<p>hmm . . . well, it looks like I’m not going to be having a roomate any more (sort of) His friend on our floor’s roomie never showed up and he just came to get a bunch of his stuff because he’s going over to that room.</p>
<p>Free single!</p>
<p>That’s probably where he’s been.</p>
<p>“Free single!”</p>
<p>Not so much, from the looks of the room . . . he’ll be going between the two</p>
<p>hokegoalie - </p>
<p>Nah, not like “I’m eating lunch at 12” or “I won’t be here tomorrow because I’m going to be banging a really hot chick”. But I think it is common courtesy to say if you’re going to be gone for an extended period of time, like going on a 1 week vacation or whatever, haha. </p>
<p>Three days isn’t that long, but if they really hadn’t been back to the room for more than that, I would probably get kinda curious/worried even if I wasn’t her friend.</p>
<p>I’m in the boat that missing roomie = free single = more space = YAHOOOOOOOOOOO!!!</p>
<p>I would worry about my roommate if she was gone more than a day. I know she sleeps over at her boyfriend’s house sometimes, so I wouldn’t be worried if she didn’t sleep here one night. But if I didn’t see her for three days, I’d start getting worried. It’s only common courtesy to tell someone that you live with that you won’t be around for a while. What if something happened to you on the way somewhere (random spur of the moment hey I’ll go home and surprise my mom for her birthday! or something) and no one knew where you were? It’s not like I care where my roommate goes or what she does, but it’s only natural to start to worry if you don’t see someone for 3 days. </p>
<p>To the OP, just call the dude and be like, what’s up man where ya been?</p>
<p>I’m quite sure that if I had some sort of plans that were worthwile enough that I’d be gone an extended period of time, there would be a third party involved, so that if in case I were murdered, that third party would be the ones who would be worried.</p>
<p>Unless there is no third party involved because there really is something wrong. It’s not “common courtesy” because your roomie must know where you are in case you fall, so he can alert the police immediately should you not show up to wherever exactly on time - it’s so /your roomie/ doesn’t worry or wonder where you are. It’s for their benefit, not yours.</p>
<p>I don’t know why you’re trying to come up with excuses not to just show a little bit of empathy for somebody whose heart might not be so finely chiseled out of ice ;).</p>
<p>I dunno, maybe guys are different about this kind of stuff.</p>
<p>Realistically, if you don’t like your roommate, what makes them any different than a common stranger? If anything were to happen to Patty McHappyface, would you care? You are automatically supposed to care if you and Patty are forced to share a room?</p>
<p>If you are a human being, yes.</p>
<p>Welp, count me out then.</p>
<p>I’m out too.</p>
<p>I concur with the 2 posters above.</p>
<p>what makes your roommate different from a common stranger is you share a room and have to treat each other with common courtesy</p>
<p>when my d gets her roommate next year, I hope she has more luck then to get stuck with some one like hokiegolie who doesn’t much care for anyone who aint bestest friends…yeah</p>
<p>CGM: There is no reason to feel obligated to let your roommate know where you are at all times.</p>
<p>If I wanted to be monitored around the clock, I wouldn’t have moved away from home. Nor would I even leave the house. People like independance. Contrary to popular belief.</p>
<p>ah…gone for three days…its college, stuff happens. live it up but dont mess with his ****, thats a good way to get a roomie to hate you</p>
<p>I’m not talking about “monitoring around the clock”. If you plan on staying someplace else for the next three days, it might help to just leave a voicemail on a roommate’s phone or contact them some way. I don’t see how this really interferes with your independence.</p>
<p>I don’t see why my roommate has to know what I’m doing.</p>