College is filled with new experiences, but one of the most daunting ones is moving into a shared space with a stranger. It can be terrifying meeting the other person for the first time, but for many, it goes well. You'll see many students become friends with their roommates in the first couple weeks, and some even become best friends. This isn't what happens for everyone though because some people end up clashing with their roommate, all in varying degrees.

I fall in the slightly clashing area, but others end up clashing so much they have to move. I'm not talking about those extreme cases though. I'm here to talk to the people who aren't really friends with their roommate, but you're still roommates. It is okay to not be close with your roommate. You may live together, but you don't have to be best buddies.

My roommate is chill, but we're not close friends. We only really talk when we're in our room, but that's fine. We each have our own friends and our own lives to live separately. We get along well enough to manage living together so being good friends isn't a necessary part of our relationship as roommates.

This goes for anyone who lives together when you didn't know each beforehand. If you don't really get along or you even kind of irritate each other sometimes, it's okay. You should know that plenty of other college kids are in the same boat as you. Don't let the roommates that are best friends fool you-- you're not alone. I'm not best friends with my roommate, and I'm fine with that. I think everyone should know it's okay to not be besties with your college roommate, especially if you didn't know each other before. It's hard to find a person who matches you enough when being randomly placed, so just know you're just like many college kids and their roommates.

Rooming together with anyone is hard, even friends. So take each day as you can, and keep your head up. Take the experience of living with a stranger and grow from it. It may suck some days, but it's all a part of the college experience. I can survive one year with a roommate that's not my close friend, so you can too.