<p>Are any of you best friends or really close friends with your roommate(s)? Are you likely to keep in contact after college?</p>
<p>Maybe I watch too many teen dramas on TV (which is entirely possible...) but I kinda want to get along really well with my roommate. </p>
<p>I'm an only child so I've never had to share my bedroom with anyone outside of the occasional sleepover, so I'm nervous about that. But, whatever...
It'll be interesting.</p>
<p>My first roommate and I got along, but we were just different people. My second roommate and I were friends before rooming together, and we have become best friends since. We’re getting an apartment together this year, too. </p>
<p>And even if you don’t get along well with your roommate, it’s nbd. Your second year you room with someone you choose generally and then you can be BFFs :).</p>
<p>I think many college freshmen come to school not having had to share a room with anyone while growing up. Some people become bff’s with their roommates, some don’t. Try to be flexible and honest with your roommate, and try to walk a little in her shoes. Hopefully, she will be the same way with you, instead of being a passive aggressive twit. That’s why it is important to get involved in your hall/dorm activities, ask other girls on the hall to go to dinner, be proactive and friendly. That way, if you and your roomie are not a match made in roommate heaven, you have other friends a few steps away. Good luck!</p>
<p>Nope and nope. My roommates and I didnt click. It happens. Dont force yourself to like your roommates. It is okay if you dont. There are other routes to make friends.</p>
<p>There are two things they’ll tell you about roommates: don’t room with friends and don’t expect to be BFFs. Roommates are just supposed to be able to get along and be able to live with each other. Of course it’s possible to become BFFs, but if it doesn’t happen that’s okay too. As long as you don’t end up hating each other. I’ve had roommates that have kept in touch and roommates I ended up hating. You can’t really predict these things.</p>
<p>You should forget everything you’ve seen on TV shows about dorm life. It’s usually not true at all. Especially how nice the dorms look!</p>
<p>I had two roommates. One I really disliked, the other I didn’t like but could tolerate being around (she was an Asian who did nothing but study). </p>
<p>I never really bonded with people on either of my floors. I made friends elsewhere.</p>
<p>You don’t have to be best friends with your roommate, but it’s always nice. Either way, be nice to them and you shouldn’t have too much to worry about.</p>
<p>It will be much less stressful on both of you if you are friends. You don’t have to be bff’s though. A lot of people don’t stick with their first-year roommate afterwards, but it can happen :)</p>
<p>actually, I’d never choose to live with two of my three freshman roommates ever again (lived in a 4-person suite, so only the girl who shared a bunk bed with me was tolerable). Spend time together, and bond with them often, otherwise they might just turn out to be backstabbers. (lol, i don’t sound bitter at all, do I?)</p>