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An Open Letter To My Freshman Roommate

To my roommate turned best friend.

Sydney Kofron
Apr 12, 2016
University of Arizona
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An Open Letter To My Freshman Roommate

To my freshman year roommate,

When we first decided to be roommates together after extensive Facebook messages, tons of Instagram stalking and long text messages, I was nervous. You were a complete stranger to me, and I had just committed to spend an entire year living in a ridiculously small space with you. I thought we would get along, for sure, but I never imagined that you would become my absolute best friend.

After we first met, I just knew. Weeks after we moved in, boundaries stopped existing. You became my person, the person I went to for literally everything. From hard classes to girl drama to terrible frat boys, there was never anything you couldn't help me with, and luckily, you were always there.

You know more about me than anyone out there, including weird and little details of my life before you were in it. You accept me for all that I am and even though you don't agree with everything I do, you're always in my corner. You never judge me and always let me vent even when you advised me to do whatever I did differently. We've seen each other at our absolute bests and our worsts and I am forever thankful that it's you I got to experience the most transitional, scary, and best year of my life with.

Thank you for all you do. For spotting me money when I need it, for letting me wear all of your clothes and use all your beauty products. Thank you for always coming with me on little errands and never saying no to ordering a pizza. Thank you for not caring if I'm messy and sharing your food. Thank you for being down to eat ice cream and share a twin bed with me just to watch movies on Thursday night's. Thank you for taking an insane amount of selfies with me on the daily. My college experience would be completely different if you weren't in it, and I don't know how I went the last 18 years of my life without you.

I am so incredibly lucky that my roommate became my best friend my freshman year of college. There is no one else that I would want to spend this past year with and the thought of going an entire summer living without you is one of the saddest thoughts ever. You're my absolute best friend and I can't thank you enough for making this the best year of my life. I couldn't have done it without you.

I love you always,

Your freshman year roommate turned best friend

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