<p>The problem with bringing in a boyfriend/girlfriend instead of a regular friend is the former usually wants privacy, which means they are going to kick you out of your own dorm room(not like you want to be in there with them anyways but still).</p>
<p>My dad has warned me about this already but is this a big concern?</p>
<p>just because you’re dating someone doesn’t mean you have to be constantly touching them. my suggestion is to stay in your room and make friends with the foofriend.</p>
<p>When I brought my boyfriend over it wasn’t a huge deal. We didn’t make out in front of people or constantly touch one another, because I find that awkard.</p>
<p>But, it could become a problem is someone constantly brings their bf/gf over and its something you should set up in your initial agreements (ie: I will leave the room one night a week or I will be out of the room until 3am on this day so you can have some privacy).</p>
<p>I think it’s a bit rude to bring someone over and demand that the roommate leave. If they want privacy, then they can find privacy somewhere else.</p>
<p>Well I think its rude to randomly bring someone over, like there should be a couple days of warning. But last year my roommate rarely left the room except to go to class, and that was a bit annoying to never have any time alone. It wasn’t an issue because I wasn’t sexually active then, but its nice for your roommate to leave once in a great while regardless if its for a bf or gf, however its a shared room, so while it may be irritating, they aren’t obligated to.</p>
<p>Yeah, it’s your room also… so to expect for you to leave everytime they bring a friend over to be physical with them etc… is not the best option. Maybe a few times you’ll b generous to leave without them having to ask you, though I’m sure there are tons of places on campus for privacy… and yeah dorm rooms are one of them. Though I don’t think you shoudl feel the urge to leave all the time, how bad of a habit is this?</p>
<p>Roommates with decent communication skills and respect for one another can come to arrangements for this sort of thing. If the other roommate is considerate you should be able to get them to give you some warning when they plan on wanting some alone time (which you absolutely should occasionally give them, since you’ll probably be wanting some yourself) and understand if it isn’t possible that time for some reason.</p>
<p>Just don’t be a cockblock, and maybe when it’s your turn to get some poon they’ll help you out too.</p>
<p>Would you suggest to tell your future roomie right away that you have a bf/gf and plan to have them over <em>sometimes</em>? I’m the academic studying-comes-first-for-the-most-part type, so I wouldn’t have him over that much…maybe like once a month or so? </p>
<p>For my roommate matching thing I said that overnight guests are okay…so that should help my situation I hope!</p>
<p>Yeah, don’t let your roommate make this a habit, where a certian period of the day you know to leave out/ they ( or roommate) ask you to. Thats why I asked how often are your just leaving your room?</p>
<p>if you/roommate wants to bring significant other over, just arrange things so the person who doesn’t want to be there won’t be. go hang out with friends that night or something. </p>
<p>but if it starts happening so often it’s an inconvenience, you should say something</p>
<p>Symbol on the whiteboard!</p>
<p>just write <em>imagine tie hanging here</em></p>
<p>one word:</p>
<p>menage</p>
<p>^meet at her place instead</p>
<p>this is why i have a single room.</p>
<p>true story. 2 months ago. walked into my room to get my wallet (was going to Applebee’s). Roommate was in the middle of sex with his gf. I’m not gonna go into detail, because, uhh, lets just say they aren’t the thinnest of people.</p>
<p>He tried to apologize and all afterwards. I had a little talk with him afterwards, in a calm and collected manner (because sex is natural, and fighting isnt the way to solve problems with roommates), but I told him to take it somewhere else. Never happened again since.</p>
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<p>what, fatties aren’t allowed to have sex?</p>
<p>not in public places, no</p>
<p>This is why having your own room is the way to go. Which I’ve had for the last 3 semesters.</p>
<p>Being abroad right now, practically everyone shares a room. There is visual privacy but no sound privacy because of this sliding paper wall (think cubicle). Everytime the issue arises with a girl (whose room to go to) - it’s the same dillema - her roommate is sleeping in her room and my roommate always eventually finds his way to my room. Thankfully, my roommate and I have already had a discussion about this early in the year and “we don’t give a **** about it/ are not uncomfortable with it.”</p>
<p>Still, it’s kind of awkward when you know someone else probably hears you. — Double rooms suck.</p>