Would I want to be your roommate?

Be honest: could we split rent without one of us quietly losing it? Pick your little habits and find out.

  • Question of

    It’s your turn to take out the trash. The bag is full-full.

    • I take it out before it becomes a situation
    • I do it, but add it to our chore rotation after
    • I’ll do it later tonight, promise
    • I compress it down one more time first
    • I simply cannot see it right now
  • Question of

    Your ideal Tuesday night at home:

    • Dinner, shower, cozy little reset
    • Catch up on life stuff, then one episode
    • Headphones on, door mostly closed
    • Someone comes over and suddenly it’s 1 a.m.
  • Question of

    A roommate texts “can we talk when you’re home?”

    • I ask if everything’s okay and make time
    • I immediately assume we need a system
    • I need at least an hour to emotionally prepare
    • I panic, then send a meme
    • I consider changing my name and moving
  • Question of

    Choose a shared-space rule.

    • Replace what you finish
    • Clean up after yourself within 24 hours
    • Knock before entering bedrooms, always
    • Guests are welcome; just give a heads-up
  • Question of

    The kitchen counter currently has:

    • A fruit bowl and maybe one clean mug
    • A few things, but they’re being handled
    • My things on my side, their things on theirs
    • Receipts, chargers, cups, a tiny ecosystem
    • I don’t know. I avoid looking too closely
  • Question of

    You accidentally use the last of someone’s oat milk.

    • I replace it that day
    • I text them and add it to the grocery list
    • I offer mine until they get more
    • I say sorry with deep theatrical sincerity
  • Question of

    Your door is usually:

    • Open-ish, come say hi
    • Closed when I’m busy, otherwise normal
    • Closed, but not in a personal way
    • Open because I lost track of where I was going
    • Closed, locked, spiritually elsewhere
  • Question of

    A tiny houseplant on the windowsill is dying.

    • I make a care schedule and save it
    • I water it if I notice it needs help
    • I ask whose plant it is before intervening
    • It becomes part of the apartment lore
  • Question of

    How do you handle noise?

    • I naturally keep it reasonable
    • I’m happy to agree on quiet hours
    • Headphones are my love language
    • I get loud when I’m having fun, admittedly
    • I’m either silent or inexplicably blasting music
  • Question of

    Moving day ends. What are you doing first?

    • Ordering food for both of us and unpacking essentials
    • Labeling shelves before we forget
    • Making my room feel like mine
    • Sitting on the floor with friends and takeout
    • Realizing I packed zero spoons and spiraling a little

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