Most of us are moving into college and meeting our roommate for the first time, or having a new roommate for the new school year. Having a good relationship with your roommate is crucial to your well-being and success in college, and you should do everything in your power to love your roommate and HOPEFULLY vice versa. The banter you establish with your roommate on move in day and beyond will determine how your room atmosphere and living environment for the rest of the college school year.
Having a good relationship with your roommate will benefit you immediately because they won't have the urge to perhaps kill you in your sleep. Even if they don't want to do that, there are plenty of different ways they can make your college experience hell. They can get back at you for leaving the room messy and unlivable, not cooperate with you for cleaning the room and inviting people over all the time.
Personally, my roommate and I get along great and if we have any questions about what the other likes or doesn't like, we ask them immediately so it gets resolved quickly. By resolving issues quickly, there's no buildup of frustration or emotion that may lead to sudden snaps and huge breakouts of arguments that benefits no one. We got along so well that we finished our roommate agreement in 10 minutes because (thankfully) my roommate is just as chill as I am for whatever we want to do and what time to go to bed.
By loving your roommate, you get to not only have a great living space where there is mutual understanding and schedules for cleaning and laundry but also a friend that you hopefully will have for life. I don't know if my roommate feels the same, but I want to be best friends with him because I AM going to be living with him for an entire school year and I want us to bond over stupid remarks, late-night hangouts, and deep talks.
Living with a roommate shouldn't be seen as a bad thing or an unpleasant event-if it is, you need to change your perspective on college and life. It's a privilege for me to know someone who comes from a completely different background from me and someone who I don't even completely know yet. I can't speak for any of my other classmates, but I'm looking forward to this upcoming freshman year of college and bonding with my roommate.
