Three’s company? Couple lives with friend

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Couple Allie Gilmet and Shane Spring don’t consider three a crowd.

Gilmet, a Roger City junior, and Spring have lived together since the beginning of last school year. They now live in a three bedroom apartment in Lexington Ridge with Lindsey Trujillo.

The couple had a third roommate lined up who was a mutual friend, but she transferred so they had to find someone else through a roommate matching website.

“We found a single girl to live with us,” Gilmet said. “She’s pretty down to earth and said she doesn’t find us too annoying.”

Trujillo graduated from Ferris last year and is an X-ray technician. She said the couple is not overbearing and always invites her to do things with them.

“We haven’t had any problems and I don’t get annoyed with them,” Trujillo said. “Allie and I go shopping together and watch our TV shows together.”

Spring said he thought it would be good to live with a couple if the person knows the couple, but otherwise it could be awkward.

Davison junior Jeff McGuire said he thinks it would be easier to live with a couple he knew, but he would still be uncomfortable.

“I feel like I would be the third wheel in my own apartment,” McGuire said. “If I had to I would live with another couple, but it wouldn’t be my first choice or even my second choice.”

Wyandotte senior John Barry said he would only live with another couple if they were in an open relationship.

“You know, if I could get in on some of the action,” he said.

Spring said the couple dated for a long time and had been around each other a lot before they decided to live together.

“I’ve been going to Central since I was a freshman, and he transferred here to Mid Michigan (Community College),” Gilmet said. “We both needed places to stay and we figured we might as well live together since we get along pretty well and we figured we’d be better roommates for each other than someone else.”

Gilmet said they have plenty of time to themselves and they have not had any major arguments.

“The good thing about living with him is just that we love spending time with each other and we enjoy each other’s company. It’s nice to always have that other person there,” Gilmet said. “Sometimes we can get on each other’s nerves, but it’s never really gotten to the point of us getting really irritated with each other.”

They plan to continue living together as long as things keep going well, she said.

Gilmet and Spring are in different programs and although they have a similar morning schedule, Spring goes to class every night.

“We get to hang out a little bit during the day, but he has to leave every night for class,” she said. “It’s kind of hectic during the week so we don’t get to see each other as much.”

She said she thinks it is a good idea to live with your significant other as long as the couple gets along and they trust each other.

Spring said one of the cons of living with his girlfriend is sometimes it is difficult to spend time alone, but that he has his own space where he can go if he wants to.

Spring said the arrangement was good because the two of them do not have to drive long distances to see each other.

“For how much time we spend together, it makes sense for us to live with each other,” Spring said. “You don’t have two separate rents and you get to be together instead of me having to go out and see her every weekend.”