My S's roommate is Pigpen

ellemenope
Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:59:19 +0000

D is a slob and we told her that she needed to straighten up because she would be going off to college and it would cause her roommate problems in the future. Turned out her roommate was just like she was!

When I was in law school, there was one guy who was really nice, but he really was a slob! His roommate was a neatnik. You could look into their room as you walked by and they had the door open. It was like there was an invisible line down the middle of the room…one side, neat as could be; the other side, you couldn’t walk on the carpet, there was so much stuff strewn around.

I guess they worked it out.

So I agree that you should let your son work it out himself. And I wouldn’t allow him to gripe to you about it unless he’s taken every step he can to remedy the problem.