Did you prepare your kids to be good college roommates?

@toomanyteens sexiling = getting kicked out of your dorm room while your roommate has sex. sex + exile turned into a verb. D got kicked out a lot sometimes until really late (like 2-3am). Taking care of drunk roommate was also a low point. I really have no idea how D and her frosh roommate were matched—they were opposites in every possible way.

As for S19, well I hope the roommate matching works out better for him. I think he’ll be a good roommate as he’s a considerate and kind person if not terribly tidy. I may ask D to help him fill out his roommate form. She being a college student has a more realistic idea of annoying roommate behaviors. I was clearly clueless and no help to her when she filled out her roommate form. There were no questions about sex but there was about TV for example. It never occurred to us that someone would bring a TV and watch it at college. Or gaming, like video-gaming. Didn’t know that was a thing either. Didn’t realize the importance of having some minor overlap in tastes in music and movies.