Everyone says college is going to be the best time of your life. You will make friends that will last a life time, and have some of the best times of your life. But in reality sometimes college be just like a repeat of high school. Here are 3 things to keep in mind with college friendships.
1. You get closer to others than ever before.
This is the truth, especially if you live in the dorms. This closeness can either make or break friendships. You are living in the closest of quarters with people. Regardless of if you have a roommate or your own room, you are sharing bathrooms, showers, and other living quarters. You see them in the most real times and experience an incredible closeness, but the closeness can also translate to stepping on each others toes. This can cause drama in many ways and living on campus can make it hard to get away from. You can avoid each other in the lunch rooms, or run away to wherever home is until things cool off. You constantly see this person, which leaves you with no choice but to work it out, or live in awkwardness.
2. There is bound to be boy drama. (yuck)
Everyone is living on their own and testing out the treacherous waters of dating. Some people want to date anyone and everyone in college, hooking up left and right. Then there are the people who are looking for someone to spend their life with. Regardless of your situation you will be hanging out with the boys, and your friends. Now the drama comes in. What do you do if your friends like someone you like? Remember this situation from high school? It never ends, only you cannot avoid the situation because you share most of your oxygen. Losing friendships over boys is stupid, but it happens a lot. You just have to remember that there is no boy worth losing friends over and that your friends should support you with who you date regardless of their feelings for the person. A good friend will support you and have your back.
3. You become sisters.
You become each other's family. You wipe the tears that fall, you laugh until you pee, and you see each other like you would see family. Although there is drama-- but how is that different from sisters anyways-- you learn so much about each other and become so close. You share clothes and makeup. You are family and when you're thousands of miles away from home, that is the comfort you need.
All in all college makes up some of the best time of your life, if you can get past the bad parts of it. Life is going to have ups and downs but what matters is that people that are standing next to you when the storm comes. You need the family away from family. If you do not have a cheer squad coaching you through this new time of your life, you are going to struggle. I can say that I personally have made some AMAZING friends in college, who have become like family to me.
