Why I No Longer Hate Living With Flatmates in a House Share

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Why I No Longer Hate Living With Flatmates in a House Share

Living in Brighton on entry level salaries has never been easy and I have never had the chance to live alone. I have lived in a flat share and I have seen the craziest things. I have seen flatmates pull some illegal stunts and I have seen their friends do some crazy things and for a while it didn’t feel safe but ever since a certain point everyone has felt safe. And it feels good to be here. I still have always wished I live alone too. Apart from when I have nightmares. Then boy am I so glad they are home. I just realised the nightmares have stopped. They were so bad for a while. Especially the last year. I would wake up consistently every day with the lights on. And I would have no recollection of turning them on.
Things peaked when I tried to break a door down in my sleep on Christmas Day… yep you read that correctly. Luckily the pain woke me up. It’s not the first time something like this has happened but thankfully it wasn’t more than the third. The worst part about my nightmares was that I would never really remember them.

But this is not why. Today I was in the kitchen with my beautiful magical flatmate. And just out of nowhere to me she said

“You are strong. You can do this.”

And then she walked out of the kitchen 

And it was just when I was telling her about my work 

Amazing. Mesmerising. I have got this

I have got this 

That made all of those years of living in flat-shares worth it

That has made it worth it

Thank you 

Bye I’m off to be brilliant and smash this yo 
A photo of switzerland in the snow
Remember the plan 

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