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Your College Roommates Should Be, Or Will Become, Your Closest Friends

I'll be there for you- when you fight with your boyfriend, want to watch Legally Blonde, and need motivation to study.

Ashley Lanuza

May 21, 2019

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Your College Roommates Should Be, Or Will Become, Your Closest Friends

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1. When its exam season, we all know chores are down the drain.

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Being on relatively the same exam period, everyone is a busy bee during that middle and end of the term. Fortunately, since everyone is on this schedule, there is understanding in responsibilities like chores and the availability and capacity to do them. That, of course, does not excuse chores from not being done, but it alleviates the pressure when you know other people can't do their chores this week either.

2. Learn about more organizations and events on campus!

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Your roommates are pretty much the plug for random stuff on campus that you're probably not a part of or even heard of! From theater shows, concerts, fun-ragers, movie screenings, and everything else in-between, your schedules combined can make a stacked events calendar. You go to celebrate, to participate, and to support your roomie through it all.

3. You probably have mutual friends.

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You and your roommates most likely have a certain circle/organization that you know mutual people in, which really makes the whole "having people over" a lot more tolerable and fun. Their friends are your friends, so your apartment can become a central hub for a lot of people that come and go.

4. Spilling the tea.

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Because y' all share friends, it's a good opportunity to let some venting/spilling tea. Sometimes, you find yourself following a gossip thread of people you really don't know about it, but like a 20-minute sitcom, you find the stories your roomies bring back enticing.

5. Staying in type of nights.

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There are nights where your exams ruined you and all you wanna do is watch a good movie, have a drink, and be in the company of others. No need to open your front door when you have willing partners just in the other room to join you! Staying in nights are the best- when you can just get comfy in your pajamas, grab a cold one, and share in said-out-loud observations and thoughts of an old movie or the newest tv show episode.

6. Late night craving trips.

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From ice cream trips, donut trips, coffee trips, or a random visit to your local Denny's, asking your roommates is super convenient and fun. I mean, anyone in college is down to take a designated 'study break' at midnight, but going out with your roommates on spontaneous trips saves from the "..." from another person's messenger bubble.

7. Just people to be yourself around.

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Let's face it- humans do kinda gross things. We vacuum up food after a long day, leave our dishes for longer than necessary, pass gas in our sleep, and burp so loud, its heard in the other room. Additionally, people have their quirks! Maybe they sing when they do anything, sleep in odd positions, or study all the time or not study at all at home With roommates, they pretty much see it all of your conscious and subconscious behavior, so at some point, you can let go of the formalities and just be yourself.

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I'll be there for you- when you fight with your boyfriend, want to watch Legally Blonde, and need motivation to study.

In This Article:

1. When its exam season, we all know chores are down the drain.

2. Learn about more organizations and events on campus!

3. You probably have mutual friends.

4. Spilling the tea.

5. Staying in type of nights.

6. Late night craving trips.

7. Just people to be yourself around.

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1. People asking if you're mad at them.

2. Those people who hand out flyers don't always try to stop you.

3. Creepy guys telling you to smile.

4. "I thought you were a bitch when I first met you."

5. People telling you you'd be "so much prettier if you smiled."

6. Doing your makeup and looking great, which somehow intensifies the bitch face.

7. Regularly explaining "it's just my face."

We all go through certain stages when we have a crush, Tina just explains it better.

That moment that someone you never looked twice at suddenly makes you do a double take out of no where.

But you can't have a crush, that's outrageous. It's all in your head.

Because you don't have a crush, there's no reason to tell anyone about anything. Right?

But then they do something irresistible and you start to lose it.

Now accepting the fact you have a crush, you have to keep it under control.

Then there's the part where you tell your friends who will claim they called it.

They'll be excited and cheer you on. That's until they realize that your crush is all you'll be talking about.

Your obsession has become so bad, that your Facebook stalking is getting out of control.

But your friends will try and help move things along any way they can. That doesn't mean it will be any helpful though.

As time goes on, you start having fantasies about the two of you and it's starting to scare you a little.

You can't focus on anything because all your attention is on them and everything they do.

Anybody who comes near your crush is now an enemy, and you are willing to fight for your crush.

When you see them, you act like an idiot. Trying to hide your feelings may not be as discrete as you think.

Keeping your feelings inside will start to be harder and harder until you can't keep it inside anymore.

Who knows, maybe it will work out? Take a chance.

Everybody hurts sometimes.

May the odds be ever in your favor.

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2. You may feel lonely.

3. Senioritis is more real than ever.

4. You may feel a little down sometimes.

5. Fear of missing out won't be as real.

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7. You'll have more free time.

8. You're happy you're still in school.

9. You feel like a guru.

10. You continue to grow.

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