Cohousing-L Mailing List: RE: Issues of Living in Cohousing

[Rob Sandelin (robsan]

Here are a few issues which seem to come up a fair amount in cohousing 
life. Call them Robs top 10 list for cohousing:

10. Community dinner - organization, kids behavior at, menu and food 
preferences
9. Meetings - number of.  Lets have a meeting to talk about the number 
of meetings??
8. Communication - where do we vent when something aint right?
7. Discovering personal attitudes - Recycle? Nah..........get out of my face.
6. Use of common areas for private gigs.  Can I have my high school 
reunion in the commonhouse? Glee club? Unitarian church? Ritual 
dwaridian sacrifice to the earth mother?
5. Noise - Can I chainsaw wood at 7am on Sunday? (not at Sharingwood you don't)
4. Kids - Parenting, childcare for, watching out over, disciplining 
kids not your own in common areas
3. Neighbors outside cohousing - We are not a commune.  Really!
2.  Pets - Get your !@#$#@! dog out of my flowers!
1. Strangers peering into your window - Oh hi! We are just passing 
through and wanted to look at this cohousing stuff I heard so much 
about.......(This really happened to me just last weekend)

Rob Sandelin
(wearing a robe now on Sunday Mornings cause you never know who is looking)
Sharingwood