Selecting a Roommate/Housemate

[Ren]

Use Craigslist, but don’t just advertise for a roommate, specify exactly what you’re looking for – which includes personality traits. I found my wife that way, and it worked out extremely well.

A few years ago I heard a morning radio show do a call-in bit with listeners’ worst roommate horror stories. It’s incredible how thoughtless, rude, and disgusting some people can be. One that stuck with me is the case of the shared bathroom. The roommate would… take care of himself, clean up with a towel, then hang the towel back on the rack.

[briansd1]

[quote=Ren]Use Craigslist, but don’t just advertise for a roommate, specify exactly what you’re looking for – which includes personality traits. I found my wife that way, and it worked out extremely well.
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So my friend did that.

The problem is that listing all the rules and criteria on the ad makes you appear to be a difficult person to live with.

All he got was responses from women with MBAs and such. That’s another problem in of itself.

That friend is not exactly an organized, neat person. But he wants a roommate that is reasonably clean, easy going and fairly fun to be around; and who will pay the rent on time, without having to be reminded.

[briansd1]

[quote=Ren]Use Craigslist, but don’t just advertise for a roommate, specify exactly what you’re looking for – which includes personality traits. I found my wife that way, and it worked out extremely well.
[/quote]

So my friend did that.

The problem is that listing all the rules and criteria on the ad makes you appear to be a difficult person to live with.

All he got was responses from women with MBAs and such. That’s another problem in of itself.

That friend is not exactly an organized, neat person. But he wants a roommate that is reasonably clean, easy going and fairly fun to be around; and who will pay the rent on time, without having to be reminded.

[briansd1]

[quote=Ren]Use Craigslist, but don’t just advertise for a roommate, specify exactly what you’re looking for – which includes personality traits. I found my wife that way, and it worked out extremely well.
[/quote]

So my friend did that.

The problem is that listing all the rules and criteria on the ad makes you appear to be a difficult person to live with.

All he got was responses from women with MBAs and such. That’s another problem in of itself.

That friend is not exactly an organized, neat person. But he wants a roommate that is reasonably clean, easy going and fairly fun to be around; and who will pay the rent on time, without having to be reminded.

[briansd1]

[quote=Ren]Use Craigslist, but don’t just advertise for a roommate, specify exactly what you’re looking for – which includes personality traits. I found my wife that way, and it worked out extremely well.
[/quote]

So my friend did that.

The problem is that listing all the rules and criteria on the ad makes you appear to be a difficult person to live with.

All he got was responses from women with MBAs and such. That’s another problem in of itself.

That friend is not exactly an organized, neat person. But he wants a roommate that is reasonably clean, easy going and fairly fun to be around; and who will pay the rent on time, without having to be reminded.

[briansd1]

[quote=Ren]Use Craigslist, but don’t just advertise for a roommate, specify exactly what you’re looking for – which includes personality traits. I found my wife that way, and it worked out extremely well.
[/quote]

So my friend did that.

The problem is that listing all the rules and criteria on the ad makes you appear to be a difficult person to live with.

All he got was responses from women with MBAs and such. That’s another problem in of itself.

That friend is not exactly an organized, neat person. But he wants a roommate that is reasonably clean, easy going and fairly fun to be around; and who will pay the rent on time, without having to be reminded.

[Ren]

Then he needs to describe himself as well. Somewhere out there is a roomy who will click. He may need to repost it a few times.

Craigslist positively rocks for this kind of thing.

[Ren]

Then he needs to describe himself as well. Somewhere out there is a roomy who will click. He may need to repost it a few times.

Craigslist positively rocks for this kind of thing.

[Ren]

Then he needs to describe himself as well. Somewhere out there is a roomy who will click. He may need to repost it a few times.

Craigslist positively rocks for this kind of thing.

[Ren]

Then he needs to describe himself as well. Somewhere out there is a roomy who will click. He may need to repost it a few times.

Craigslist positively rocks for this kind of thing.

[Ren]

Then he needs to describe himself as well. Somewhere out there is a roomy who will click. He may need to repost it a few times.

Craigslist positively rocks for this kind of thing.

[briansd1]

So after saying that I would never want a roommate, and after seeing other people go through the process, I got a roommate at my second home in Philly.

I posted the ad on Craigslist and I got some iffy people — a waitress moving out of her parents’, a student on financial aid who said that would pay for her rent, a lawyer with a dog who just got divorced, some other woman with two cats.

I finally settled on a young 25yo Chinese-American doctor who will be doing her surgery fellowship in town. She came with her mom to view the house, and they loved it. She’s a lipstick lesbian who’s definitely a product of tiger parents. Very high achieving, so I expect to have a reliable, clean roommate for several years.

She’s a doctor and not a med student so rent will not be a problem for her. She will become a top surgeon for sure.

Since I’m infrequently in Philly, it will work very well for both of us, I believe.

Time will tell….

PS: There was another Chinese-American doctor on residency who came with her mom. Another product of tiger parents. She decided on another place that’s closer to her hospital. Tiger parents seem to care about the welfare of their kids.

[briansd1]

So after saying that I would never want a roommate, and after seeing other people go through the process, I got a roommate at my second home in Philly.

I posted the ad on Craigslist and I got some iffy people — a waitress moving out of her parents’, a student on financial aid who said that would pay for her rent, a lawyer with a dog who just got divorced, some other woman with two cats.

I finally settled on a young 25yo Chinese-American doctor who will be doing her surgery fellowship in town. She came with her mom to view the house, and they loved it. She’s a lipstick lesbian who’s definitely a product of tiger parents. Very high achieving, so I expect to have a reliable, clean roommate for several years.

She’s a doctor and not a med student so rent will not be a problem for her. She will become a top surgeon for sure.

Since I’m infrequently in Philly, it will work very well for both of us, I believe.

Time will tell….

PS: There was another Chinese-American doctor on residency who came with her mom. Another product of tiger parents. She decided on another place that’s closer to her hospital. Tiger parents seem to care about the welfare of their kids.

[briansd1]

So after saying that I would never want a roommate, and after seeing other people go through the process, I got a roommate at my second home in Philly.

I posted the ad on Craigslist and I got some iffy people — a waitress moving out of her parents’, a student on financial aid who said that would pay for her rent, a lawyer with a dog who just got divorced, some other woman with two cats.

I finally settled on a young 25yo Chinese-American doctor who will be doing her surgery fellowship in town. She came with her mom to view the house, and they loved it. She’s a lipstick lesbian who’s definitely a product of tiger parents. Very high achieving, so I expect to have a reliable, clean roommate for several years.

She’s a doctor and not a med student so rent will not be a problem for her. She will become a top surgeon for sure.

Since I’m infrequently in Philly, it will work very well for both of us, I believe.

Time will tell….

PS: There was another Chinese-American doctor on residency who came with her mom. Another product of tiger parents. She decided on another place that’s closer to her hospital. Tiger parents seem to care about the welfare of their kids.

[briansd1]

So after saying that I would never want a roommate, and after seeing other people go through the process, I got a roommate at my second home in Philly.

I posted the ad on Craigslist and I got some iffy people — a waitress moving out of her parents’, a student on financial aid who said that would pay for her rent, a lawyer with a dog who just got divorced, some other woman with two cats.

I finally settled on a young 25yo Chinese-American doctor who will be doing her surgery fellowship in town. She came with her mom to view the house, and they loved it. She’s a lipstick lesbian who’s definitely a product of tiger parents. Very high achieving, so I expect to have a reliable, clean roommate for several years.

She’s a doctor and not a med student so rent will not be a problem for her. She will become a top surgeon for sure.

Since I’m infrequently in Philly, it will work very well for both of us, I believe.

Time will tell….

PS: There was another Chinese-American doctor on residency who came with her mom. Another product of tiger parents. She decided on another place that’s closer to her hospital. Tiger parents seem to care about the welfare of their kids.

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