The school year is over and it’s time to sign leases again! This time last year you decided to live with one of your very best friends. You love your best friend and you loved living with them minus one thing: they are the messiest person you have ever met.

We all have that one friend. They go to make a sandwich and leave trash from their ham package, breadcrumbs and the lid to the mayo on the counter and retreat to their room to eat. They “nest," AKA leave all of their stuff in the common area (yes, I’m @-ing you here Kels). They always have at least one pair of shoes in the living room, forget about their old food in the fridge and have misplaced things all the time. Regardless of all of their messy antics, you still love them.

Now, learning to live with other people and share your space is one thing. Living with someone who doesn’t respect a clean area the way you do is completely different. By now, your friend probably noticed that you are a neat-freak and despise their mess. Plus, you have now lived together for months and are closer than ever.

You might think it’ll ruin your friendship if you tell your friend you don’t want to live together again, but if they are truly your friend they will 100% understand. I told my roommate something along the lines of, “If you want me to keep loving you, I can’t live with you." Her response? She completely understood!

Just be honest with your friend and let them know you appreciate them more when you don't have to pick up after them and wash their dishes. If your friend freaks out and doesn't understand, you probably shouldn't be living with them anyway.

Roommates should be people you can openly and freely communicate with. If you and your roommate can't tell each other what you expect from each other, living together is going to get even tougher.

If you don't end up telling your roommate you hate their mess and can't live with them, things are going to get passive aggressive. Dropping petty hints and hurting your friend's feelings will leave you both a lot worse off than you were, to begin with.

The best thing you could do for yourself and your roommate is to be 100% honest with how you're feeling and remind them you will still be visiting and sleeping over when you guys live in seperate places.

When you need to get away from your new roommate and rant about how much you can't stand their new boyfriend, you'll have your BFF's house to have a wine night and complain at.