<p>Our son has informed us that it is highly unlikely, well almost certain, that his roommate will not be returning next semester for personal reasons/failing grades. While they are not extremely close, they are friends and do things together.</p>
<p>For those of you in this situation, how did your child handle the departure of a roommate? Any suggestions?</p>
<p>My daughter's roommate is not returning after Christmas for personal reasons. They have become very close friends, and fortunately she only lives about 20 miles from us so they will be able to keep in touch and see each other occasionally. It is a triple room, so at least the other roommate is staying and so far there is no word of a new roommate for the spring semester so they may luck out with the larger triple room and only 2 people (they're thinking that if the other girl ever wants to visit she'll still have her bed!) It is a big adjustment though when you have to get used to a new roommate all over again at the beginning of the new semester. This happened to my oldest son too, and his new roommate ended up being much better than the first one. I'm sure it will all work out for your son too.</p>
<p>I'm not sure if they will move someone in or not....I would suppose even at a small college there might be requests to change roommates and so there would be a new face. He is connected to the other kids in the dorm at least. </p>
<p>His roommate lives almost 2,000 miles to the north of us! </p>
<p>I think he's still in shock. One of those "there for the Grace of God go I" situations. He was extremely fortunate to make a smooth transition, even with the girlfriend going from exclusive dating to just friends.</p>
<p>My roommate at UVA many moons ago flunked out....I had a lot of friends in the dorm and it was nice to have a single.....of note my oldest is at uva now and has a similar girlfriend problem....bit of a strain but he has enough buddies there to compensate...girls are trouble.</p>
<p>Oldman-you sound like trouble to me.</p>
<p>oldman...when were you at Uva? I graduated in 85 and my husband in 83.</p>
<p>I think the girl thing is more trouble than the roommate, too.</p>
<p>Son seemed sad in Oct when first roommate had to move into another dorm. Roomate clashed with the Resident Director, RA tried to keep him in but couldn't. Son didn't enjoy being alone and said that he and and roommate had "respect for each other". Got a new one in a few weeks. Just heard that the new roomy is leaving the school and going back to his home state. Son liked the second guy-he came in because he was in a triple and was the odd man. Guess grades were not as good as expected and EC's he had hoped to participate in just didn't work out. Roommate was very proud of his home state, put up it's flag. I wondered why he left the state for the small CA LAC. Son is taking this loss easier-lots want to move into his particular dorm and he will have a roommate for next semester. Son hangs out on the couch in front of the pool table just outside his room so he doesn't spend much time in room anyway. Good luck to your daughter.</p>