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Do you have roommates? Do you own a car? Do you have a child?
by x2f10 7y ago
Do you have roommates? Do you own a car? Do you have a child?
- povertyworld 7y agoRoommates. No car. No kids.
- chrisseaton 7y agoWhen an American says they have roommates, do they literally mean they share a bedroom with another adult they're not romantically involved with? Or does 'room' mean the whole apartment?
- povertyworld 7y agoShared kitchen and bathroom. It's not ideal, but it's also not worth paying twice as much in rent for exclusive use of those two rooms that I only need for an hour a day or less.
- dgzl 7y agoTypically roommates have their own rooms. Sometimes that's not the case.
- antisthenes 7y agoNeither one. It could be a separate room with a shared kitchen.
- hacker_123 7y agoIn college, everyone used roommate for someone in the same bedroom and apartment-mate or suite-mate for someone in the same unit. For us, a suite lacked a kitchen and living room, but did share a bathroom. As others have said, roommate generally just means living in the same apartment. It's a weird term though, in that I wouldn't use "room" to refer to an entire apartment.