This one is too expensive. This one doesn't have enough rooms. This one isn't cute enough. All of which are the typical struggles that cross my mind when searching for a house to rent out with my new and highly anticipated roommates. It's a blast roaming house to house; imagining what it would be like to come to this particular home every night for bed. Neither I nor the roommates care entirely how the layout will be. More importantly, we just want our names on the lease so we can gloat that this is our first house and our first rent check.

Too concerned with our pride, our compatibility as roommates does not cross our mind. It isn't until one roommate has an opinion considerably farther from the box than the others that a hurricane is released, and emotions and feelings are torn. I and my roommates have a dramatically different point of view on life and how it should be handled. And though there is nothing wrong with this, I will admit, it is difficult to manage.

My roommates and I all grew up in different households, different families and have been through oddly drastic scenarios before we fumbled upon one another. We weren't taught the same values and we may never have the same opinion but once again, that is okay.

Before leaving for college, I received a lecture preaching that not every roommate will be up to my standards, and therefore, compromising is key. I nodded my head and smiled to my parents; because at the moment until I experienced having several roommates, I had no idea what they meant.

In my opinion, I was always right. In their own opinion, they were too. When it comes to sharing a home together, how we feel a house should be upheld and maintained is more than likely based on the home we grew up in. Whether that home's atmosphere is strict, carefree or spotless and clean.

These are all positive attributions to a home, however, they're polar opposites and that's where the dilemma begins. We don't see eye to eye, but if we could simply combine our perspectives together we could build the perfect atmosphere. That is where compromise strives.

Stating my opinion is not to put my roommates down, it is to offer an outside perspective. And as much as they probably don't want to hear mine and I don't want to hear theirs, we need to. Because in the end, this will work out whatever pet peeve that is building up mentally.

As a roommate, learning to listen and understand as well as harmonize, is essential. By the time we move out, we will realize we spent our college years in a house together and that the memories we made binging on Netflix series and staying up until 3 a.m. are worth more than the bickering and commotion.