of us, 13'r. Sometimes in life you need to do what you need to do to make it to the goal line.



 
11/6/2013 12:49:37 PM EDT
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From 18-20 I lived with 5 other guys.  We had a 5 bedroom house that had 2 living rooms.  So we gave up a living room for another person to stay.  We had a fucking blast.  A lot of tail came through those doors.  

Love where I am at now but boy to I miss those days sometimes....There are nights I don't remember much, but what I do remember, we had fun....
11/6/2013 1:01:50 PM EDT
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One of the "perfect" times in my life was moving out of my house at 16 and into a huge house with 9 close friends.

I was dating 1 of them the other 8 were actually 4 couples. We all had different work/school schedules so there were seldom more than 3 or 4 us home at a time. At any one time 2 or 3  of us worked the same place on the same shift so we had plenty of transportation flexibility.

We had no TV, we had no money but, damn, it was FUN. All of us had a large circle of blended mutual friends so the house had a shit-ton of traffic all the time. Parties every other night. BIG parties on weekends. Had a cop 3 doors down who would come party with us, she had the best dope. Actually delivered beer to one of our parties in her squad car, with lights and back up (2 other cars). Talk about a bunch of kids shitting themselves until we figured it out. They all hung out for an hour then left .... odd, really.

It was really cool, for a couple of years. Eventually, all good things must fade.
11/6/2013 1:13:18 PM EDT
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Depends.  I'm clearly not broke, but had a roomie for a while as I had two extra bedrooms and it was nice to have someone to watch my dog when my hours got crazy at work.  The extra money was nice, the dog didn't crap on the carpet and I got more shit done at work.  Overall a win win win.  

Not all situations are for a lack of money, sometimes there's other reasons/benefits driving the decisions that are made.
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not weird, just sad that that many guys are ok being that broke...


Depends.  I'm clearly not broke, but had a roomie for a while as I had two extra bedrooms and it was nice to have someone to watch my dog when my hours got crazy at work.  The extra money was nice, the dog didn't crap on the carpet and I got more shit done at work.  Overall a win win win.  

Not all situations are for a lack of money, sometimes there's other reasons/benefits driving the decisions that are made.

Yeah, I have a sportbike and gun collection. I wouldnt be able to safely keep either in an apartment, and I cant afford a house.
The downside is a couple old men live here too, one chronically sick. Nothing more annoying than hearing an old man hacking phlegm all the time
11/6/2013 1:50:04 PM EDT
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I had a friend from work and I share an apartment, I had a Cali girl at the time do all cali girls walk around home close to naked? ...she spent a lot of time in my bed, floor, holding on to the windo sill... My buddy backed me up when her husband came over once...just once...
11/6/2013 1:57:07 PM EDT
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I don't really even like renting out one of my extra rooms.

I am 30 and single with no kids and mediocre income with a 3 bdr house. Kinda stupid to not make an extra few hundred bucks a month for a room i don't use
11/6/2013 2:06:28 PM EDT
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At 39, I prefer living with my wife, kids, and dog.



At 19, I had an absolute blast renting a house with my buddies.
11/6/2013 2:09:34 PM EDT
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Lived in a townhouse with 2 other guys for a couple of years then a house with 2 different guys for 3 more. Very cheap. That enabled me to save up the 20% down payment for my house and to buy my Chevy 3500 work truck brand new for cash. Now I rent out the master bedroom in my house to a guy I have known since high school. That has paid for the new roof, a jet ski, and eventually a new furnace/AC unit once this one goes. I put the rent check aside every month so I don't get temped to spend it or get used to the extra money. If the right lady comes along, move his ass out and then she can pay rent
11/6/2013 4:47:54 PM EDT
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People renting in large groups sign of the weak economic growth in the last 5+ years. The boomer's won't retire (I don't blame them) this is creating a log jam where it is harder to move up. There are fewer good jobs too.