A Letter To The Roommate I Didn't Know I Needed
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A Letter To The Roommate I Didn't Know I Needed

You gave me the space I needed.

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A Letter To The Roommate I Didn't Know I Needed
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Dear Roommate,

I didn't think anything of it when I moved in, but you ended up being the roommate that I needed. We weren't friends when I moved in, and I didn't even know who you were, but I'm so glad that things worked out the way they did.

Maybe I moved in because the space was open, or maybe I moved in to get away from my previous living situation. Maybe it was a little bit of both, but all I knew was that I didn't care who I was living with as long as I could bear it. Little did I know, by the end of the semester I would leave having found a friend in my new roommate.

I was afraid to move into a room with a complete stranger, afraid that we would hate each other or that there would be some minuscule issue that clung to and irritated both of us

You were always there to listen. Whether you liked it or not, we lived in a room together, and if I had a stupid question or just wanted to vent about my day, you were there to listen to all of it. If I needed advice, you provided an unbiased, third person point of view because you didn't know who any of my friends were. You entertained conversation, whether it was about the weather or about the president, and there was no need to force anything. If we had nothing to say we would stop talking and go back to homework, and if a thought came up two hours later, it was fine to just go ahead and say it. You listened to me cry over nothing and didn't bring it up the next day after I had said it was nothing.

We lived our own separate lives. You had your group of friends, and I had mine. There was no pressure of having to hang out with each other or include each other in things, which was great because there was no need to worry about what the other person was doing. You gave me space because we were two separate people linked solely by a shared room.

I needed the space. I needed the time to understand who I am and what I want to become. So, I thank you for being there when I needed it and for giving me breathing room when I didn't. You were the roommate I didn't plan on having but the one I ended up needing.

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