by Joseph Malek

Created on: June 15, 2009

For your information, I had three roommates when I lived in a dormitory that is located on the campus of the university where I received one of my college degrees. Then again, I always was a private person who prefers peace and quiet, rather than chatter of some other person when I am trying to study. Roommates, no matter how polite they might be, are not to my liking, nor will I ever willfully share a sleeping space with a total stranger that might or might not be a friend with whom I became acquainted.

I prefer my privacy to do whatever I want to do within a home that I worked very hard to afford to purchase. Some people do get lonely and in that regard I am no different. On the other hand, there are plenty of places where one can go to be with other people and/or socialize.

You might think that I am just being selfish and/or self-serving but such is not the case. My home is for me and the members of my family. Then again, I learned a long time ago that one cannot trust strangers who are merely roommates.

As a matter of fact, only a fool would trust a roommate to consistently pay his or her share of the living expenses. One must keep ones friends in the proper place. That place being anywhere but within the place that you call home. Then again, on issues of money no person is truly your friend. As the old saying goes: "Never a lender or a borrower be."

As such, I do not lend money to people who are just my friends. More often than not, when the time comes to repay such a loan they, all of sudden, cease to be as friendly as they once were. Did you ever have a roommate who just moved away after owing a few months of his or her share of the apartment or home living expenses?

Sooner or later bad things happen to each of us and more than once I was taken by people who really could care less if I live or die. The takers on our Earth feed off of the givers on our Earth and that true fact will never change. Then again, if you are a person who cannot live alone you are probably aware of the fact that nothing is free, including that huge apartment or house that you most certainly could not afford to have all for yourself.

You should also know that friends who become roommates usually get married or become enemies within a relatively short period of time. Then again, whoever you choose to share your home with is your business and I sincerely hope that such an arrangement proves to be beneficial for all of you.

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