Roommate conflicts are bound to happen, it is a normal concept for what happens in college. Not everyone lucks out in the category of good roommates. My first roommate and I simply were too different to make things work. We met on Facebook back in May before school started, we became really good friends after realizing we had a lot in common, including our major. A few months after living together it simply was not working between us. We had different types of personalities and simply put, we didn’t like each other's’ friends. During the time of her and I arguing, I began spending more time with another friend of mine which is who I decided would be a good fit to room with.

I have nothing against my old roommate because I understand that realistically it is very hard to live with someone you just met.Sometimes meeting in the middle is not as easy as you would have hoped it had been. It is also very difficult to live with someone you are very close friends with, rooming together can potentially ruin friendships and in this case, it did.

I do not think it is right to talk poorly about your old roommate in the sense of at one point you were friends and you did share the same space on a daily basis. Although things may not have went well you have to remember there is a big difference between living with someone and being friends with them. I never wish to send anything bad upon my old roommate, although some bad words may have been said, I am sure both of us can agree we did not mean them. The thing about college is that you are not stuck in a lease on your room, meaning you are not binded to having the same roommate for the entire school year. All it really takes is a few chats with the hall director, some over the top nice emails and a smile that says this could be a real smile if you would please help me out with this situation.

My new roommate (in my cover photo) was moved in within 24 hours, the paperwork was fairly easy considering we both already lived in the same building. The only hassle was moving all of her stuff from the 2nd floor onto the third floor. My new roommate is one of the best things that has happened to me this semester. My new roommate and I were good friends before we decided we were going to room together. We came from similar backgrounds in the way that we are both only children, so we seem to have the same ideals for what we want a roommate to be.

I am sorry to my old roommate about the bad times we had together, the choice words that were said and the disappointment we both had in each other. I am sorry that things did not work out between us-but I think we are better off. To my old roommate, if you are reading this, I hope you are enjoying your new room and your new roommate, and I’ll see you in the three classes we share together.