Changing Clothes

Student Lounge College Life
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<p>I'm going to be living in a dorm over the summer at Berkeley... and I've never dormed before. Do you just change in front of your roommates or do you go to the bathroom to change? I don't want to change in front of a total stranger... especially if it's a triple, and 2 other people are there besides myself.</p>

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<p>well just think, they won't be strangers after you introduce yourself. I mean, you will be living together. You'll have to get over it.</p>

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<p>You're kidding, right? Are you in high school? If so, don't you take P.E.? Don't you change clothes in the locker room with everyone else?</p>

<p>You simply change clothes in near your bed or any other space that is convenient. The rooms are very small, and there really is "no room" to be self-conscious. Just don't stare at your roommate's naked body or something like that.</p>

<p>People on CC seem to be so obsessed with and insecure about community showers, changing clothes or shaving in front of someone, etc. Don't you have siblings? Don't you "handle your business" when they're around? Your dorm mates are just regular people like you, with a body just like you. </p>

<p>My first summer school roommate slept on top of his bed in the nude, which was a little surprising to me, but I got over that in about 2 days.</p>

<p>I snore like really loud, which is much more annoying (even to me)!</p>

<p>Changing clothes (or anything else) is no big deal. Get over it!</p>

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<p>Though I do think people are way to obsessed with these topics, my roommate from last year was quite insecure so she set up our dressers to where they made a small changing room. Odd, I know but hey...it worked for her weird self.</p>

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<p>My freshman year roommate and I changed in the bathroom for the first week of school, and then subtly in the room, but after a few weeks together we danced around the room half naked together. And we weren't even very good friends.</p>

<p>I'm a dancer, and in the locker room I've found that those girls who just strip naked to change aren't looked at as nudie weirdos, but awesome people who have the confidence to be comfortable in their own bodies. And now I'm one of them. </p>

<p>Just relax already. Everyone's naked under their clothes anyways.</p>

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<p>i strip down to just my underwear in the room and bring a change of underwear with me when I shower.</p>

<p>You'll get tired of taking all your clothes to the bathroom along with all your shower stuff and start changing in your room.</p>

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<p>You'll quickly find out what you and your roomies are comfortable with, but all last year living in the dorms I always changed in the bathroom. (in-suite bathroom though)</p>

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<p>I had a single first year of college but in h.s. I changed in the bathroom if my roomie was there and quickly in the room if she wasn't.</p>

<p>She however would hang around in her towel for hours on end:P</p>

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<p>u can wear a towel around ur waste, then put on ur underwear that way if you dont wana get naked infront of anyone... its really not a big deal though</p>

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<p>tnc, when you said wate, did you mean number 1 or number 2?</p>

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<p>I don't know about changing underwear/bras(I'd put those on in the bathroom after showering) but getting dressed isn't wierd AT ALL. For the girls, don't you walk around during the summer in a two piece bathing suit? Isn't that nearly the same as a bra and underwear? I don't know... I just don't see that as wierd at all. For guys... I've roomed with a guy before and both he and I thought nothing about stripping down to our undergarments the first day.</p>

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<p>I know that women often have communal changing rooms in discount or wholesale places all change together...old, young, fit, not so fit, it doesn't matter</p>

<p>when my kids were little, we went swimming at a place for disabled people (they had the warmest pool)- anyway, we saw all kinds of shapes and sizes, and people in wheel chairs, missing limbs, women who had breast cancer. After the first time, Ds, weren't the least bit shocked anymore.</p>

<p>Just say hey dude or dudettes, is it okay if i change in here? Cool.</p>

<p>I would rather someone change in front of me than someone who was a pig.</p>

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<p>You also have some kids who try and change in bed under the covers. haha.<br>
Just go to the corner of the room and turn your back to whoever and change. If they happen to turn their head in your direction, they'll just see the darkside... Besides, you'll probably find that you can change in the morning when your roommate is sleeping or after they have gone to class. Don't worry about it.</p>

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<p>No, I'm not in high school, I'm college... in fact, I've been in college for 4 years now. However, I've never shared my bedroom before. I don't have siblings, and I've always had my own room, even in college. The only people I've ever shared a bathroom with are my parents (I have my own bathroom here at my apartment). And yeah, I changed in front of people back in high school, but that was back in the day, when I was MUCH more fit. Now, alas, with the extra poundage, I'm a lot more self-conscious. I'll change in front of friends, no problem, but expose my fat flesh in front of total strangers, strangers that are probably younger and more fit than me? Not my idea of a good time.</p>

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<p>Haha, we all have our "+'s" and "-'s" with regard to how fit we look when naked. But I still say that it is no big deal to change clothes in front of someone else. Just don't stare at your roommate's "special places" and turn away from your roommates when changing underwear, if it makes you feel more comfortable. </p>

<p>I always thought that women were less uptight than men. My sister and her girlfriends never had hang-ups about changing in front of each other, helping each other put on makeup, trying on each other's clothes, etc., even sharing a bed to cut costs when sharing a room at a conference, on vacation or a cruise. Women will go to the restroom together at a club or restaurant, I always assumed, just so they can gossip about us guys. (I know I'm a mcp sometimes!)</p>

<p>It's us guys who usually have all the hangups, even though we should be used to each other from locker room and (athletic team) group shower situations. Some guys are overly sensitive about their body or (heaven forbid) becoming aroused when in the presence of others who are nude. It's every guy's nightmare that he becomes aroused in a group shower situation. It unfortunately happens sometimes for absolutely no apparent reason.</p>

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<p>Yeah, for marching band, we don't have any regular male/female locker rooms, so we usually change in front of each other on the bus. Whatever, don't look, and cover ur piece if its too big to fit in ur boxers.</p>

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<p>"Whatever, don't look, and cover ur piece if its too big to fit in ur boxers."</p>

<p>That made me laugh out loud...good one!</p>

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<p>yeah, I did marching band through high school too, so I got used to changing in front of other people, in the locker room and on the bus. to cut costs on band trips they'd have four guys or girls to a room, with everyone sharing a bed with someone else.</p>

<p>it's seriously not a big deal.</p>

<p>as far as changing underwear/bras though... I'd still do that in the bathroom.</p>

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<p>My Ds can change in the car, its an artform. From jeans to evening wear in two minutes. I have seen guys change in parking lots, my H can change his soccer clothes by the field under a big old towel. Can't imagine what happens when the women folk aren't around.</p>

<p>And, don't worry if you aint perfect anymore. Laugh it off and know that in a couple of years, they too, will have things a little less perfect.</p>

<p>People really don't care. Honestly.</p>

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<p>In my H.S. Marching band, guys AND girls changed outside, most likely in front of the other bands in the parking lot at a competition.</p>

<p>But then there was a rule that everyone wear white boxers.</p>