As a younger person i always went flatting as we call it here, sharing a house with a group of others, i only ever lived alone with my son when my first marriage ended and that was a long time for almost nine years, and NO i did not enjoy that experience one little bit, I was often paranoid at night, hearing every little creek in the house and scared, it became a real problem for me and often ended up having many sleepless night, i would never ever want to be alone again and hope not to be.