<p>I want to share an apartment with some people but I definitely get annoyed when people do stupid things and people tend not to care if they are being that way. I don’t want to get in a fight with someone but i could also be missing out on going out with apartment mates and stuff so what was good/bad in your experience? Were you like best friends with someone and shared apartment but it didn’t work out after living together? Some people are different when you live with them and when you just hang out with them.</p>
<p>omg you sound like someone who gets roommate pranked just because they’re so anal about everything in life. Just be laid back and fun to be around. Don’t room with one of your close friends (you’ll end up hating each other) and don’t become too close with your roommate. Stop over thinking it. It’s not that complicated. Rooming alone is boring. You’d think that “hey since I’m alone I can bring a guy/girl over anytime and It’ll be awesome.” No. It’s not like that. You’ll be the creeper who lives alone and everyone thinks they’re gonna get rapped because of it. You will end up spending 90% of your free time watching TV or studying and the other 10% walking to class alone.</p>
<p>Be likable and you shouldn’t have a problem.</p>
<p>This was fun to write.</p>
<p>lol thanks. I never thought of it that way but that’s true.</p>
<p>having roommates can be cool, or it can be annoying and stressful as hell. My first roommates stole my food, my things, and were drama magnets. My current roommates are super chill and laid back. They’ll occasionally use my things without asking (like my earbuds or my wireless mouse) but for the most part they’re pretty respectful. it all just depends on the person.</p>
<p>rooming with the opposite sex can also be a pain. I’ve done it, and it was a pain -__- (i’m a guy btw)</p>
<p>I think I wouldn’t like to live with a roommate. I know they’d get *<strong><em>ed because I’m somewhat annoyingly clean and I’d *</em></strong> them off because I take like one hour to get ready every morning.</p>
<p>Don’t live with people who talk to themselves. Its a red flag. Watch out for people not sleeping much their first year, its only going to get worse. Don’t get a slob as a roommate; it just ruins the whole living experience. I live with one guy who is crazy as fu(|<! Find cool people.</p>
<p>Yeah avoid the people who live alone. You might get rapped at and everyone knows, the worst rappers are the ones who live alone.
TC Quit being so clueless kekeke</p>
<p>It depends though. I used to live with roommate last yr, and it was okay. He was nice, but he brought his gf over alot, and it was annoying to some extent.
I am living w/ my self now, and it’s nice there aren’t people around that annoy the hell out of you. Also, you can study at home and sleep whenever. Either way is fine, but I prefer living by myself.</p>
<p>So true about the sleep part. My first year, I regularly slept at 4am and woke up anytime between 8am-noon (depending on classes, etc.). Over the years, it’s just gotten more and more irregular until now, where the only thing predictable is that there’s a 90% chance I’ll be asleep at 8am, but this does not apply at all for 7am or 9am.</p>
<p>i lived with a roommate during freshman year and then lived with 3 other roommates during sophomore year. ****ing hated the experience both years. </p>
<p>living alone > *. you can also masturbate whenever you want.</p>
<p>Your life does get annoying if your roommate sets his alarm clock at 3:00 am while you’re trying to finish the work and go to sleep. Make sure to get a roommate who has respect for your belongings and food and who will clean up the public area such as the kitchen and the sink after he uses it.</p>
<p>I’ll list the problems I’m having with my roommates right now. Most of them are minor, but they really annoy me.
- Lights on at all times. I’m usually the first one to come back home at 8 pm and I notice all the lights are on for at least 12 hours b/c they’re too lazy to turn it off. Nice waste of energy.
- Kitchen utensils take a week to be cleaned, and they’re MINE!
- Eating my food. Nowadays I don’t even buy certain groceries b/c of them.
- Not cleaning. Nope, not even picking up the hair in the bathroom, eww.
- Having visitors without even asking me.
- Singing so loudly and SOOOO badly…
- Talking so loudly on the phone. I would send him out of the house, but that will distract the entire neighborhood, so I just let him stay in.
- Not taking out the trash/doesn’t do recycling.
- Thinks sleeping is a waste, but one cannot survive without sleeping. What usually happens is as I go to bed, he AWAKES up (3 in the morning) and his day begins. </p>
<p>Anyway, you can tell I am seriously stressed about myself.
I think signing a room contract might’ve helped, but a lot of them are just bad/weird habits.</p>
<p>If I have to room again, I would actually find a roommate who is a complete stranger so we wouldn’t dare to disrespect each other. If I have to room with someone I know, I would ask him/her about her habit and see that works w/ me.</p>
<p>Anyway, I can’t wait for the contract to be over so I can get the hell out of my apartment.</p>
<p>OMG I JUST wrote this huge post and my internet cable fell out so it’s all GONE! : [ </p>
<p>anyway i said: </p>
<p>I’m sorry upmagic that it happened that way but the “we” in this “we wouldn’t dare to disrespect each other.” should be changed to “I”. People are not always respectful if you are respectful to them…I don’t know why but it happens that way. </p>
<p>FOR OTHERS: let me clear up that i am sharing an APARTMENT not a ROOM. </p>
<p>For those of you who have had bad apartment mates or whatever…how did u choose them? (don’t elaborate if it was random by berkeley) but i’m curious to see if people roomed with friends and then like became enemies or something</p>
<p>They were my roommates when I lived in the dorm last year, it was fine back then, but what a mistake.</p>
<p>Living in the dorm only requires you to co-exist with them while being apartment-mates requires responsibility much beyond such as cleaning and maintaining the house. So here’s my little advise for you: your current roommate might be cool right now, but he/she could be a terrible apartment-mate.</p>
<p>What do you think I should look for in my apartment mate? I guess most problems are like one person doesn’t wash dishes or take out the trash or clean up. But what else? I think personality trends help as well. Like someone who is constantly criticizing you would be much worse in an apartment.</p>
<p>I am rooming with strangers (well, we know one another now, but I found them on Craigslist. We are all Cal students) and it’s worked out great because of the mutual respect which comes easier with strangers than existing friends and we are a lot more proactive in cleaning and so on.</p>
<p>I know people who roomed with friends from dorms and they are now BFFs, and others who did the same but are virtually enemies because of the issues raised by UpMagic. It’s not that they don’t pay rent or w/e, it’s the small things like not washing up, never taking out the trash, not cleaning, etc. Whereas one might be more “self-conscious” with strangers (not sure if this made sense, but I hope it helps)</p>
<p>Qualities you want in a roommate:</p>
<p>1) Drama-free and communicable: this will ensure that you two have few long-lasting problems. This doesn’t mean that the you guys will not have disagreements, but people who don’t cause drama tend to resolve problems peacefully and reasonably. And good communication ensures that both parties know what’s going on; passive-aggressiveness is the most irritating thing ever.</p>
<p>2) Responsible. This covers: paying rent on time, doing dishes, cleaning up after themselves in general, and being respectful (telling you if someone is spending the night).
As long as they can take care of their own space and duties, it’ll be fine.</p>
<p>You don’t have to be great friends, you both don’t have to be clean, you don’t have to like the same kind of music; you just need to coexist peacefully with them.</p>
<p>Reading all these roomate threads makes me wonder if anyone has ever had a good/more than decent roomate.</p>
<p>^ well, it’s not like someone’s going to make a thread just to say “I love my roomies! <3333”, no? So only people who need to rant/need advice are going to post</p>
<p>i <3333 my roomies</p>
<p>indeed, i don’t think most people are as gullible as I am when it comes to choosing the ‘right’ roommates. It sounds like an issue since only the complainers are whining about it, but I’ve seen plenty of people around who get along well. Usually the roommates are high school friends or be in same majors (thus classmates) or same club members or belong in a church group. Having your friend as your roommate doesn’t necessarily mean you guys turn into enemies.</p>