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College Roommate Struggles

Going random when picking a roommate for college is NOT the move.

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College Roommate Struggles
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I'd like to start off by saying that I came into my roommate situation with welcoming arms. I remember a few weeks beforehand I made a group chat trying to connect up with my roommates, no response. The day they moved in, I left a note saying how excited I was to be rooming with them. I did this because I had work that day.

Now that we got that little disclaimer out of the way, I'd like to explain what this article is all about. This year I decided to move into a new apartment with completely random roommates that I had never met before. When they moved in I discovered these two girls were best friends from high school. I didn't look at this as an obstacle; I thought as college freshmen these girls would be open to building new friendships.

Boy was I wrong. Despite my efforts of trying to create conversation, my dear roommates, unfortunately, seemed to want nothing to do with me. That's fine, I was fine with that. It wasn't my ideal situation, but I wasn't going to force them to be my friends.

Things changed for the worse when another girl moved in. I once again tried to befriend this girl, but she also seemed to not want to converse with me. Let me also mention that all three of these girls have boyfriends that stay over every other night. These girls are almost always loud, which makes it difficult to focus on homework and other important things I am responsible for.

Recently, they have begun to blame me for certain things that I did not do. For example, not taking the trash out when I feel like I do it constantly. They blame me for eating their snacks when I literally have my own. They blame me for leaving the apartment a mess. When in reality, I am almost never home. I work almost every day so how could I possibly eat their goldfish when I haven't been home all day.

They began leaving nasty notes using vulgar language discussing their concerns with how filthy the apartment was and insisted it was one hundred percent my fault. All three girls bonded over the fact they thought it was my fault; never thinking that any of them could be to blame.

I have begun to stay mainly in my room, avoiding any instance of seeing any of them because of what they have done. Why would I try to make an effort to be any kind of friend with girls that gang up on me on the daily?

This article serves as a purpose to beware! Never go random when picking college roommates you will regret it every day. There could be a situation where someone could go random and find their best friends, which is what I thought would happen to me; however, the opposite occurred. So please be careful to avoid unnecessary drama in your own living space.

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