I found through Twitter a some good advice on how to live with housemates in this article, “Sex in the Ville: Roommate Rules” by Tara Carr. It’s the three Cs:
- Communicate
- Cooperate
- Consideration
Communicate your feelings and your annoyances.
Cooperate by realizing that you can pitch in and do it rather than waiting for your housemate to do it.
Consider that your housemate has their own experience, habits, and norms. Living with people with different habits and norms than yours can be fun, eye-opening or exasperating. And that’s where communication and cooperation are important.
The three C’s are not so different from the principles for living with housemates I describe in my book. (Publication date TBD)
Read through the article and she doesn’t mention sex anywhere, but it got my attention.
