A lot of people tell you not to room with your best friend and that, in my opinion, is debatable. My first semester of college I roomed with a girl I’ve never met before and, surprisingly, it actually worked out great! She and I became great friends! Unfortunately, however, she transferred back to her hometown.

But it all worked out in the end because my best friend, Emily transferred to my college and we became roommates. Living with her has been so much fun because we already know each other very well and we have inside jokes and great memories. She and I can look at each other after saying a random word and just laugh for minutes on end. Now since I only had my old roommate for one semester I can’t say that we would’ve been friends forever, but we still keep in touch and I feel we would have. Since many people say not to room with friends, let's weigh the pros and cons.

Cons:

• You won't be exposed to having new friends or new people to room with.
• You might not like rooming with each other and start to argue.
• You might want to room with a new friend but you don’t want to make things awkward.

I can say that since Emily transferred in after a semester, I already built friendships, but even though we room together she has her own friends, I have mine and we have friends together. Also, there's a possibility you could not like your roommate no matter who it is.

Pros:

• You have inside jokes.
• They have your back automatically.
• No awkward roommate tension.
• We can always laugh.
• You’re comfortable sharing your life with them since you’ve known them for a considerable time.

Since I started living with Emily, I never realized how similar we actually are, we can just say some random words and laugh. We try and see who can take the ugliest picture of each other when the lights are off and our flash is on. We compare “insults” like “You’re like a peep, nobody likes you but we keep you around.” All in good fun, we can just laugh at each other. Rooming with your best friend from high school or someone randomly will be great fun, either one you will have great friends for life.