They are the ones that you laugh with, you cry with, you fight with, and you live with. Roomies can make or break you, and whether or not you want to believe it, there are some things that just inevitably come with the territory of identifying as a "roommate."
1. The microwave is never clean.
Don't even bother scrubbing that thing.
2. Hairballs do not even phase you anymore.
Honestly, it's surprising that no one is bald yet with all of the hair loss accumulating on the floor.
3. Your business is everyone's business.
Need I say more?
4. Going to get food, without asking all of your housemates first to come with, is out of the question.
If one binge eats junk food, we all binge eat junk food.
5. Pulling someone else's underwear from the dryer is no big deal.
You might even fold it for them, depending on how generous you're feeling that day.
6. You can recognize who it is by their footsteps.
You never knew you were such a super sleuth until you moved in with others.
7. If someone gets a package, you immediately feel the need to open it for them.
I must know what is inside this miscellaneous box right now. They would want me to know right now.
8. The 24-hour dish rule. Or 48. Or whenever you get to it.
Suddenly life gets really hectic when it's time to wash your dishes.
9. Playing Jenga with your trash to try and fit one more thing in it instead of taking it out.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
10. If they don't come home when they said they would, you assume they are dead.
"You were supposed to be home five minutes ago, are you actually dead??!"
11. Gym partners for life.
Or maybe not.
12. You also function as a part-time therapist.
* Smile and nod, smile and nod*
13. Things are everywhere. And when you put the things away there are just more things.
It's like they just walk themselves right back out of that drawer after you put them away.
14. Pacing back and forth because you have to pee so badly and someone is in the shower. That is a real thing.
And then they open the door.
15. There is always something clogged in the house.
Sink, toilet, shower drain: you name it.
16. Showing off your latest purchases is a must.
Don't forget to mention how much each item cost and if you used a coupon.
17. The kitchen, and the content that comes out of it, is a judgement-free zone.
You do you, boo-boo.
18. Eavesdropping on all of their conversations is always acceptable.
The FBI should probably hire you.
19. The never-ending "we're out of toilet paper" crisis.
Where does it all go so fast?!
20. You have their school and work schedules memorized forward and backward.
You don't even have to ask what time they'll be home anymore.
21. Privacy is a thing of the past.
Just accept it and move on.
22. You often find yourself proofreading their text message before they send it.
Coming up with the best one-liners like it's your job.
23. You hate who they hate and love who they love.
"So, do we like them or no?"
24. Crumbs and dust are your permanent, unwanted guests.
Everywhere! All of the time!
25. Discussing acne developments and current bloating is a daily routine.
If you've got a new pimple, they've got to analyze that bad boy with you ASAP.
26. Any potential lovers are going to need to be interrogated and cleared by you first.
Nobody talks to your roomie until you've done an extensive criminal background check.
27. Your life would be absolutely unimaginable without them.
Roommates make the world go round, and your house would be a lot cleaner and way less fun if they didn't live there.
