What To Split With The Roomie...help!

system
Sun, 23 Jul 2006 01:00:30 +0000

Yeah, along the lines of loveduke, here’s what my roomie and I did.

Me:
Rug
Comfy Chair
Full-length Mirror
Extra drawers (I brought about…15 extra drawers or decorative boxes that we stacked up around the room and used to hold stuff).
Blender
Posters (I bought the bulk of the posters we hung up)

Her:
Lofts (her dad made them)
Microwave
Fridge
Hot Water Heater
Second Comfy Chair
Floor lamp
Chinese lantern
Some more posters (she brought a couple of things from home)

We didn’t have a phone or a TV, so no cable or phone bills. Also, it sort of seems unevenly divided so that she brought more, but throughout the year we both pretty much agreed that things tended to even themselves out. Also, you’re probably not going to find a way for both roommates to pay for exactly half of your shared amenities. For example, we originally only planned on having one chair, and one of my contributions was “the chair,” but after a couple of months of living together we realized that we really wanted a chair for each of us, and we had the space for it, so she bought a second one. Another important factor is that if, in a roommate pair, one person is driving and the other is flying and/or one person is from NC (or somewhere close), it may make more sense for that person to bring the big things like the microwave or fridge (that’s how it was with me & my roomie). So I mean, my point is, some things just work themselves out on their own.