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The ABC's Of Living With Roommates That Are Also Your Best Friends

"No friendship is an accident." - O. Henry

Melissa Rourke

Mar 29, 2016

University of New Haven

The ABC's Of Living With Roommates That Are Also Your Best Friends

Living with your best friends is fun...most of the time.

A is for All the dance parties we have daily.

B is for the Boys we interrogate when they show even the slightest interest in any of us.

C is for the Competitiveness we all have been doing anything, especially playing Wii.

D is for the Dishes that pile up and never get done.

E is for Every single one of our neighbors hating us because we are too loud.

F is for Forgetting how we have 2 papers, 4 exams, and 3 presentations due next week because we end up watching a movie or playing Just Dance.

G is for Going out with each other because we are the party.

H is for the Hating the same girls because we stick together.

I is for our Inconsiderate neighbors who blast music at 6 a.m., but we sometimes get along with.

J is for the Jersey Shore marathons we host weekly.

K is for harassing Kaity every time she wants to go to bed at 10 p.m. because all we want is quality time.

L is for Loving each other when we make stupid mistakes.

M is for Making stupid decisions every time we are all together.

N is for the Noise level that is always at an all-time high.

O is for the semester almost being Over, and I am not ready to say goodbye to you guys for the summer, or Soundview 214.

P is for the amount of Pizza we consume, and yes, it’s a lot.

Q is for the talk about Quitting school and becoming strippers.

R is for the RA’s that will never keep us down, even when it’s their fourth visit to our room on a Friday night.

S is for Sam getting to move in, and how happy we all were once our unpleasant "mom" roommate was gone.

T is for reading the hysterical Tinder messages out loud so we all get a good laugh.

U is for Underestimating the pull the cleaning lady has in getting us in trouble with the RA’s.

V is for Vicariously living through one another when they have something exciting going on and we don’t.

W is for the constant Whining we do, whether it is about class, exams, not enough sleep, etc.

X is for taking care of each other after an eX breaks another heart.

Y is for Yelling at each other instead of talking because we all have the worst tempers.

Z is for the Zero motivation we came back with after Spring Break, and we are absolutely not getting any of it back.

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"No friendship is an accident." - O. Henry

A is for All the dance parties we have daily.

B is for the Boys we interrogate when they show even the slightest interest in any of us.

C is for the Competitiveness we all have been doing anything, especially playing Wii.

D is for the Dishes that pile up and never get done.

E is for Every single one of our neighbors hating us because we are too loud.

F is for Forgetting how we have 2 papers, 4 exams, and 3 presentations due next week because we end up watching a movie or playing Just Dance.

G is for Going out with each other because we are the party.

H is for the Hating the same girls because we stick together.

I is for our Inconsiderate neighbors who blast music at 6 a.m., but we sometimes get along with.

J is for the Jersey Shore marathons we host weekly.

K is for harassing Kaity every time she wants to go to bed at 10 p.m. because all we want is quality time.

L is for Loving each other when we make stupid mistakes.

M is for Making stupid decisions every time we are all together.

N is for the Noise level that is always at an all-time high.

O is for the semester almost being Over, and I am not ready to say goodbye to you guys for the summer, or Soundview 214.

P is for the amount of Pizza we consume, and yes, it’s a lot.

Q is for the talk about Quitting school and becoming strippers.

R is for the RA’s that will never keep us down, even when it’s their fourth visit to our room on a Friday night.

S is for Sam getting to move in, and how happy we all were once our unpleasant "mom" roommate was gone.

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U is for Underestimating the pull the cleaning lady has in getting us in trouble with the RA’s.

V is for Vicariously living through one another when they have something exciting going on and we don’t.

W is for the constant Whining we do, whether it is about class, exams, not enough sleep, etc.

X is for taking care of each other after an eX breaks another heart.

Y is for Yelling at each other instead of talking because we all have the worst tempers.

Z is for the Zero motivation we came back with after Spring Break, and we are absolutely not getting any of it back.

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6. *holds arm against your arm* Look how much darker I am compared to you!

7. *holds pale arm against another pale arm* Aw, at least you're darker than her!

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10. *adjusts selfie lighting to their face* Oops, where'd you go??

11. *after working out* Your face is SO red!

12. *wears white* Look! You're all one color!

13. You need to get some sun.

14. Aren't you excited for summer?

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13. When it all comes down to it, though, you know that at the end of the day, music is your passion:

We don't buy into these... just like how we don't buy our friends.

8. "The whole philanthropy thing isn't real, right?"

7. "I don't need to buy my friends."

6. "Oh, so I'll bet you love to drink."

5. "Can you tell me some of your secrets?"

4. "What do you do at your meetings?"

3. "Do you guys haze really badly?"

2. "Is it just like in the movies?"

1. "Sororities are so basic."

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1. You get excited when the parents purchase season passes to the pool.

2. You've become friends with the stay-at-home moms in town.

3. You get a chance to eat "kid foods" again.

4. You've traded in your cute purse for a large tote bag.

5. You have at least one car seat in your backseat.

6. Their nap time is your happy time.

7. Lunch time can be a disaster.

8. You have to play the same board games repeatedly.

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11. Your heart melts a little when they do something cute.

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6. holds arm against your arm Look how much darker I am compared to you!

7. holds pale arm against another pale arm Aw, at least you're darker than her!

10. adjusts selfie lighting to their face Oops, where'd you go??

11. after working out Your face is SO red!

12. wears white Look! You're all one color!