fortune
Last week, we celebrated my parents’ 27th wedding anniversary with dinner at P.F. Chang’s. At the end of the meal, we broke open our fortune cookies and found them strangely fitting. This was mine:
“You will move to a wonderful new home within the year.”
I, of course, took it as foreshadowing in my life’s story. Of all the people at the table…. That tiny white piece of paper is tucked in my wallet, right above my driver’s license. I hope it will motivate me to keep dreaming.
My latest idea is renting an apartment with a friend. Pluses: I found a town I LOVE that’s actually closer to my job, though farther from my family and church. It’s filled with vintage buildings and a great downtown area. If my friend and I rented a place for $1300/month, which is the highest I’ve seen yet, I’d still only be paying $650, well inside my budget. I’d get to start buying fun furniture and kitchen utensils. I’d be able to have people over for dinner or just to hang out. Also, I’d get to really know how much I like the area, good for future consideration regarding a condo/small house purchase.
Drawbacks: I wouldn’t exactly be investing into anything. Since it’s almost November, I’d probably have to move in winter, which I would hate. I don’t know for sure what the traffic would be like, since I don’t live there right now. I wonder if it’s smart to take a friend as a roommate; would we still be as close afterwards?
Nonetheless, I look at my fortune and dream.
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It depends on how strong of a friendship you have. It can be both a blessing and a curse to have a friend as a roommate. during my internship I contemplated moving in with a friend. If you seriously are considering moving in with a friend it’s best to have an honest discussion and lay down all the issues before moving. It saves each person a lot of heartache and headache.
Agreed with SF. Living with someone can turn pretty disastrous. Even though I love all my friends, I’m pretty particular with the way I like to organize, clean, set up my own space … and I honestly couldn’t see myself living with any of my friends.
Two of my best friends moved in together while we were in college, and now they’re barely speaking to each other because they got so annoyed living in such a small apartment together for 2 years. All because one is a neat freak, and the other is kind of lazy.
I lived in a house with five other people my sophomore year of college. After that experience, I’m friends with one of them. Then again, I also had a wonderful time sharing an apartment with a good friend for junior and senior years. I think it’s a matter of basic lifestyle compatibility and ability to discuss things straightforwardly.
As to the fortunes…I recently got one that said, “Perhaps you have been focusing too much on saving.”
Ugh. I would hate to lose/hurt a friendship. On the other hand, the cost of living alone is steep!
When I was in college, one of my best friends asked me to be her roommate the next year. I had this strong conviction to not request my roommates because I was afraid of losing friends/missing making new ones/whatever. She requested another of our friends, and they got super-close. I’m still tight with her, but sometimes I wondered if I made a mistake.
Sigh. We’ll see about this one. The good thing is this friend and I have lived together before–during our senior year of undergrad. She’s the most easy-going person I know.