Living arrangements

Well I’ve been thinking lately about living arrangements and I’m torn. I’m currently living with my mum and two sisters in my mum’s house. I pay my mum $100 for board which covers my food, power, telephone line.. everything!

My other option, which would be fun, is to go flatting with Rob (and maybe his sister) when he gets back from America. I’d love that! We’d have so much fun and be able to cope on a daily basis easily. I know Rob’s sister, Anna, is lovely and she cooks and cleans so we could share it around (I haven’t talked to her about it, she might not want to flat with me!! lol) and it should go pretty easy.
But, I don’t think I’d be able to afford it all! Plus I would feel some sort of guilt for leaving my mum’s home. I don’t know if she’d be upset or whatever. But recently my sister was talking of going flatting and my mum didn’t seem too happy. But it’s my life, so if I really wanted to move out I would.
Fun bits would be living with Rob and having friends over. For example; some friends, Rob and I are going out to dinner on Friday night and I’d love to invite them over for a drink and chat beforehand. But there’s no room here.

However, the accounting side of me doesn’t want to pay some ‘random’ my money for rent. I’d rather pay my mum (who intern pays off her mortgage). Because the house will one day be left to my sisters and I, and the less debt on it the better. Or I’d rather buy a house and live in it with flatmates and they pay rent to cover the mortgage. So all I have to pay is part of the power, insurance, rates and my share of the food. BUT if I do that plan… it’s not going to happen for about three years. As I’m studying so can’t save up for a deposit for a house. So you see the pickle I’m in?

But anyway if it happened it would be next year, 2007, as Rob isn’t back until November so no point going flatting now. But also Rob will be studying next year! He offered to pay for things for me if we were flatting, but I can’t do that to him, especially if he’s studying! So I’ll just go with the flow I guess, see what happens between now and January 2007.