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Personal Narrative: Roommate

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Significant other: Roommate. I decided to do it with my roommate because, even though I have a boyfriend and that would've worked out perfectly with the marriage agreement, he lives in another country. Therefore, I think that doing it with my roommate is a good idea because I share a lot with her since we live together.

What she said when I told her about the assignment: She replied, "Is this for a grade?" It was funny because she couldn't believe that this was a real assignment. Her major is biomedical sciences so she expects homework to be related to numbers or to write papers. I had to explain her the Marriage Agreement by Alix and Martin. Also, some terms we've used in the class before. Finally, she agreed on helping me out.

Tasks or chores that caused the most disagreement: The task that caused the most disagreement was the one on which we have to report to maintenance if there's any problem in the apartment (we added this one). I claimed that she should do this all the time because my English is not perfect and I struggle a lot; I can't express my ideas very well. She said that that's not fair because calling maintenance requires a lot of time due to the bureaucratic procedures the owners of the apartment complex have established (calling, paper filling, staying at the apartment while they fix the problem, etc.). We finally decided that the person who discovers the problem will call first. …show more content…

In other words, one day I'll do it and then the next day she'll do it, then me again, and so

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