Jesse Mclaughlin
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Jesse McLaughlin and Lisa Harbin relax in their Arlington apartment. They share housekeeping duties, and he says he actually enjoys doing dishes by hand. Ms. Harbin has had her share of bad roommate experiences but also had a roommate in college whose habits were very different from hers but became a close friend. Being a roommate can teach how to get along with others.
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ROD LAMKEY JR./THE WASHINGTON TIMES Jesse McLaughlin serenades his roommate and girlfriend, Lisa Harbin, in their Arlington apartment. He's a finalist in Apartments.com's ongoing national Roommate of the Year contest. He helps keep the apartment clean and is considerate and always on time with the rent, the opposite of the roommate from hell pop culture sometimes depicts.
