A friend of the family has just moved to the city where I live and is staying with me while she searches for a more permanent place of residence. While she does that, I get to vicariously experience what it is like to go through interview after interview with potential roommates. It’s a tricky process because people are all looking for basically the same things in a roommate but they make judgments about little things that may not matter all that much when it really comes down to living with someone.

Ultimately, people just want a roommate who is respectful and reasonable, someone who will pay bills on time and deal with conflicts in the household in a way that matches that of the other people living there. But since everyone is basically looking for that, the decision about who to live with comes down to the little things.

The friend who is doing the searching ruled out a home recently because she noticed that the aromatherapy jar candles in the bathroom and kitchen were natural soy wax candles. In her mind, soy jar candles means that the home will be a little too "hippie" or "organic" or "natural" for her. That may or may not be true but it was enough to rule out the home for her.

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