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If I were to summarize this thread, this can be very lucrative but comes with many other perks such as friendship, support, assistance (with animals and such) yet the key is to keep everyone in their own living quarters. Share a house yes, but separate entrances, bathrooms, put in a mini-kitchen if needed, etc..Sharing laundry facilities & wifi seems to be fine.
A friend had a house with a guest cottage in back. When she retired she moved into the guest cottage, rented out the house, and spent most of her time traveling for several years.
That is understandable but you really should have someone around for safety's sake. If you passed out due to heart attack, someone might not find you for days.
That's what you have Life Alert or another medical monitoring system for. This actual scenario just happened to my sister: her little alert necklace monitor went off and the company notified her closest contacts as well as the EMTs. When they got to her house in about 15 minutes, she was already deceased on the floor. As long as I'm found that quickly and my animals are taken care of, I'm good with that.
I did exactly that in 1982-83. I rented a room from an 85 year old man and had the run of the house. My rent was $100 per month and I had a few tasks that I was responsible for (< two hours per week).
It was great for me as I did not have a lot of money and it kept his family from sending him off to assisted care which he could not really afford.
That's what you have Life Alert or another medical monitoring system for. This actual scenario just happened to my sister: her little alert necklace monitor went off and the company notified her closest contacts as well as the EMTs. When they got to her house in about 15 minutes, she was already deceased on the floor. As long as I'm found that quickly and my animals are taken care of, I'm good with that.
If I can be assured that the roommate will not eat my food, wear my clothes, not dump said clothes into my washing hamper, take on half of the cleaning, pick up after their animal whether it be human or not,not be ill hungover or just a pain in the buttcuss ALOT, and where I am the primary care giver, and does not sit in the major open living area for days on end with reruns of the Days of Our Lives forever....I will consider it.
That being said, a very small studio I would rather have. It may come to that but JEEZ been there done that with roommates, husbands, family, etc.
Nope. Yes....let me just end it now.
As in the last boyfriend said to me as he was crawling into my second bedroom bed, curling up into the down comforter, as I was cleaning the dining table and the last of the gourmet meal (with china) from the table....
He stated : I am emotionally and physically EXHAUSTED...can you not let me be! You just can't understand NO!
Needless to say he has gone on to find a place where they always tell him yes, I wish him fond regards and lots of McDonalds Happy Meals.
Gotta love em.
Oh yea, the watershed moment
When they drink all of my friggin booze I had purchased for a Sunday dinner and for which Sunday is dry in this state.
I have had a few narcissists in my life....Don't ya think!
I'm not retiring for another 10-12 years, but depending on finances I could see a house sharing situation. Separate studio rental unit would be best, but I don't know if I'd be able to find something like that in my price range. Can't say having a roommate would be the easiest thing to do, but having money coming in to defray housing expenses could be a good motivator to step outside my comfort zone.
That's what you have Life Alert or another medical monitoring system for. This actual scenario just happened to my sister: her little alert necklace monitor went off and the company notified her closest contacts as well as the EMTs. When they got to her house in about 15 minutes, she was already deceased on the floor. As long as I'm found that quickly and my animals are taken care of, I'm good with that.
Yep. I could drop dead tomorrow and I wouldn’t care as long as my dogs get taken care of.
It’s really the only downside to living alone, imo - worrying about what happens if I have to go into the hospital, jail :-), or any other unexpected place and cannot care for them.
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