Most girls think that living in a house filled with so many other girls is a dreadful idea. Who wants to share a bathroom with 25 other people? What if all the showers are being taken when you’re trying to get clean? Not to mention, when you’ve gotta go to the bathroom, you’ve really gotta go, so the idea of waiting in line at your own house to do your thing does not sound inviting…
Well, let me tell you, not one of those things happened to me while I lived in my sorority house for an entire year. As a matter of fact, I loved it more then I ever thought I would and when move-out day arrived, I found myself never wanting to leave the group of girls I just shared the same roof with for eight months.
1. You have three times as many closets as you did before.
Who doesn’t love being able to walk across the hall or down a set of stairs to borrow a sister's top because you’ve been wearing the same outfit out to the bars almost every weekend?
2. There is always someone to spend time with.
Don’t like to be alone? There are plenty of doors to knock on in search of someone to do something with. Whether you want to find a study buddy or someone to craft with, I promise you there is someone in that house you will be able to hangout with.
3. But you can still find the time to be alone when you need it.
You thought that moving out of the dorms would mean you'd never have to share a room with someone again... Wrong. Living in the sorority house, of course it's cheaper rent to share a room with one or two other people. You and your roommate(s) don’t have the exact same classes or schedules that you both have to follow. While your roommate is in calculus, you can continue to binge-watch your favorite Netflix series until you have to get ready for your own class.
4. Someone always has something that you don’t.
Besides the numerous wardrobes, there’s always someone who will lend you some notecards or borrow their shampoo and conditioner until you can afford more, because we all have that time when our bank account is nearing the negatives...
5. There is always someone to hug you when you’re having your weekly mental breakdown.
Mental breakdowns seem to be a “thing” for every college girl. Who better to cry with, and contemplate becoming a high-end pole dancer when you think you’re life is coming to an end because you just failed your second biology exam with than someone you can walk across the hall to?
6. Feeling homesick? There’s someone to help with that, too.
We all get homesick. Who better to turn to than someone who’s been where you are? It might be an old picture that popped up on your computer screen or a long phone conversation with your best friend from back home, but no matter what triggered your sudden homesick feeling, there’s always someone to lean on to remind you why you’re where you are right now.
7. There is always someone to get ready with.
It’s a rare night in the house when all the girls are going out,. The bathroom is full of jittery girls and hot hair irons. The music is blaring and you’re all rocking out to Jesse McCartney’s “Beautiful Soul” before you all take on that huge frat party that everyone’s been waiting all week for.
8. There is someone in the house that you will become close with that you never thought you would.
You might not like to study as much as the girl who lives in the room next to yours, but who would have thought that because of her, you actually love learning?
9. Don’t want to go out? There is always someone who’d rather stay in and order pizza with.
Not everyone loves to go out every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. So you got in a fight with your boyfriend but you know he’s going to be at the party that everyone else is going to? There’s going to be someone in that house who’s willing to do absolutely nothing with you while enjoying a nice large pizza.
10. You learn to value the presence of so many different personalities coming together.
You’re living in a house full of so many girls, so many different girls. After living together for an entire school year, you learn to love living with so many different people. There’s the sister who has the dry humor that you enjoy on your sad days, and there’s the sister who always wants to go out and tries to get everyone in the house to go out with her. There’s the sister who’s always studying, and there’s the sister who can’t seem to focus on studying for the life of her. There’s the sister who loves to adventure outside, and there’s the sister who loves to binge-watch almost anything on Netflix. Needless to say, there are so many different types of girls you’re choosing to live with, and while that may sound like a bad thing initially, you learn to value and appreciate being able to spend so much time with people who aren’t exactly like yourself.
