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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t get the concept that singles use less of the common areas than couples with kids? Are you in a 15 person house with one couch?  I guess I’m assuming no one would unilaterally take over a common space (and that adults get seating preferences over kids for example). Otherwise a house that fits 5 sets of people should have enough space for them to comfortably exist without confining themselves to bedrooms only.[/quote]

Singles use less simply because in general parents tend to let their kids take precedent in group common rooms.  So eight kids will be taking up couches, TV, floor space for games and puzzles, while the singleton is in one chair trying to read a magazine. Not saying either party is in the wrong, just pointing out that the kids *will* take over and use more of the common spaces.[/quote]

eh, the singles aren't all such sticks in the mud.  They are right in there playing air hockey and video games with the kids.  They play in the pool and eat snacks in the kitchen, too.

This idea that a single person is quietly off in some far corner of the room reading a magazine while the parents in the house allow their children to take over the living space is silly.

Anyone who complains that the rest of the family isn't getting their sh!t together fast enough, is not meekly sitting off to the side while everyone else has fun.[/quote]

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