TORONTO - Roommates Li Jiang and Elaine Jongsma are 31 years apart in age, but they have much in common.

Their late November birthdays fall one day away from one another, and celebrations are set for this weekend.

They love debriefing after first dates, lingering in each other’s doorways to chat about the day’s events, and biking.

And, they both spent many years after being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease trying to hide it.

But now, Jongsma said, “We can just be ourselves.”

Jiang, 35, doesn’t bat an eye when Jongsma, 66, crawls around the house on her knees in the morning before her medication kicks in, and there’s no judgment when Jiang cries without any emotional trigger, one of the symptoms she experiences with her young-onset Parkinson’s.

The pair got to know each other at a c

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