Sharing a room with the Opposite Sex for Cheaper Rent

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How common is this? I accepted a proposal to do this on a short term basis due to financial + time constraints, and it seemed rather reasonable as the room is 20m². I haven't lived in the same bedroom as anyone else since first year of uni, but it went ok then. After the initial relief of finding a place to live, anxiety sets in.

Now my friends and family tell me I am crazy, and I feel as if everyone I tell looks at me strangely as if I am some kind of libertine, liar, or schmuck. Is this such a strange situation? It does seem a bit awkward and I am racking my brains for solutions to the lack of privacy (japanese-style divide in the middle, huge sheets draped across?) but perhaps in vain. The most annoying thing, though, is that the rent is only slight less than the average rent for a smaller but one-person only room with flatmates in the city.

Reactions, stories, advice?

― possibly naive, Friday, 24 February 2006 14:24 (twenty years ago)

Avoid farting in bed, get dressed in the bathroom, keep things tidy, and don't invite people back. In the short term you should be able to live with all this, assuming they have a similar respect for your person. The fact they are of the opposite sex shouldn't make a vast difference - it certainly doesn't have to.

― Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 24 February 2006 14:26 (twenty years ago)

it'll end in tears, that's all i'll say.

― not-goodwin (not-goodwin), Friday, 24 February 2006 14:34 (twenty years ago)

I'm assuming separate beds?

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Friday, 24 February 2006 14:40 (twenty years ago)

if you shared a room your first year at uni, you've likely mastered the art of clandestinely rubbing one out. You'll be fine.

― Will (will), Friday, 24 February 2006 14:47 (twenty years ago)

There is no such thing as a silent wank.

― stu (stu), Friday, 24 February 2006 14:49 (twenty years ago)

Don't get drunk and try to climb into the other person's bed.

― James Ward (jamesmichaelward), Friday, 24 February 2006 14:50 (twenty years ago)

Hmm, I wouldn't.
You can never value your own privacy too highly...
Gx

― George C, Friday, 24 February 2006 14:51 (twenty years ago)

Don't get drunk and try to climb into the other person's bed.
do, and blame the drink.

― not-goodwin (not-goodwin), Friday, 24 February 2006 14:52 (twenty years ago)

The key question is whether you are a hettie and whether they are a hottie.

― Dave B (daveb), Friday, 24 February 2006 14:55 (twenty years ago)

fucking mentalism. don't do it, ever.

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Friday, 24 February 2006 14:56 (twenty years ago)

xpost
drink will help you decide.

― not-goodwin (not-goodwin), Friday, 24 February 2006 14:57 (twenty years ago)

Spaced to thread.

― tissp! (the impossible shortest specia), Friday, 24 February 2006 15:00 (twenty years ago)

And another thing, assuming you're a guy, don't go getting any funny ideas cause there's no way a woman would invite you to share her room if she fancied you.

― stu (stu), Friday, 24 February 2006 15:03 (twenty years ago)

Hmm, then again if you ARE a woman, there's no way a guy would invite you to share his room unless he thought he was in with a chance.

― stu (stu), Friday, 24 February 2006 15:06 (twenty years ago)

You're a genius, you will be OK though you may have fucked up this time, etc etc

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Friday, 24 February 2006 15:10 (twenty years ago)

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Sharing a room with the Opposite Sex for Cheaper Rent - Crazy / Dumbassery?