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I heard that it is better to room with random people because you can make more friends like that. Also if you room with friends, you tend to argue and start fights with each other more. Which option is better, rooming with friend or someone you don't know?

[twix0rz]

I went potluck and lived a random person. It was fine. But she was an international student for only one semester and she was a junior in Korea...so we weren't exactly super close bffs. you know..
My other best friends roomed with each other and they are perfectly fine. My friends also made lots of new friends even if they roomed with each other.
I think it is fine to room with your best friend and not go potluck.

Your choice. ^__^ Both should work out.

[hellotamz]

It should both work out well given that you are
patient and considerate. :3
I wouldn't mind living with my friends!!~~
They are so fun and we never fight
for as long as I can remember.

[pochacco]

I've heard stories of good friends living together and their relationship deteriorating because of it. But it doesn't always turn out like that.

[geosdsd]

i live with all my friends. friends i made from the dorms, friends i met from other friends, and friends i made through work. and it all works out fine.
i've never had a huge problem with any of my house mates except one time involving a keg. but that's about it.

it always depends on the people though, there are friends i wouldn't want to live with.. personality clashing and all that. so best advice would be: ask yourself if you can see yourself being with your friend almost 24/7, both good and bad times, and imagine if you can handle their "dramatic ways" or "messiness" or something. if you can overlook it then it won't be a problemo.

[Milai Sapphire]

In my experience, it varies. I've roomed with friends and had a great time (sure we had a few problems in the 2 years of rooming). And I've roomed with people that I didn't know, and enjoyed myself. Depends on your personal daily routine, and whether that clashes with how the other person lives. I like to avoid unnecessary conflict, so that maybe makes me easier to live with?

One of my friends had a really bad month or so living with one of her close friends in the dorms too, so *shrugs* really varies from person to person.

Guess I'd say in the dorms, living with new people is good. In apartments, live with friends. :x But that's just how I've done things so far with college~

[lairen]

I heard that it is better to room with random people because you can make more friends like that. Also if you room with friends, you tend to argue and start fights with each other more. Which option is better, rooming with friend or someone you don't know?

i think it's very challenging especially of course someone who is
opposite my personality..

[she-smiles]

hmm.... i guess it depends on where you're living?

my personal experience:
i was randomly paired with a roommate my first semester of freshman year.
we got along well, thank goodness.
then second semester, i moved in with a friend.
we had our differences, but we're still friends.

now i'm living in an apartment, with someone i know and someone i don't know.
and all i gotta say, i'd rather live with someone i know!
because there are more responsibilities, we are comfortable to tell each other what's right and wrong.
and we are comfortable with our living environment.
whereas the other roommate whom we are not quite familiar with....
well, that's a story for another day.

i'm moving out this summer, so it should be getting better.

[kiki]

Well...

right now. I'm living with ppl that I don't know... and I'm having a difficult time living with them.
I mean we're ok. It's just that I don't feel comfortable telling them to clean up after themselves
(lol), asking them to pitch in for the apartment, and such.

I have a hard time opening up. Living with strangers... I don't know.

Next semester I'll be living with my friends... and they have all heard my roommate complaints.
I feel more comfortable telling them to do things for me... I do have the fears that things will turn out badly,
but hey... we might grow stronger as friends too right? Who knows...

[f0reveralways]

i think you should live with someone you know who is kind of like a friend, more like an acquaintance.. someone you know personally, but not very well. lol.

that way, if your relationship deteriorates, no biggie, you didn't really know them that well.
but from what i've seen, those kind of relationships strengthen and grow and now that you know each other more, you're more like friends.


living with someone you don't know at all could be a hit or miss. either you guys hit it off really well and become like bffs.. OR you guys just kind of deal with each other. (or even worse, you hate each other's guts. lol)

[aishiteruhoney]

lol.

I picked random.

Big mistake.

I got someone who doesn't wash their hair, has bad hygiene, steals my toilet paper, etc.


:|

Next year, I'm getting a single.

[dottywine]

I ALWAYS opt to live with someone I don't know. I've made so many new friends this way and had a great experience.

[i<3ramen]

ever since college ive always lived in apartments i skipped the dorms kind of wished i hadn't but besides my first year the other two (im in my 3rd year) ive lived with somewhat strangers, mainly friend of a friend whom ive met once or never. but its not bad kind of awkward at first but that dies quickly

[kpopchild]

when i shared an apartment with someone i found off craigslist, she turned out to be a nightmare (and so many other names that i cannot use on soompi or else i will be banned). but then i always had my best friend rooming with me, and we were always cool with each other. however, it really depends on how well you know that person though, and whether or not your living styles are compatible. hard to say one or the other without really going thru it yourself to find the right person.

[kuku]

Well, I know for a fact that people who choose to be roommates Do end up arguing a lot more. You don't know a friend's habit until you live with the guy. I have a friend who wakes up at 6 am everyday to go to the gym. I don't wake up til 10 before class. His living habits would drive me nuts.

[kimchee1]

i'd rather live with someone i know. but i've heard of cases where best friends turn into enemies! =/

[lynnaxchoi]

i've done both, & i like living with a friend.

last year (my first yr in college), i lived in the dorms. it was more like a suite, so i had my own room, and next to me my suitemate had her own room & we shared a bathroom. on the other side of the suite, there was one room where 2 ppl shared a room/bathroom. the two on the other side were nice & we got along .. but ohhh man. the suitemate that roomed next to me was freaking HORRIBLE. around the first few weeks of school, she stole a bunch of our clothes (she stole a brand new pair of jeans that was tucked IN a dresser from my suitemate) and when we looked into her room, not even going INSIDE her room, they were on her bed .. IN PLAIN SIGHT! that's not even it.. she would smoke weed INSIDE her room so it smelled throughout the entire suite and into the hallways, she would bring over ppl REALLY late at night and they would be obnoxiously loud without a care, and sometimes she would be screaming at the top of herlungs talkign to her bf on the phone .. i woke up several times at like 5am.
we even confronted her about it and she acted like noting was wrong. well, let's just say we couldn't take it anymore and had to get her kicked out of our suite. -_________-

NOW, i'm living with my close friend that i met last yr. it's really fun and though sometimes we get annoyed of each other, it's nothing big.

[Beryu]

I think If I do room with some1 its gotta be some1
who knows when to be quiet, who is clean, who is well-mannered, who doesnt have anger problems, whos calm..
basically not a trouble maker and independant person

[~Tropical.Mists]

Well during first year, I lived with my best friend in a double's room =) i had the left side and she took the right side haha =P
It wasn't that bad since we've known each other for almost 10 years now... the only awkward part was that we had NO privacy whatsoever lol

Besides that, we're still living together now =)
We're in second year and we rented a place for us and 3 other friends ^^

--xoxo.
TM

[x StaR]

no, dont ever room with random ppl because thats what I did (missed my housing app)
its BAD because you dont know their backgrounds, their living habits, or things like that

its better to live with someone that you know you can deal with (a friend)

i ended up with someone that smokes weed all the time........

and dramas are inevitable.