I currently do live alone, but when I moved out of my parents back in March I didn’t think I would live by myself my entire lease. At the time I was dating my now ex and the plan was for us to move in together at some point, but things didn’t work out between us. Either way, I’m living by myself now and I love it. I love being able to come in whenever I want and not having to explain to anyone why I was out until 3AM, I love being able to shower whenever I want, I love being able to cook (or not cook) whenever I want, and I especially love that if I don’t feel like coming home and talking to anyone I don’t have to.
(holy run-on sentence, Batman!)
I have lived with roommates before. My freshman year I lived with a girl who I met online and while things started off great in the beginning they didn’t end that way. UT Tyler is a small school and I think that my freshman class was the first “real” one they had. My roommate found me on Myspace (back when that was popular) and we even met each other before we moved in that fall. Things worked out great between us, until they didn’t and I promised myself then that I would never do a single room/double occupancy style living arrangement again.
My sophomore year I was a RA at one of the apartment complexes we had on campus so I moved in with 3 other girls and that semester it was great! I had a suitemate who I shared a bathroom with, but had my own room and my only qualm with that were the nights we had guys over and organizing those and the mini walks of shame in the morning. Haha!
Two of my best friends are apartment hunting now, looking to live together and I’m happy for them. After living by myself these past few months I don’t think that I can live with a roommate, at least not until I get engaged or married. I love the freedom I have in living by myself and I’m not willing to share that with anyone…yet. Does that make me selfish?
