Not only did I
have a housemother for 2 years...I
was a housemother for a year. (Free room and board plus spending money for a year of grad school is tough to beat!)
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Someone who stays drunk 24/7 so you can do your own thing? (Don't laugh - I know of one!)
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Our housemother when I lived in could possibly fit that description. She made buddies with a few of the other housemothers on campus, and they used to do regular happy hours. But, I didn't have too many complaints about her - she was a fun person and let us do our own thing for the most part. Was there for all the required events (house tours during recruitment, etc.), but otherwise didn't get in our business too much. As long as we weren't blatantly violating the rules, of course.
I think that when I was housemother, I erred a little by being too friendly with the girls. If I had it to do all over again, I would have kept a little more distance. Sure, I really liked them and enjoyed their company, but it made it more difficult to be objective when I needed to be.