Hey Girl,

I am sorry I ditched you last year but after I saw my microwave burst into flames and had to personally call the fire department to come in with fire extinguishers since you did not know how to do it, I knew that it was not going to work between us.

Although we didn’t get along too much, the crazy stories about how incompatible we were as roommates still top the charts of my favorite stories to tell. You were my silent cohabitor who to this day has never exchanged words with me, no matter how hard I tried to get to know you. Although that was the case, I know that we shared a special bond. You have to admit we had some funny moments, especially when you walked in with me on my bed sobbing with a deformed and bloody knee, waiting to be taken to the hospital, and didn’t even acknowledge it.

A broken heart and burnt microwave were not the only things that I left with the day that I moved out, I left with some valuable life lessons that further helped me understand myself. You taught me that I am in fact able to survive on two hours of sleep by never using headphones to video chat your family back home all night, and then snoozing your alarm twenty times to try to wake up at 5 a.m. for a class that I did not even know this university offered. You also showed me how great my belongings are since you used all of them without asking and refused to buy any furniture or utilities of your own for the room.

There is a reason that you were paired with me to live with, regardless of how I felt about it at the time. If I never got paired to live with you, I don’t think I would have made connections with people going through similar situations, who have turned out to be some of my great friends. Also if you never burned our room down, I would have never met one of my best friends by crashing on his roommate’s futon. You are the reason that I have somebody that's basically become like a big brother to me and I am able to call one of my favorite people.

When I first got to college, I was miserable and experiencing a lot of emotions. Going through that odd situation of having no friends and not even your roommate to talk to you, only makes me thankful for my life today. Living with you also showed me how much I have grown as a person by being not only being content but absolutely ecstatic that I am able to live alone now and enjoy my own company.

It amazes me the chain of events that lead you to get where you need to be, and I am glad that you were the first series of events to make me who I am in my college years. I deeply apologize for leaving you and moving out halfway through the year, but I know we were both probably better off that way. I hope you are doing well today and if you have a change of heart and ever want to say hi to me on campus, then please go for it!

Love always,
The roommate that ditched you in E. Holden