So with college, comes living with someone you most likely haven’t ever lived with before. I’m currently in week two of college, and there are many things you’ll only understand if you’ve lived with a roommate. So here are 10 quick learned lessons from the past two weeks!
- You get close really fast
Yes close as in we’re friends close, but close as in I’m walking around in a towel eating peanut butter from the jar close.
2. You can talk and pee
The conversation does not end when one person goes into the bathroom. It just doesn’t, is that weird? No not really.
3. You both get hangry at the same time
You better have your snack drawer because after a day of classes you BOTH are hangry and in order to avoid conflict you both need food. You know when the other person gets snippy that you both haven’t had food.
4. Sharing is caring
Snacks, clothes, jewelry, whatever you need becomes communal. There’s not really a line between “mine” and “yours” anymore. When you need something, thank god you have a roommate because her necklace looks better with your outfit than anything you have.
5. You don’t care about looking pretty anymore
We are in our pjs, no makeup after waxing our upper lip, eating chocolate. Yes you look nice with makeup in a dress, but pjs and your hair in a towel is the way to go.
6. You procrastinate together
We’ll just do laundry tomorrow, we’ll take this out tomorrow, we’ll buy new binders tomorrow, when are we going to clean? Tomorrow.
7. Crying is a habit
Crying to your roommate about whatever happens—even if it’s for no reason—it happens. Good thing we have four boxes of tissues and a supportive roommate.
8. Your room becomes everyone’s a room
Our room is no longer just our room. However that’s one of the best parts of college. Sharing again, is caring. Your friends will eat your snacks, lay in your bed, take your things, and use your room as a storage area but you LOVE them anyway. It’s like the cast of friends and everyone is Joey—but Joey is still your favorite.
9. You talk about everything
What happened in your day, how stressed you are, how annoying someone was today—everything. If it happened today, I probably talked about it to my roommate.
10. Your roommate is the greatest
Hopefully you have someone who you can count on—if you do you will understand how THANKFUL I am to have such an amazing roommate. Two weeks living together can make you closer than you ever imagined and no matter what I know if I needed it, she would share her bed, her tea, and her time. So even days like today when we had our laundry thrown out of the machine, had to get moved out of our room for the day, and have too much homework to do—at least we are doing it together. I love having a roommate and everything that comes with it.
