<p>We agreed to not clash our bedspreads. :) When I bought a carpet, however, I made sure that it coordinated with what both of us had going on. Ditto for curtains.</p>
<p>Edit & PS: I nest like crazy.</p>
<p>I found it funny when we visited during parents weekend, my son's clothes were all folded, hung, and put away. What a nice surprise! The floor, however, was covered with papers, books, uncashed paychecks, and dust bunnies that were growing into lions. Oh, and I don't think he ever washed his sheets his entire freshman year. Yuck!</p>
<p>the college counselor told the story of when she went to visit her son in college- and ended up buying him quite a few things including a waste basket.
How they could get along without a wastebasket you ask?
Well apparently the dorm overlooked a ravine and they just tossed things out the window!</p>
<p>( That reminds me of my weird brother- he is retired as an officer from the air force- works as an electrical engineer, lives in a gated community with a country club, but is too cheap to pay for garbage pickup- he stores it in his garage in bags and then drives around to apt dumpsters and stuffs it in. Why anyone would want to hassle with that even if it was legal I don't know- )</p>
<p>This thread really is taking me down memory lane. The summer before my freshman year in college my roommate sent me a huge check to buy matching items...bedspreads, rugs, lamps, etc. She lived in a rural area and I lived in a city. Her letter said she thought I could get everything we needed. I had never met her or spoken to her. She gave me the money and carte blanche for the choices. At the end of freshman year, we sold the matching items to two friends who loved them and were rooming together the following year. I tried to get roomie to take the money because SHE paid for the stuff...She insisted that <em>I</em> take all of the money from the sale. NOW...flash forward to my son...matching anything??? Hah! His room was very neat (really it was!!) but the notion that he and his roommate(s) needed matching items didn't even cross his mind...or mine. I will say that when walking down the hall, it was clear that some of the girls had at least coordinated their color choices.</p>
<p>My first thought on the original post is...for my D..what's a bedspread?Never in a million year would she use an extra layer on top of a blanket,just for show?
I don't think she ever made her bed after the first move in day.This year (senior) she lived in a house that was so foul we wouldnt even use the bathroom.It was bad enough it even got to her.
Our latest conversation (scenario,shes moving and packing things up)..how do I get my dirty dishes washed and ready to pack?...the sink and countertops are full of their (roomates)stuff...my answer...move their stuff out,wash yours and put theirs back..or take your stuff into the bathroom and wash it there.Ugh.
I think there's hope for the future though..shes choosing to live alone for grad school,so there's nobody else's mess, and she's looking forward to doing a little decorating.</p>
<p>Was just chatting with another poster who went to Mary Washington too. I told her y'all would hoot even more if you knew we had to receive our gentlemen callers in the parlor back then and that shortly before my arrival you had to wear a dress to Sunday dinner or if you left campus to go into town. I never expected this thread to take the direction it has taken. Very interesting change in times.</p>
<p>Hi! This thread prompted me to register. LOL I have just been shopping for extra-long sheets, shower caddy, clip-on fan, etc., and I had to laugh when I saw this cuz I thought it was a good idea! When I asked my daughter what she thought, she said a couple of her friends had already done this! She didn't think she would, she's rooming with a highschool friend, but thought it was an option!</p>
<p>My freshman roommate and I did go shopping for matching spreads, etc., and my father had the drapes made. But we only lived together the one year. Since M D won't even find out who her roommate will be until about 2 weeks before school starts, this is impossible. Plus, we are in TX and she's going to school in Mass. What are the chances we can get together? Maybe online, etc. My D is very independent and wants what she wants, so, we bought her stuff already. Plus, at her school, next year, she will probably be in a single - mostly freshman in doubles. So it doesn't make sense for her not to get what she wants. So, look at the whole picture - When do you find out who roommate is? What kind of housing is foreseen? Is your child an individual or the kind who needs to have things match? It's up to the kids.</p>