"Dorming" in college is difficult. There are so many roommate horror stories out there. Most of the time these are because someone decided to room with their best friend. But sometimes living with your best friend is just a pain. Here are 10 reasons why you should never room with your best friend in college or beyond.
1. Cuddling after a rough day is totally overrated.
Too much love after a long day is not what I need. I don’t need my friends paying attention to me.
2. Too many closets.
Its hard to narrow down what I want to wear in the morning when I have three closets to choose from. It’s much easier when you just have to worry about one.
3. You’ll never walk to the kitchen alone.
When it’s 2 A.M. and I’m starving I like to walk through my dark dorm basement to make Easy Mac alone. It makes me feel alive. Your roomie will never let you go alone.
4. Sharing textbooks.
I didn’t actually need that extra 500 dollars. I’d much rather buy my own textbook and read it once. I would hate to borrow my roommate's and use it when she’s not.
5. Holidays together are the worst.
It’s like going home for Christmas/Chanukah/ what ever it is you celebrate. Who wants to celebrate the holidays with people anyway?
6. Having someone there for every life milestone.
I just want to be happy by myself, okay?! Constantly having them there to support you is exhausting.
7. Their significant other becomes your significant other.
When your best friends Sig-O starts to buy you pizza, you know you’ve reached this point. Suddenly "Table for three" becomes the new norm and none of you are quite sure how it happened.
8. They can get you into trouble.
You can’t avoid some of the shenanigans they want to get into. You have to participate with them.
"Can we keep a cat in our room?"
"WOW what a great idea! What should we name it?"
9. Getting ready to go out on the weekends takes forever.
Swapping outfits and borrowing dresses and doing each other's makeup takes so long. It would be much easier to do it on your own.
10. You’re completely lost when you move out and don’t see them every day.
Adjusting to not seeing your best friend everyday is like adjusting to college as a freshman. Everything seems foreign, different, and empty without them.
