Workbook
The Roommate Workbook
A Binding Agreement for Adults Who Share Housing — Not a Guide for Teenagers in Dorms
The conflict did not start with the dishes. It started with the conversation no one had.
For the adult sharing housing with someone who is not a romantic partner — who wants to prevent the resentment that builds when expectations about noise, guests, cleaning, and shared space go unspoken.
The Name It First Experience
The problems that end shared housing are almost never about rent. They are about expectations each person assumed were shared and discovered were not. This workbook is the conversation every adult who shares a home needs to have and almost never does. You will document your real expectations, negotiate where they differ, and sign what you agreed to. The output is The Roommate Shared Agreement: a practical document covering what no lease does.
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Sample questions
- What is already working in this living situation — the things that are going right that are worth naming before you get into what is not?
- What expectation did you bring into this living arrangement that has turned out to be unspoken and is now creating friction?
- What would The Roommate Agreement need to cover — specifically and in writing — for everyone in this household to feel like the arrangement is actually fair?
Research basis
Gottman Institute research on explicit expectation-setting in shared living / Deutsch conflict resolution theory on cooperative vs. competitive framing / Kenyon and Koerner on household norm negotiation and roommate satisfaction
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