My roommate is my Grandma, who is still acclimating to this country.
I was born and raised here, because my parents immigrated here before I came along.
It was only a few years ago that they finally convinced my Grandma to join us in the United States. She is still getting used to it, however after a lifetime there may not be a lot she can change. One thing she had a giant complication with is having guys in our apartment. Anyone outside of the family is considered suspect by her. This presented a complication recently when the central Heating and Air Conditioning plan stopped toiling, and I needed some emergency repairs. I called a local Heating and Air Conditioning dealer I have heard enjoyable thing about, and asked if they had a female tech they could send out. This was the easiest solution I could think of — to simply have a female Heating and Air Conditioning tech come and do the work. The complication was they had no female Heating and Air Conditioning techs, nor did the next more than one companies I called. In a bit of a snit, I posted about it on Facebook, and asked if the Heating and Air Conditioning industry was even allowed to hire ladies. This generated a dumpster fire in the comments section, however it also put myself and others in contact with a local person who was an Heating and Air Conditioning supplier. She was sheepish to inform myself and others that she didn’t have any female Heating and Air Conditioning techs at her dealer, either! But she was still Heating and Air Conditioning certified, and provided to come over and work on my plan personally, and do it free of charge.