The glow of a lightbulb (电灯泡)

How does it feel to live with a couple? Does one feel constantly left out or does one comfortably tunes them out in time? I wonder about this sometimes, watching q's and d's behavior in the house. It must be irritating to have us around, living in our own little world at times and trying to be part of theirs at others. I do wish we can live like cool Friends-style housemates, being comfortable with one another's quirks and not being awkward over something as simple as who's using the coffee table at a particular time. E.g. Person #1 is sitting at the coffee table, watching TV and sees Person #2 coming towards the table with a bowl of noodles. A sudden urge for over-the-edge politeness gets into Person #1 and he/she retreats from the coffee table, ceding the entire big-enough-for-four table to Person #2, just because it is the _polite_ thing to do. Argh! Real friends don't do that! In a real friendship, #2 would go, "Hey, mind scooting over a little?" and #1 would scoot over unhurriedly and reply, "That smells good! Mind if I try some?" Which got me thinking about why things are still awkward in the house... and that leads us back to the original question: Is being single and living in a house with a couple irksome? I dunnoe. It's good that d moved in, so that q has a companion to 'even the odds'. Let's work together so that it won't end up being the couple against the singles : )