11-29-2007, 02:40 PM
I don't get this. He is your room mate. It is your computer.
It's okay to share the bathroom; share the bills; hell share a box of Cheerios. But why the need to share a computer?
Look; you're worried about it already. What happens if you give him an account and there's a problem down the road? Are you going to wonder if he had something to do with it?
My computer is my territory. Period. That's just the way it has to be. My wife and daughters have their own. When a new computer comes into the house; the older model gets passed down. But if something goes haywire on mine; I only have myself to blame for it.
Just lay down the law to the roommate. Like jimmypoo said; tell him to get his own cheap PC or tell him to go to the library if he needs access to a computer.
This right here is the reason I could have never had a roommate. The lines of ownership and respect for other's feelings disappear.
Good luck.
It's okay to share the bathroom; share the bills; hell share a box of Cheerios. But why the need to share a computer?
Look; you're worried about it already. What happens if you give him an account and there's a problem down the road? Are you going to wonder if he had something to do with it?
My computer is my territory. Period. That's just the way it has to be. My wife and daughters have their own. When a new computer comes into the house; the older model gets passed down. But if something goes haywire on mine; I only have myself to blame for it.
Just lay down the law to the roommate. Like jimmypoo said; tell him to get his own cheap PC or tell him to go to the library if he needs access to a computer.
This right here is the reason I could have never had a roommate. The lines of ownership and respect for other's feelings disappear.
Good luck.