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8 Reasons Why I Am Forever Grateful For My Roommate

Because let's face it, I'm a lot to handle.

Ania Korpanty

Oct 21, 2019

Emory University

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8 Reasons Why I Am Forever Grateful For My Roommate

Ania Korpanty

Even though I ignored their suggestion, I still feared that my rooming situation would turn sour within a few weeks. Living with someone changes everything, even if you have a solid foundation for your friendship. You basically see your friends everyday in college, but if you want an escape, you can take shelter in your dorm. This is no longer an option if you choose to share a living space with the exact person that you need a break from.

I spent the week before moving in creating scenarios in my head about all the things I could do wrong. What if my alarm clock kept waking her up? What if I accidentally spill something on her side of the room? What if I annoy her with my midnight snacking?

Somehow, I got lucky. I received one of the best roommates I could ever ask for. She is always looking out for me in so many ways, but there a few things she does that really make her the stellar roommate.

1. She Doesn't Judge Me if I Am Lazy

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If I just want to skip a day at the library and instead watch Netflix in my bed for hours, she always supports my decision.

2. She Listens to My Problems

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When I'm having a difficult day or just want to rant about all the homework I have, she will stop what she's doing to hear me out and validate my frustration.

3. She Supports My Chai Tea Latte Addiction

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She even offers to pay for my lattes if she has a few dollars on her. I don't need the extra encouragement, but I appreciate it.

4. She is a Cat Person

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She can always comfort me by showing pictures of her own cat back home when I'm missing mine. That is the kind of energy I need in my life.

5. She Accepts My Snacking Habits

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I tend to snack a lot, especially when I'm particularly stressed before an exam. If it's one in the morning and I pull out some potato chips, she never blinks an eye.

6. She's a Heavy Sleeper

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This isn't something she does purposely, but I am grateful for it anyway. I always worry that the light from my phone will keep her awake at night. Thankfully, she's out cold the second she closes her eyes.

7. She Asks About My Day

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Whenever we reunite in the room at night, she asks me how my day was and genuinely seems to care.

8. She Knows How to Cheer Me Up

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She is there to offer a shoulder to cry on, but she also is there to joke with me through self-deprecating humor.

Sarah, thank you for everything you do. I am so grateful that we chose each other as roommates, and I am even more grateful that you can fall asleep in three seconds flat.

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8 Reasons Why I Am Forever Grateful For My Roommate

Because let's face it, I'm a lot to handle.

In This Article:

1. She Doesn't Judge Me if I Am Lazy

2. She Listens to My Problems

3. She Supports My Chai Tea Latte Addiction

4. She is a Cat Person

5. She Accepts My Snacking Habits

6. She's a Heavy Sleeper

7. She Asks About My Day

8. She Knows How to Cheer Me Up

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1. When course schedules are released and you have a conflict between two required classes.

2. When there is only one section of a popular course.

3. Receiving the 18,000 emails reminding you to register ASAP.

4. When you need to see an advisor, but they are too busy/unresponsive.

5. Trying not to dress like a bum for your appointments with your advisors/department heads.

6. When you have a perfectly planned out schedule, and one class ruins it.

7. Carefully moving things around to accommodate a different class/section.

8. Waking up at 6:00 a.m. for your enrollment time.

9. Concocting a new schedule at your enrollment time after your original plan gets changed.

10. Getting into a class and filling the last available seat.

11. When all of your classes finally go through.

12. Realizing that you forgot a class that was a pre-requisite for everything else.

When your capability of "adulting" is put to the test

Nobody deserves to be living in poverty.

"Nobody living in one of the most influential nations in the world should be worried about making ends meet."

What is the current minimum wage at the federal level?

What are the benefits of raising the minimum wage?

What are the states that have set a $15/hour minimum wage?

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Because who understands your bitterness better than April?

1. When you have to provide an "interesting fact" for your first day ice-breaker.

2. When your professor is babbling on and on in his lecture.

3. When you edit your friend's paper and they get an A.

4. When it's 2 AM and you remember you have a test tomorrow.

5. When you finish taking the test and you're pretty sure you failed...

6. ...but then you get the test back and somehow passed.

7. When you've been up for 12 hours straight writing a paper.

8. And then you manage to stay awake in class the next day.

9. When you have to butter up your professor for an extra credit opportunity.

10. When you're assigned a group project.

11. And your group-mates are trying to chat about life instead of the assignment.

12. When it's your last class of the day and you're about to go home.

13. But then you remember rent is due tonight and the anger comes back.

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