Just curious? How many single men over 30 share living space with ...

[tk2kewl]

Poll question: Just curious? How many single men over 30 share living space with ...

other men that are not either lovers or family.

On edit: The past tense is included for those who are no longer single, so that they may reminisce.

[bryant69]

1. I am a lone wolf

Which makes my participation on this board all the more remarkable.

I hold chalk in my paws so I can press down the right letter.

Bryant
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[TransitJohn]

2. Don't/Other

I'm a single father, so no roommates here, it wouldn't work.

[Wcross]

3. I refuse to have a roommate.

I am not the type to put up with other people living under the same roof with me.

[mzteris]

4. I'm not single, nor a man, but . . .

I used to work in the construction industry (and my husband still does). There are a lot of "travelers" - men who live in one place, but work on a project for a year or two in another state, etc... frequently these men will share an apartment/house in order to save on expenses. From what I knew of them - they (most of them) definitely weren't gay.

I also know that DC is VERY expensive (my daughter lives there) - and people share houses, apartments, quite often. However, that usually doesn't apply to MILLIONAIRES! Maybe the young staffers, but the OLD guys??? hmmmmm.........

I don't know that in and of itself that their "sharing a house" is anything to get too excited about - BUT - if it's added to a whole lot of 'other' information - it might mean something.

Let me just add this - there is absolutely nothing wrong with being gay. There IS something wrong with being a GAY BASHER, and one of the people responsible for the continued oppression of gays in this country, AND with being a complete and total hypocrite.

[tk2kewl]

5. I am with you mzteris

I hadn't thought of the travelling construction worker angle, but I can see that. And certainly members of the armed services would find themselves in similar situations.

[meganmonkey]

6. I know 3 sets of men-over-30 who share space with other men

who are not lovers or family. And that is off the top of my head, without digging too deep.

:shrug:

[madokie]

13. Hell I shared living quarters with a friend once and last I checked we

were not gay. we had a lot of the same interest and we wasn't interested in the same women so it all worked out fine. Back in the day when I worried about what I don't worry about today.

[onenote]

7. its not that uncommon in DC

for members of Congress (married or unmarried) to room together. A lot of members of Congress don't move their families to DC and commute back to their home districts virtually every weekend. While staffers often put down roots here, its not unheard of for a senior staffer, single or married, to live in a "group" house as well.

http://www.hillnews.com/120501/dss_roommates.shtm

[BuyingThyme]

8. Forty six.

[Catherine Vincent]

9. If I'm not mistaken, I think Delay shared an apartment with some guy.

n/t

[NeedleCast]

10. I do in DC

32 years old, stable IT job and I can't afford my own house on 50K plus salary here in the beltway.

In DC you trade commute time for property value. I probably could afford a house if I was willing to drive an hour or more one way to work or live in a 80 year old dump that needed serious investment.

I live with two other (straight) men. One is in-house attorney for a major bank, the other a government contracts manager...which is to say that none of us are exactly making minimum wage here. I guess it's the price you (I) pay for living in an area which is rich in IT/defense jobs. Luckily the market on real estate in the DC area has gone from Are-You-Out-Of-Your-Fucking-Mind to just plain insane in what people are asking for houses. All those people who jacked up the prices on "investment" properties are about to take a hit.

I'd say at least 50% of the single men I know are doing the same in this area.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

11. Considering insane DC real estate prices...

and the fact that congresspersons and staffers don't live there full-time, it's not all that unusual.

This could be some huge lily white down-low scandal, but let's not confuse dumbass America. Foley (not because he's gay, but because he preys on teenagers) and the cover-up are enough to get us through the mid-terms. Maybe there is something to Heavy D and his male roomies, but my poor little brain cannot fathom the idea of that jowly phuck with a woman, a man, a box turtle, himself, whatever!

[Kahuna]

12. It's a common practice in D.C. for all but the millionaire legislatures...

Most can't afford to maintain two households on a congress critter salary.

[SoCalDem]

14. In some areas, people MUST share space... or starve

My son (engaged) shares a 4 bedroom house with 3 other guys.. Before he had to have back surgery, he had an apartment on his own, but on disability, a $1000.00 a month apartment was no longer a possibility.

He is engaged to a lovely young woman whose family is very "traditional".."Girls" live at home until they marry, so there's no way they will live together before they get married.

With 4 guys sharing the rent, it only costs them each about $500 a month for a 3000 sq ft house with a 3 car garage..

I'm sure he would rather be in a dinky little apartment with his sweetie, but for now, this arrangement works out fine :)

[Zodiak]

15. I am married

However, my best friend since 4th grade is living with us right now.

Times are tough, and he needed help. Now he is getting on his feet.

Everyone has a different story. My friend would take a bullet for me, and I would do the same for him. That is why he is living here. It was that or homelessness.

Like I said, times are tough.

[Little Star]

16. When wife is in town at a hotel how many

go home to the boys and leave wife alone in hotel room????????

[Dick Diver]

17. I ran my own company that did a lot of business in...

Saudi Arabia. For two years, I shared a two bedroom apartment in Riyadh with an Australian employee and colleague. Of course, we always had as many Brit, Ozzie, or NZ nurses over as possible.

[spanone]

18. Hell, these guys are over 50.