<p>My Roommate is a sophomore. He has a Television, Printer, Microwave, and a Refridgerator.
He says he's going to bring ALL of them regardless of what I do since they'll be just sitting @ his house. </p>
<p>I bringer a printer b/c its a 4 in one machine, and NOT a tv so i'll have to share his.
IM NOT BRINGING A TV.</p>
<p>Now here's my problem. My roommate has offered to share all of his things with me, but I don't want to a leech and mooch off of him too much. I'm already going to use his tv., but should I bring my own refridgerator and microwave or just my own refridgerator that way I'm only using his tv or tv and microwave. </p>
<p>I don't want to use his tv, microwave, and fridge and not have him use anything of mine.</p>
<p>I need somebody to help give me some advice, and tell me which of the 2 options would be the best (refridgerator or refridgerator and microwave). Thx</p>
<p>Well, I would bring my own refridgerator; that’s what my roommate and I are doing we are each bringing a fridge & she’s bringing the microwave and im bringing the tv.</p>
<p>Check to see that you even can have two refridgerators. Many dorms won’t allow it. You don’t need to bring a microwave though. I wouldn’t worry about ‘mooching’ off of him since he’s already got all the stuff anyway, but if you feel too bad about it you could get a netflix account and share it with him or something.</p>
<p>^ Yeah, some places don’t allow 2 fridges. Also that might be a waste. If he said you can use them since he already has them then just use them. If you spill something in the microwave/fridge though just be sure to clean it since it is theirs.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t feel bad for using his stuff though.</p>
<p>Perhaps you could contribute by buying a couple of reams of paper and a few cartridges of ink for the printer?</p>
<p>If, after you have been living together for a while and you find that you do feel like a mooch, you could always buy him an itunes gift card or something similar to show your appreciation.</p>
<p>But my guess is that if he is bringing those items he is anticipating sharing them because he knows that tiny dorm rooms don’t have room for duplicates of space hog items like printers, fridges, etc., and that the occaisional annoyance of sharing will be much less than the continual annoyance of too little living space because of too many duplicated things being in the room.</p>
<p>Be careful, many schools don’t allow more than one refrigerator/microwave in a dorm room.</p>
<p>Just tell him exactly what you posted here. Say that you really appreciate him letting you use all of his things, but you feel like you’re mooching off him. Tell him that you would like to bring some things that the two of you could also share. Like:
-Bring a pair of microwave safe plates/bowls/cups for the microwave
-Bring a few stacks of paper or some new ink for the printer
-Bring a tiny water filter pitcher (to purify tap water) for the refrigerator</p>
<p>You could also:
-Go to COSTCO or Sam’s Club and get the industrial size box of “Cup of Noodles”
-Go to COSTCO or Sam’s Club and get the industrial size box of “Easy Mac”
-Get a tiny hand vacuum to clean the floors (or maybe a Swiffer if you have a tiled floor)</p>
<p>I’m in the opposite situation as you are. My friend is moving into an apartment for her junior and senior years of college so she gave me her mini fridge. Also, I received a microwave as a graduation gift (odd, right?). I get my roommate assignment next week, but there is absolutely no reason for her to pay for these items when I already have them. By her using my fridge and microwave, I don’t consider this mooching, and I have a feeling that your roommate feels the same way.</p>
<p>Don’t bring a second refrigerator or microwave unless you’re planning on storing massive quantities of perishable food in the room; it’s wasteful of electricity and takes up a LOT of space. Offer to pay for the majority of the cable bill (if you guys get cable) or, as chuy said, offer to pay for a Netflix account.</p>
<p>I don’t think he’ll feel like you’re mooching. A friend of mine is doing summer session right now, and has all of that stuff already (fridge, microwave, TV, etc). We find out our roommates this week (hopefully) and he’s basically said that he doesn’t care that his roommate will be using all that stuff. I already have a fridge, and I feel the same way. If he offered to share (which he did), he doesn’t mind you using it.</p>
<p>Collegepirate has some pretty good suggestions about stuff you can bring to share. Also, the Netflix account is a good idea.</p>