Category Archives: marriage and cohousing

How cohousing is like a marriage or anything marriage

Guest Blog Post – I’m not the only one!

Posted on May 28, 2022 by CJ

Whenever I think I just had a “bad experience” as two cohousers have told me, I think of my friend all the way across the country. She moved into a cohousing that is over 10 years old, so mine being … Continue reading →

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Cohousing is like marriage

Posted on September 5, 2021 by CJ

I have heard many cohousers compare cohousing to marriage. It is true! Like marriage, no one can explain to you what it is really like. They also don’t tend to.  It depends on each couple anyhow and there are over … Continue reading →

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I’m free, unlike others in sister wives (polygamous marriages) or cohousing intentional communities

Posted on April 19, 2021 by CJ

I’m still going through my binge watching of Sister Wives. I totally see how I got my desire – I lived the same way they are (well except the sex with the same man which I still want to know … Continue reading →

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I Want A Sister Wife!

Posted on April 17, 2021 by CJ

Ever since the TLC show Sister Wives began I wanted to live like that!  I wasn’t interested in the belief system, though I respect their religion, or to be married to one man and share him, but I wanted the … Continue reading →

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Like, Marriage: cohousing – do we expect too much?

Posted on March 17, 2021 by CJ

I’ve been thinking about what we are told about cohousing. How it will provide us a community. But is it what we each expect? Everyone’s ideas of community are different. Today I saw this article in my search engine about … Continue reading →

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