You’re living in a townhouse as part of an apartment complex. The apartment complex has benefits such as a pool and hot tub, indoor gym, full size basketball court, a library, and a garden. You have 2 other roommate/coworkers, and you have 6 neighbor/coworkers. A Labor neutrality agreement is guaranteed, and both tenant unions and labor unions will be voluntarily recognized.
I just need a small room to myself with the only agreement being to keep things quiet. My last roommate situation was fine. We had a big common area, but he only used it on dates, mostly we just stayed in our rooms.
Language is a bit of problem. “Roommates” can mean literally sharing a room, or it can mean sharing an apartment with separate bedrooms.
yes! as a non-American I never understood what context this was…
room mate clearly means someone you’re bunking with …in the same room
a flat mate is someone living in another room in the same place!
As American who has heard the term flatmate, I’m strongly tempted to use it instead of the more ambiguous roommate…
We don’t do roommates. To us sharing a house is sharing a room.
That makes no sense at all…