I've made a lot of decisions during my college career. I transferred schools, changed my major three times, started new jobs, added/dropped classes, pursued new friendships, let bad friendships go, picked a new church, picked which tv show to binge watch, chosen which new fast food to eat for dinner every night, etc. The examples are endless. But by far one of the best decisions I've made up to this point in my life was choosing to live with my current roommates. All of whom are boys.

Yes, hello, I live with three guys. Somewhat crazy, I know. Granted one of them is my brother, so it wasn't really a wake up call or a new experience living with him. As for the other two, I've known one of them since I was two years old. He lived with me last year with two of our other friends (both girls). And I met our last roommate through a mutual friend. It's only been about a month living here with these three, but I can already tell it'll be my best situation yet. So I wanted to let every girl out there know that I highly recommend living with your guy friends during college. And here are some reasons why:

Everyone is blatantly honest and open.

Every girl knows that when you have an issue with a friend or a roommate, it's often difficult or frustrating to tell them like it is. We, as women, have a very apparent problem with open confrontation and it often ends up being avoided and dragged out until the issue becomes ridiculously over thought. Living with the guys has shown me quickly that men are the complete opposite. If we have a difference of opinion, everyone tells it like it is and it gets resolved rather quickly. It's like, "look I love ya, but umma tell you why you're wrong." It's refreshing.

Every day is a new experience.

Trying to understand the boys' life choices is now one of my favorite pass times. Every day they'll say or do something so off the cuff that I have to do a double take. They keep life interesting and I appreciate them for that. Although I still don't understand how they think a blown up, Miller Lite, beer bottle is a good wall decoration. It's been a real fight trying to keep our apartment from looking like a frat house. The evolved sense of style is a work in progress.

We care for each other in a funny way.

Roommates are your surrogate family. In my case, one of them actually is my family. But if you're lucky, you'll live with people who care for you a lot. Girls are good at caring for each other through emotional turmoil or talking things out to grow closer in their friendship. The guys are very different. They are good at showing affection through laughing and stupid inside jokes. I've been affectionally dubbed "mom" and I'm often called that multiple times a day. There's also a serious amount of "dabbing" that occurs in this apartment. I've never laughed so hard as I have in the past month.

Now I'm not saying that living with the opposite sex is for every one and I only think you should do it with people you know very well. But I am thankful for the choice that I made and I'm glad to be able to call these boys my "fam" for the duration of this year.