If you're like me, you got thrown (well, you threw yourself) into the crazy uncomfortable, completely new environment of college and wasn't sure how to handle it. Knowing few to even no one, to getting lost at the most inconvenient of times, you needed someone to pick you up when you just wanted to plop down at the middle of whatever location of lost you were and cry—and your roommates did just that. That is, if they were as fabulous as mine. Here are a dozen reasons why you should go hug your roommates if they are within arms reach.
1. They helped you settle in, when everything was absolutely foreign to you.
Where am I? Why am I in a different time zone? What's a demerit?
2. They let you in on the unspoken rules.
Girls and guys have separate elevators- where was this in orientation?!
3. They let you know when the RA's are gonna getcha.
If you don't have a roommate that saves you the walk past the RA just to get the dreaded glare with the signature "I need to see your ID number ma'am, and you need to go upstairs and change (Trust me, I know it all too well)," then you need a new one.
4. They understand the stupidity of men and try to save you from it.
Yes, I'm talking about the boy that took you to lunch PCC style (for hours of pretending like you were actually interested in his nerdy hobbies), just to come to find out, the next day, that he was going to Fine Arts with someone else. Oh wait, that's just me. Well, anyways, shoutout to my Chelsea for warning me that he was no good from day one.
5. They're always being down for inhaling copious amounts of food.
Jess, I'm talking about eating sushi until we can't breathe and our good ole Melting Pot extravaganza. And let's not forget our roomie $5 pizza runs, because we were just that broke (and hungry).
6. They don't hesitate when a beach trip is even the slightest possibility.
Here's for the Sundays we hid our towels in oversized purses and tried our best to get rid of the evidence of our trip, because going to the beach was not even a question.
7. They make the best dates.
Because for something as dreaded and cheesy as Fine Arts, roomie dates and photoshoots are so, so necessary.
8. They endure the mandatory, annoying activities with you that we all want to run away from and invite you to the crazy-fun off-campus things that make college so memorable.
Leggings off-campus, need I say more?
9. They have no shame in filling up a whole cart of Goodwill finds.
Well, this girl doesn't mind. It's still growing on Chelsea.
10. They give you their unwanted clothes, and even let you snatch their wanted ones every now and then.
It's just chilling on the endless mound of clothes anyways, right?
11. Between the three of you, they make it possible for Snapchat to be totally blessed with your dorms' faces.
12. No matter where life takes you and no matter how far apart you become, they'll always be your forever friends.
