# What do you do when you get the house to yourself? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 28, 2013, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-you-get-the-house-to-yourself/675034 "2013-11-28T22:34:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2013, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-you-get-the-house-to-yourself/675034/1 "2013-11-28T22:34:40Z")
I “do my business” with the door open. ---
**Author:** ![Inna\_Minnit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Inna\_Minnit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inna_Minnit)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2013, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-you-get-the-house-to-yourself/675034/2 "2013-11-28T22:47:18Z")
I live alone, so I have the house to myself all the time. I never close the bathroom door. During warm weather I’m pretty much naked all the time. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2013, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-you-get-the-house-to-yourself/675034/3 "2013-11-28T23:36:34Z")
If I ever get the house to myself, I’ll let you know. ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2013, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-you-get-the-house-to-yourself/675034/4 "2013-11-28T23:43:49Z")
I end up having the house to myself most of the time. The novelty wore off about 20 years ago. I do pretty much the same stuff I do when I don’t have the house to myself, except I talk to myself more. ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2013, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-you-get-the-house-to-yourself/675034/5 "2013-11-28T23:47:42Z")
> [@jabiru](#): > > If I ever get the house to myself, I’ll let you know. I’ll know if you don’t! ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2013, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-you-get-the-house-to-yourself/675034/6 "2013-11-28T23:52:35Z")
play loud music ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-you-get-the-house-to-yourself/675034/7 "2013-11-29T00:24:18Z")
Nap. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-you-get-the-house-to-yourself/675034/8 "2013-11-29T00:33:50Z")
It’s a rare occasion for me nowadays, so I go all Risky Business: play the stereo loud, sing to the cats, run around in my underwear, watch TV shows my family would mock…okay, pretty much just the very beginning of Risky Business, but it passes for fun for me nowadays. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-you-get-the-house-to-yourself/675034/9 "2013-11-29T04:06:29Z")
I work at home, and my partner lives next door. This means that I’m alone with the 2 cats most of the time. I can pretty much work when I want, eat when I want, sleep when I want. And I don’t think the main bathroom door has been closed in 8 years. ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-you-get-the-house-to-yourself/675034/10 "2013-11-29T04:12:02Z")
Clean. Read in the living room with the cats. Make eggs. Haul away hoarder loot. Listen to music on headphones knowing nobody is going to scare me to death by shaking me to ask me why I’m listening to music on headphones. ---
**Author:** ![Sateryn76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Sateryn76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sateryn76)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-you-get-the-house-to-yourself/675034/11 "2013-11-29T04:14:08Z")
Seriously, I’m the first to say it? Masturbate. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-you-get-the-house-to-yourself/675034/12 "2013-11-29T05:51:31Z")
I order fried chicken and play Diablo 3 all day. ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-you-get-the-house-to-yourself/675034/13 "2013-11-29T08:20:24Z")
Pee with the door open. > [@SiXSwordS](#): > > I “do my business” with the door open. Dammit, beaten by the OP! ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-you-get-the-house-to-yourself/675034/14 "2013-11-29T09:07:26Z")
I do pretty much the same thing as when my husband is around, except that I have to pay more attention to the cats. That’s not my choice. I mean, I love the kitties, but each of them requires a lot of individual attention, and when my husband is home, he does his share of kitty petting. He’s leaving to go on a hunting trip in about four hours. Then it’s gonna be just me and the cats until Sunday evening. I hope we all survive. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-you-get-the-house-to-yourself/675034/15 "2013-11-29T15:55:24Z")
> [@Sateryn76](#): > > Seriously, I’m the first to say it? > > Masturbate. Like a motherfuck! ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-you-get-the-house-to-yourself/675034/16 "2013-11-29T16:12:43Z")
This is odd. Having a small, brilliant and easily bored child in the house most of the time, the great luxury of being alone is being able to actually **close** the bathroom door for once, and not having to crane my neck listening to make sure nothing important is being disassembled while I sit there. I also watch grown-up TV shows. You know, the shows like HIMYM, Big Bang Theory and Sleepy Hollow which are either so creepy or so given to foul language thta I can’t take the risk she’s out of bed and sneaking around the house while I’m watching them. Eat chocolate and peanut butter, and garlic, all the things that smell like death on a cracker to Celtling. Catch up on the laundry. I _really_ need to find some fun, don’t I? ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-you-get-the-house-to-yourself/675034/17 "2013-11-29T16:27:17Z")
Sing. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-you-get-the-house-to-yourself/675034/18 "2013-11-29T17:10:15Z")
> [@Sateryn76](#): > > Seriously, I’m the first to say it? > > Masturbate. > [@SiXSwordS](#): > > I “do my business” with the door open. Perhaps you misread the OP. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SerafinaPekala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@SerafinaPekala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SerafinaPekala)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-you-get-the-house-to-yourself/675034/19 "2013-11-29T17:59:43Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > I work at home, and my partner lives next door. \ This is the perfect setup. How did you arrange this? Ive suggested many many times that DH and I get a duplex or split the present huge house into “his” and “hers” zones. Separate everything except a common bedroom, and even then, a separate bedroom is nice for sick days or snoring loudly. We get along fine when traveling (neutral territory) but we are each too territorial for sharing spaces long term. I need my areas for my business undisturbed. Creativity cant be scheduled, even tho we do arrange for certain areas to be used for block times. Grrr. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2013, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-you-get-the-house-to-yourself/675034/20 "2013-12-01T16:29:29Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Perhaps you misread the OP. 😃 I think \*you \*misread. He’s talking about the front door! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-when-you-get-the-house-to-yourself/675034.md?page=2)