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From: bentrup@uiucdcs.Uiuc.ARPA
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Subject: Re: to live alone or not to live alone?
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Date: Thu, 12-Sep-85 14:16:00 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 12 14:16:00 1985
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Nf-From: uiucdcs.Uiuc.ARPA!bentrup    Sep 12 13:16:00 1985





When I was much younger I couldn't imagine living alone, much less
doing most anything by myself.  Of my 12 roommates, (not counting
the hordes of barracks' roommates that I 'existed' with while in
the military :-) ) four of these are VERY special friends 
(I knew only 1 before hand), and fortunately I've only endured
2 bozos (no doubt I was as big a bozo to them).  The nicest thing
about living with someone is that it provides a wonderful opportunity
to REALLY get to know them!  For me I could not have known them as
well without living with them and for that I'm much richer.

So why do I live alone now?  I think that as I have gotten older, 
I appreciate more the freedom of space and time that living alone allows. 
Selfish? Perhaps, but grad school does exact a price!  

In my own experience while I have had fair-to-wonderful times living
with another individual, group housing (once 3, another 4 individuals)
was always somewhat chaotic and for the most part someone always did
something (usually not intentionally but the results were the same) that
sent another person into a Mt St Helens routine.

John

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