If you were fortunate enough to have had the pleasure of rooming with your best friend/soulmate/other half.. (etc.) in college, when summer comes around, it's like the hardest breakup you've ever had to endure. From spending every waking minute together, day in and day out, to just have it all taken from you is like being forced into a three month hiatus. The separation anxiety is, at times, unbearable to cope with. You find yourself scrolling through your camera roll reliving memories with them, constantly tagging them in funny Tweets and Facebook posts, and sending them SnapChats belting out your favorite songs - that you used to belt out together :'(
You feel empty, like part of you is missing, and you find yourself counting down the days until you're reunited. Here are 11 things that happen when you're away from your roomie during summer vacation.
1. You experience massive separation anxiety.
Like…you obscenely miss them. Ready-to-curl-up-in-the-fetal-position-and-rock-yourself-to-sleep-until-you-are-reunited kind of missing them.
2. "Ugh I miss you so much. Can we be back at school already?" is a daily text message.
When you're not with each other 24/7, you can guarantee your phone is overflowing with messages declaring your love, and this empty pit of pain in your heart from missing them. *baby come back*
3. You no longer have a reason to keep your room clean...
or in some cases, not having someone to clean it for you.
4. Having only one closet to choose from is a real struggle.
You could always count on finding something to wear in your roomie's closet when yours failed you.
5. No one is there to rationalize your daily bizarre, crazy, and questionable thoughts.
Honestly, if anyone heard some of our conversations, I think they would genuinely be concerned for our well-being.
6. You don't have anyone to approve your outfit choices.
"Does this make me look fat? Would you tell me though?"
7. Jumping on the couches and dancing on the tables by yourself is kinda frowned upon.
There's no one to jump around and duet High School Musical with... I physically cannot be both Troy and Gabriella during "Breaking Free."
8. You aren’t waking up to someone just as miserable as you are every morning.
Rolling over every morning to see someone just as fed up and dreading leaving their precious bed just as much as you are makes it a little easier.
9. Your inside jokes are…just inside
Texting one another references to an inside joke at random moments throughout the day is a daily occurrence. You’ve also made the mistake of trying to explain some HILARIOUS joke to someone other than your roommate, only to see their completely unamused, confused, and disgusted face and realize, “Why aren’t you my roommate?!”
10. No one else can love you at your grossest the way that they do.
Remember that night you vomited all over yourself, and it got in your hair and you didn't shower or wash it out of your hair for two days? I would love to say you were a hot mess, but I think just mess would cover it. 100% judgement free zone, 100% of the time.
11. You actually have to do crunches to tone your abs now.
You never really had to worry about getting your planks in because your abs legitimately hurt from laughing so hard with the roomie. Seriously, you’ve actually been sore.
See ya in the Fall, roomie, to make some more questionable decisions :)
