<p>So I have been trying to contact my roomate for a few weeks now. I messaged him on the school email and he hasn't responded. I think I found him on facebook though, what do I say for a first message? I'm not even sure it's him but I'm just going to guess? Lol.</p>
<p>Just be super casual. </p>
<p>“Hey, Tim! I’m Mike and I’ll be your roommate this year. Or at least I think so…there are so many Tim’s on Facebook. Anyway, I’m from Middle of Nowhere and like long walks on the beach and kissing my cousin. Look forward to getting to know you!”</p>
<p>thanks…lol</p>
<p>I think that’s a bit much for a first message. Maybe just “Hey Tim, I’m mike, I saw that we got paired as roommates & just wanted to introduce myself.”</p>
<p>The conversation <em>should</em> pick up from there.</p>
<p>Were some of those comments too soon? Should be hold them off for the third reply?</p>
<p>My school gave us our roommates’ school email and I guess we’re supposed to contact them through that, but I’m a freshman and at this stage, most of us still aren’t used to the idea of using the school email yet, so I just I just contacted her on Facebook. She was the only person with that name so lucky for me 
But I just sent her something along the line of: “Hey, are you going to <a href=“and%20if%20you’re%20in%20a%20special%20living%20place%20like%20a%20Living%20Learning%20Community,%20then%20include%20that”>insert college here</a>. I just got my room assignment and i think you’re my roommate :)”</p>
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This is how you should open up. You have to be patience if you can’t contact him/her any other ways. They should check their email eventually… if they remember the password.</p>
<p>I actually met my roommate on CC…kind of funny-embarrassing.</p>
<p>@niquii, i think so. You don’t want to be overbearing with your first message, ease into the conversation</p>
<p>I emailed my roommates and said hey, I just found out that we are going to be roommates in blah blah blah. It took them a while to respond but eventually they did. You could just message him on Facebook saying Hey, I’m your roommate and wanted to reach out. Not everyone goes on Facebook on a daily/weekly basis so it take him a while to respond.</p>
<p>I messaged mine on Facebook. The school recommended calling but…I don’t like phone calls XD. Basically I just introduced myself and asked a few casual questions to start getting to know her. It was back and forth for a few weeks and was a great help in breaking the ice.</p>
<p>Give the person a bit to respond though. I know messages usually sit in my inbox for a few days until I finally answer…</p>