<p>So many people complain about their roommate on here...which I understand they need to vent somewhere if their roommate just plain sucks and they don't get along...but is there anyone else who does get along well or fairly well with their roommate? My roommate and I don't fight, or take each other's stuff, or have big problems like that...and it was a random roommate questionnaire type thing, I didn't pick my roommate ahead of time since I'm a freshman.</p>
<p>The majority of people don’t dislike their roommate. </p>
<p>My first roommate and I got along fine. We weren’t really friends, but we definitely didn’t dislike each other (we just had different personalities). No questionnaire for us- purely random. My current roommate and I have been together for 2 years and we just signed our lease for a third year.</p>
<p>I get along great with my roommates. There are four of us (we live in a suite-style dorm with two bedrooms) and so far, we’ve never had disagreements with each other. During our roommate agreement with the RA, our answers were usually “yes, but ask” on several subjects. One of my roommates let me borrow her dish soap and sponge during Thanksgiving break because I wrote on tumblr that I needed to go out and buy them, and so her generosity saved me some money. I’d use her dish soap and sponge to wash my dishes in my bathroom sink (which, unfortunately, is the ONLY way we can wash our dishes in our dorm), then wash all the soap out of the sponge and return it to her bathroom (which gives access to her and her roommate’s room, but I only take the dish soap and sponge when I need it–I don’t touch anything else). We tend to look out for each other, too. I’m not exactly close friends with them, but we’re very tolerable of each other. </p>
<p>I also didn’t pick my roommates–it was all random. We just clicked the first day (well, except for me. It took me some time to get used to them because I was really shy and wary about meeting and living with strangers, haha, and I didn’t know what they would be like).</p>
<p>My roommate is considerate. We don’t fight. She’s messy, but not dirty. She’s reasonable. She’s friendly.</p>
<p>I like my roommate a lot. I also went random.</p>
<p>My roommate and I aren’t really friends (we have entirely different interests and social circles) but we definitely can co-exist well and we’ve never had anything remote resembling a disagreement let alone an argument.</p>
<p>One of my roommates is my best friend. The other two, I have some issues with, but it’s just annoyances, nothing terrible. I am fine with my living situation, and next year I’ll be living with my two best friends, which I know will be awesome.</p>
<p>I currently live in a big apartment though where we all have our own rooms (will next year as well), so that’s probably part of it.</p>
<p>You hear about people who don’t get along because they are the ones who vent. The great majority of roomies get along just fine, whether or not they are BFFs…you just don’t hear about it because they have no reason to vent.</p>
<p>Think of it as the dorm version of the local news…on the news you hear about the murders and the fires, not the families who get along great or the houses that continue to shelter…</p>
<p>I get along with my current roomie just great. My past 2 roommates and I disagreed on things, but my roommate this year and I have a really great rapport. I do say stuff like, “I’m so happy that my roommate and I get along!” But I think it’s assumed roomies at minimum coexist without problems, or their friends will hear about it.</p>
<p>I’ve got 5 other roommates. I get along with one OK and the other four very well. We hang out a lot, they’re good folks.</p>
<p>I loved my roommate. She irritated me once or twice, and it was during a period of irritation that I commented on the roommate rant thread. Other than that, we got along beautifully.</p>