<p>So I'll be attending Cal Poly Pomona this fall as a freshman living in the dorms. I joined a FB group for freshmen and this guy messaged me interested in dorming as roommates. We both agreed after learning we're both Hospitality majors, super into Disney, aspire for theme park careers and love Disneyland. This was a few weeks ago, and ever since then, every FB messaging conversation I try to start with him goes literally nowhere. I'll try to start one, and he'll give THE briefest responses without trying to keep it going.. Kind of just answering, "Yeah" or "No" or maybe a little variation based on the question. I asked him how it was going today and wished him a happy birthday and all I got was "thanks". I'd like to get to know my future roommate before hand if possible and I was super excited at first, but now not so much. Should this be a sign? Or are some people just really not into messaging? Is it something to ask about?</p>
<p>LOL… Relax…
You might be asking too much too early.
Its a great advantage that your school has given you to make that decision to be roommates. Most schools do not give freshmen such privileges. Thus, only getting to know your roommate when you arrive on campus in the fall.
That being said, it could be due to various reasons. Maybe he is time constrained when he has the opportunity to be online; might not be a very chatty person; could be having bad days; or just not very social.
Give him sometime, or yet you might endup not being roommates, I am not sure how guaranteed that request can be on your campus. So enjoy your summer, your parents cook meals, spacious living space, privacy, sleep-in more, etc… because soon they will all become luxuries…
Best of luck to you.</p>
<p>Relax!! He might just not be that into it maybe he will be once the year is closer to starting. See how he reacts around the time of orientation. </p>
<p>Also I think you should expand your search maybe having someone with the same major and interest as you is nice because you can study together but you need time apart. My roommate is a different major and we have some classes together but I get tired of her… Remember you’re going to live withThis person for a long time. </p>
<p>APs are going on now, and proms and grad nights and senior trips and saying farewell to a group you have often known since elementary school, since the truth of the matter is you may keep in touch with your best friend but the rest tend to drift away unless you are ‘thrown together’ in the future. Likely his attention will be on socializing when you are room mates, clearly he cared to know someone in advance enough to approach you about rooming together. However, you don’t have to be best friends with your roommate, just able to get along, work things out, and have an early bridge to the ‘get acquainted events’. If you look for perfection, you are likely to be disappointed. </p>
<p>Some people are best friends with their room mates, but that is a happy surprise. </p>
<p>Also, some are looking forward to starting the college experience, others, right now, are kind of sad to be leaving a great high school experience, and to be saying good bye to old friends.</p>