When my best friend of six years and I decided to come to the same college, we were ecstatic. When we decided we were going to live together, my parents thought that we would be around each other too much, and immediately expected that we would develop problems in our relationship. And I’ve come to see they were right. Here’s the biggest problems I’ve encountered while living with my best friend.
5. She’ll ruin my plans.
There will be days where I have it all planned out: class, homework, cleaning, more homework, more cleaning, then finally bed. We all know that sometimes the little responsibilities can slip away. Before I know it, my room is full of dirty mugs and bowls and it becomes impossible to walk around barefoot, for the fear of stepping on ramen noodles shards is much too strong. Not to mention that bed of mine that has never been made. So I’ll plan on doing it all one night, when I open up the door only to find my roommate had already done it! Clean dishes? Freshly vacuumed floor? Bed made so well I thought I could have been in a five-star hotel? I mean c’mon. I had planned on doing all that. How inconsiderate.
4. She’ll never let me get any sleep.
There are nights where I know I’m going to be too tired to function in the morning before I even fall asleep, all because it’s 1 a.m., and she’s still helping me with my homework. Other times she just understands me much too well. and our conversations become far too interesting for my own good.
3. I’m always owing her money.
She likes to spoil me and come back with bags of snacks from the convenience store, or make a Wal-Mart trip and pick up the things she knows I’m running out of. At this rate, I won’t be able to repay her until I’m in my eighties, and that’s a stress I just can’t handle.
2. She changes my moods drastically.
I’ll be sulking in my bed one night due to a test I bombed or the guilt I’m feeling from the pizza I just ate, and I’ll just lay there determined to spend the night feeling terrible about myself. But of course, my roommate has to come in and say the most terribly supportive things to completely force my mood into a one-eighty. Can't she just let me wallow in sadness in peace?
1. I got a sister I never wanted.
I had grown up being the only girl with two older brothers, and honestly I always liked it that way. I got to play tons of video games, be a tomboy, and never had to share my things with anyone else. I loved not having a sister to deal with. But moving in with my best friend changed all of that. Suddenly, I had twice the amount of clothes, twice the amount of lotions and perfumes, and twice the power of a bond with a friend I never knew I could have. She became my other half and one of the biggest support systems I have ever had. She’s strong when I’m not, and she always knows what to say when I’m having the worst day of my life. She never judges me or gets upset about the little things, she’s the funniest person I know, and I know she will always come running to the rescue. Now, how disgusting is that?
