Rooming with a friend vs. Rooming with a stranger

DoItForJohnny
Sat, 23 Jul 2005 23:06:58 +0000

It kind of seem like the trend is that people have better experiences rooming with strangers. I personally did too. My first year I roomed with total strangers in a suite and my roommate ended up being one of my absolute best friends. I transfered schools the next year and live in an apartment with two friends from high school, not nearly as good an experience. I think a lot of it has to do with the fact you don’t really have any expectations if you don’t already know the person, so you end up getting know him/her as your roommate. (In fact, my first year roommate actually CALLS me “roommate”. She never uses my first name. Even now that we don’t live together anymore. Silly girl). If you’re friends beforehand, you DO have expectations about how it will be, and if it turns out different, it can be a let down, and worse case scenario you’re out a friend you already had. Some friendships can take it, but I’d just keep this in mind.