Yet it is precisely the privilege of Dillard's background that she knew would clip her wings and force another life
upon her: the country club and its obsessive cultivation of a suntan; years of dancing school and white cotton gloves; the fate of young ladies to
take custody of unquestioned codes, to be «vigilantes of the trivial,» to accept their destiny («to marry Holden Caulfield's
roommate, and buy a house in Point Breeze, and send our children to dancing school»)
Some choose to divide rent evenly, others may agree
upon different rent rates based on room size, or if a homeowner is adding
roommates, they may choose to
take on a larger portion of their own mortgage.