<p>Hey everyone! So next year, two of my friends and I would like to live in a triple and have planned on doing that since hte beginning of this year. The only problem is that my mother is strongly against my living in a triple. Does anyone have any feedback on why living in a triple would be good/bad? Thanks!</p>
<p>I think triples are bad ideas because you are bound to have differences/strong opinions when it comes to certain things. Having one roommate is bad enough when it comes to trying to negotiate things and throwing in a third opinion does not sound like a good idea. Plus, it’ll probably strain your friendships with each other.</p>
<p>But I guess that living in a triple could be the ultimate test of friendship.</p>
<p>I could envision a situation where one roommate would feel left out if the other two roommates were closer. I have heard of success stories though when the 3 are titghly bonded and have been tight friends for awhile.</p>
<p>But does anyone think that the people living in a triple would get more sick than someone in a double? That is the main issue that my mom is worried about. Even though the dorm that I want to live in is only 10 people, a very small dorm, she thinks that i’m going to get sick more often because of hte closer quarters…</p>
<p>I don’t think that that should be a big concern.</p>
<p>Okay thanks! Does anyone else have any feedback?</p>
<p>I lived in a triple in a sorority house for a year in college. None of us were sicker more frequently than others–I don’t remember our getting sick at all. What I would say is that all of the Pros and Cons of living with a roommate are multiplied when having two of them. It’s that simple. </p>
<p>For instance, the chances of having a roommate who wants to go to eat or study or to a movie at the same time as you do double if you have two roommates. The chances that your roommate will keep you up at night, “borrow” (and, perhaps, ruin) your new sweater before you get to wear it, and will accidentally throw away the grocery receipt you wrote your calculus homework down on also double when you have two roommates. </p>
<p>Overall, I liked having two roommates. Our room was twice the size of the double rooms, so we had tons of extra space to throw our stuff around, lol. And the “two against one” thing wasn’t a problem for us because, while we all liked one another just fine, we had other friends, boyfriends, activities, etc. that kept us from spending loads of time together, anyway. However, if you go into this venture as a tight threesome, there WILL be some jealousy and hurt feelings from time to time. Just know that. But, illness? Nope. Not a problem…</p>
<p>Oh wow, thank you so much! Hah, sounds like your holding a grudge there. And we aren’t all super tight, but we are all really good friends. Thanks so much for the great feedback!</p>
<p>Haha, very intuitive. Actually, it was a brand new belt with a sterling buckle and accents that my grandmother gave me for Christmas and that I had worn only once, which my roommate wore without asking, then loaned to a friend…who never returned it, of course. Yeah. But after twenty years, whose counting the myriad items that disappeared that year? Hmmm? lol…</p>
<p>BTW, the other stuff, I just made up. ;-)</p>
<p>Haha riiight, okay. Well thank you so much! You’ve really helped my case…</p>
<p>You also might want to watch out for like if it’s a group decision and two people keep ganging up on one. Other than that, hey it’s one extra person to make great friends with. I don’t see any cons really besides two on one thing.</p>
<p>I would hate to live in a triple. I love having great friends but I think a big part of dorm life is having one person with you…</p>
<p>Less obstacles
Less ganging up</p>
<p>and overall one person will be more left out than the other, it will be hard to keep it an equilibrium.</p>