Posted on 09/28/2025 10:35:48 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
I'm about to retire and, unless I get a couple of roomies, will be scratching to make ends meet if I don't open up other income sources (which I'm also working on). I'm only going to take top-tier roommates, because I'm allergic to drama.
Having some good roommates would also make it more feasible to travel cross country to visit family occasionally.
Blanche was a widow who inherited her husband’s money. Sophia was living in the retirement community when it burnt down.
Sweet.
Sweet.
Ah! Thanks for the correction!
She is lucky to have you as her Guardian Angel on Earth. :)
Talk to a local Realtor - they pre-screen for rental properties and might be able to do some roommate pre-screening for you.
The problem behind attempting this in real life is that the top hen pecks the hell out of her roommates creating the financial problems that would come with turnover until a house full of miserable controlled individuals wind up under the roof. Well, right up until the suicides or poisonings started.
Were it men they would be highly unlikely to be willing to get a group together and if they did they wouldnt want to live under “someone elses roof”. Unless one of them had a neat quirk then the place would get shut down by the health department.
I am aware of a situation where 3 unrelated old guys “lived together” successfully. They all lived in a shed in the woods with no running water and a wood stove to heat and cook. One really only came home at night because all day he was out fishing/hunting/trapping. The second was on the property buy spent almost all day tending the garden/chopping wood or in his fix it/invention shed. The third just sat in the shed reading or puttering around. They knew each other and were close friends for 60+ years. Unless a guy is born into a little rural village and spends his whole life there these kinds of relationships arent possible for most.
I go to St. Olaf Catholic Church in Minneapolis. One Holy Thursday (one of the holiest nights) I still had my “I gotta be the first one out of the church, itis”. So I sneaked out the side door. I set off the alarms. I was horrified. I went back into the church. It was pandemonium: gray haired ladies with walkers screaming, men pacing back and forth, people politely shoving. Then the outside doors burst open and the police come charging in with guns pointed. It was horrible.
I wrote a letter to the good Father, confessing what I had done. My mom said that he should send me back to a horrible church. Father agreed that I did cause “quite a commotion”, but he let me stay. I no longer need to be the first person out the door.
Given the choice, I would likely prefer the shed in the woods with friends option — if electricity and indoor plumbing can be added. And a PC with internet, of course.
Given the choice, I would likely prefer the shed in the woods with friends option — if electricity and indoor plumbing can be added. And a PC with internet, of course.
Good to see you again, HG!
The characters were flawed, and caricatures of a mature age group back in that decade.
But the basic concept of sharing living quarters with women you care about and get along with doesn’t seem terrible. Seems smart on a few levels.
Share finances in housing. Support in medical emergencies and situations. Possibly transportation.
Good thing this happened back when it did; Gray Haired Grannies are packing these days, LOL! ;)
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