Lolly Adefope

It wasn't until a few years ago, when I was going through old Facebook pictures with a friend, and happened upon a photo of a monkey at a zoo that had been tagged as me by an old housemate, that I realized I'd normalized so much racism.

Refers to someone you live with but not necessarily share a family or romantic relationship with.

Living Arrangement

Housemates might simply be co-inhabitants with little social interaction outside sharing living spaces.

Not Always Friends

Implies that there's an unwritten or formal agreement to share household duties and expenses.

Shared Responsibilities

 and calabash pipe, and figures such as his best friend and housemate Doctor Watson, arch-nemesis Moriarty, and housekeeper Mrs. Hudson have become part of the popular consciousness, as have his extraordinary, infallible powers of deduction utilized in the name of the law,