Most young adults in college or right out of high school experience roommates at least once. This is my take on living with roommates.
1. Your stuff is their stuff too.
No matter what you put your name on or what you own, your roommates are going to use it too. If you have ever lived with roommates you know exactly what I am talking about. You leave to go out of town and your favorite shirt is not in the same spot you left it and may have an extra stain or two.
2. It's never their turn to buy groceries.
Buying groceries can cause some problems with roommates, especially if you take turns buying groceries for the week. Whoever buys groceries will always complain about how much food you eat and will always pull the “I bought that, don’t eat it” card when you start to eat food they bought. You better believe whenever you buy groceries, there will be a feast with all the food you bought.
3. You will always fight over parking.
Parking is a big deal sometimes, especially when you have only room for one vehicle to go in the garage. It doesn’t matter if your vehicle is the newest popular sports car on the market and theirs is a junker that has been pieced together and barely running, they will want theirs in the garage. And we all know that there is always that one that blocks you in, especially when you are running late.
4. You don't plan on staying up late but you do.
You never plan on staying up late when you have to get up early. But that always ends up being the case when your roommates bring everyone and the dog over to have a get-together. “Its only a few people, they won’t be too loud” Then it ends up turning into an all-night house party. It's like they do it on purpose to make sure you're late or extremely tired, running off energy drinks and a few hours of sleep.
5. You will disagree on almost anything to get on each other’s nerves.
Spending too much time with each other will drive you crazy. It doesn’t matter if you are right or wrong, you will stand your ground, fight tooth and nail just to disagree and aggravate each other just because you can. If you're in the same boat I am in your roommates may be your coworkers, so you get to see them more than you want
