Your Totally Cool New Roommate

If you ever get the chance to rent an apartment with your best friend, run. Fast. Trust us on this one: if you don’t, you will soon discover why his brothers and sisters don’t think he’s nearly as cool as you do. It’s one thing to be friends when you see each other for a few hours at a time, then go home. It’s another thing entirely when you live in the same apartment, split the rent, renters insurance, and groceries.

We know it seems like a good idea right now. Renting an apartment with your best friend probably seems like the best idea of all time. But have you ever noticed that most of the “best friends” in their 30s and up didn’t rent an apartment together? There’s a good reason for that. Most friendships don’t survive the close proximity that living together in an apartment forces on you.

While it might seem like a lot of fun to spend all of your time with your best friend, here are some of the best reasons why you should avoid it at all costs:

• Best friends aren’t easy to come by. Really, your friendship is great the way it is. Leave it that way.
• Money tears apart more good friends than women. It might seem like a good idea to share expenses on paper. And who can you trust if not your best friend? The problem is that if you do run into problems splitting costs like rent, renters insurance, and utilities, it can really put a strain on your friendship.
• Three’s a crowd. Speaking of women, it’s a bugger when one of you has a girlfriend and the other one doesn’t. It’s one thing to tell your roommate to get lost for a night, but when he’s also your best friend, you could be causing problems for your friendship. Worse yet, you could be the one being told to get lost while your roommate has the make out session.
• Everyone eventually has roommate problems. Do you really want these to be friend problems as well?

Trust us, if you want to keep your friendship intact, you don’t want to live together. Think about it: have you ever seen a couple of any sort that actually wants to be around each other after a couple of years of living together? We didn’t think so.

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