Re: The family in the cellar

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prd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> In article <MPG.22962d7badbf92139898ac@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> netcat@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (netcat) wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 
> > I'm sure you've lived at least part of your life with one or more 
> > people, or did you get your own place right after you were born?
> 
> Well, when I was living with my parents, I was a child, and the
> relationship was different to that between two adults, I guess.  When I
> was at university, I was in a hall of residence - room to my self, but
> that was it.  Some people didn't invite other people into their rooms,
> but they were usually considered odd, but I suppose the cleaners got in,
> as they had a pass key.  When I first moved to London, I lived in
> hostel accommodation, which meant two men sharing a very small room -
> no room for secrets there.  But then I bought my own flat, and I've
> been living on my own ever since, apart from having my brother stay
> with me for a few months, and I never went into his room unless invited,
> and he could have easily been bringing all sorts of stuff back and I'd
> never have noticed.
> 

But the difference there is, I presume, that sometimes you were invited, 
and he did not threaten you with repercussions if you would have gone in 
without invitation.

rgds,
netcat