WELCOME TO
"SORRY, THE BOA HAS
GOTTA GO!" ©
By Sylvia Bergthold
A Roommate Survival Guide© was written to prevent some common and not so uncommon errors when opening your home to strangers. Having a roommate should always be a rewarding experience for all parties concerned. Listed below are just a few of the benefits gained in acquiring a roommate to share your home or apartment.
- Share Housing or Rental Costs
- Share Utility Costs
- Other Shared Expenses
- Share Food Costs
- Share Household Products Costs
- Child Care
- built-in babysitters
- exchanging of childcare arrangements
COMPANIONSHIP
- Built In Support Group
- single parenting
- loss of spouse
- extended families
- disabilities
- advice
MUTUAL INTERESTS
- sports
- entertainment
- movies
- theater
- dancing
- concerts
- cooking
- fitness
- philosophy
- ethnicity
- religion
- education
- tutoring
- vocational skills
SECURITY
- Safety Issues
- Coming home to an empty house?
- Are you alone?
- Anybody know where you are?
PROMOTE INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING
- Diversity
- foreign students
- new immigrants
- languages
- cultural exchanges
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