Matched mates: As college kids return to school, roommates are on the minds of many students. Yet the art of choosing or living with one can occur at any age.
“Roomies: Sharing Your Home with Friends, Strangers and Total Freaks” is a new guide that illuminates the finer points of cohabitation.
Author Kathryn Williams, 27, of Nashville, Tenn., has had 13 roommates and considers herself an expert.
Williams has encountered all types. One roommate gave the duo’s TV to her boyfriend, and another had a “hilariously irrational and intriguing fear of bathrooms,” she says.
In the guide ($12.95), she outlines ways to find the perfect roommate, discuss problems, divide household duties, borrow stuff from each other and leave — or dump — the roomie.
Her Roomie Compatibility Quiz:
You consider cleanliness:
A. Next to godliness
B. A goal
C. A waste of time
D. What is wrong with modern civilization
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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