After an entire year of learning to live with someone in a dorm room, it is easy to determine the do's and don'ts of being a roommate. Although rules like "always clean after yourself" and "don't invade their privacy" are the basic rules of being a good roommate, living with one of your best friends kind of forces all types of rules to overlap and at times can get messy. For this reason, here are the promises you and your roommate(s) should make to each other:
1. I promise to get excited with you over random stuff that only you would get excited about.
You just got super happy over watching a video of a puppy yawning? I don't know why that would make you so joyful, but you best believe I'm going to make you show it to me.
2. I promise to act like a mom sometimes.
This will get justifiably annoying, but who else is going to make sure you've eaten enough meals for the day?
3. I promise to get riled up with you about how unfair that math exam you just took was.
Wait, your professor didn't even teach you how to do a problem like that? Ugh, let's plan out how we'll get revenge.
4. I promise to watch whatever corny movie you've decided to play on a school night.
I also promise to not even pretend like I'm enjoying it, and then fall asleep within 30 to 40 minutes of said movie.
5. I promise to not judge you when it is 4 p.m. and I see you napping on the couch.
Instead, I will join you.
6. I promise to give you your space every now and then.
I know I'm super cool and all, and I'm without a doubt your favorite person in the world, but everybody needs their "me" time.
7. I promise to have nightly jam sessions with you.
Whether we're just getting homework done and you decide you want to play some "Baby Got Back", or if you're just in the mood to dance it out and you decide you want to bust some moves, I'm your gal.
8. I promise to be down for whatever adventure you've set out for us.
This refers to anything and everything between having actual and exciting plans, to walking to Taco Bell in the middle of the day
9. I promise to yell semi-motivational phrases at you on the mornings when you're too lazy to get out of bed.
This is assuming that I actually got out of bed that morning, too.
10. I promise to only sometimes hate you.
I love you, but there's no way I'm going to get through the entire year without hitting you at some point. I am incredibly excited to get to live with you for an entire year, but I also know for a fact that I'm going to want to pull your hair out at times. You'll still be one of my favorite people though, no worries.
