In a surprisingly tender story out of Brooklyn, NY, roommates Ysabel Conway and Gabby Tyler can’t afford to live on their own, and thus, have inadvertently begun to grow old together. “I don’t really know how it started,” Ysabel told reporters. “One day, I was browsing open rooms on Craigsli
  • mynameisigglepiggle@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    In all seriousness, I moved out with my step sister shortly after finishing school and it was actually a really functional relationship, even though was a very dysfunctional human being.

    You had the companionship of a close friend, that didn’t have the traditional responsibilities of family - our parents only got together about 2 years before we moved out - but because it wasn’t romantic we could still pursue a love life independently without the jealousy or desperation you might otherwise have. It also helped that I’m a cis male and she is a lesbian - so we had similar interests in that way.

    We lived together for two years and I sort of count it as one of my “serious” relationships - I had 2, 2 year+ relationships before this, and the next one was my wife - who I met at the next share house!