The thought of living with a stranger seems scary at first, but if you get lucky like I did, you'll become extremely close with your roommates and experience these ten roommate milestones.

1. Setting Boundaries

The most important thing you can do when living with someone is set boundaries. The best way to form a healthy roommate relationship is to be honest with each other and make sure that everyone is comfortable with the rules you have set up for yourselves.

2. Sharing Things

This will obviously depend on the boundaries you set, but whether it's sharing food, clothes or class notes, eventually this milestone will be met. The most important thing about sharing with the people you live with is making sure that no matter how close you are, and even when you know your roommate will say yes, you should always ask before borrowing something.

3. Asking for Help

Asking for help is something that takes time in any relationship. It requires being vulnerable and accepting that sometimes you can not do it all on your own, which is why this particular milestone is so substantial. No matter how uncomfortable the situation, asking for help is an important milestone in a roommate relationship because it's a way of building trust.

4. Confiding

This is another way of building and showing trust in the relationship. Especially since you are sharing a tight space with your roommate, they are bound to see you at your best and worst moments. Instead of shutting your roommate out, it is productive to use their friendship as a resource to help you through your difficult times. Most likely when you reach this milestone, your roommate will already be able to tell when you aren't doing well. Rather than pushing them away, let them in and together you can work through whatever you are going through.

5. Asking for Space

Everyone needs time to themselves; it's completely normal to need an hour or two or even an afternoon to be alone. It's one thing to recognize this for yourself, and it's another step to tell somebody else this and ask them to respect it.

6. Crying

It's takes a long time in a relationship to get to the point where you're comfortable being vulnerable and crying in front of someone. Reaching this milestone will help you to feel significantly more comfortable in your living space. Whether you are a person who tears up at every movie you watch or someone who rarely gets emotional, it is important to feel safe enough in your home and with your roommate to express your emotions however you see fit.

7. Addressing Issues/Having The Difficult Conversations

Within any type of relationship, it is crucial to be open and honest in order to maintain a healthy relationship. Once you reach this milestone with your roommate, your relationship will most likely be strong enough that you can bluntly address whatever is bothering you. Just because you are close with someone, doesn't mean you need to love and be okay with everything they do. If something is bugging you, bring it up immediately. There is no need to harbor resentment when you can just have an honest conversation.

8. Taking Care of Each Other when Sick

One of the most difficult things to deal with in college is being sick away from home. You don't have your parents to take care of you anymore, and you feel terrible. So, it's a wonderful feeling to have when you realize that you have a new support system to help you feel better.

9. Spending Breaks Together

Spring break rolls around and you realize that while you desperately need time off of school you don't need time away from your roommate. This isn't true for everyone, but for many, that week becomes an incredibly important bonding experience where you get to know each other on a deeper level outside of a school setting. Whether this means visiting each other's home towns or going on a random adventure; these trips just affirm that you are close not because you have to be, but because you genuinely enjoy each other's company.

10. Not Being Able to Spend Time Apart

This doesn't necessarily apply to all roommates, but if you become really close to your roommate, it soon becomes hard to spend time without each other. They make everything more comfortable and more fun, and you can't remember what you did before you had them in your life.