<p>I know I'm going to living in a dorm next year, so my biggest fear is the roommate from hell. I was just wondering how happy y'all were with your roommates, because I know not even those compatibility forms will find you someone you want to room with. Also what about those less pleasant roommates - bugs and other rodents! Ughh. Some say problems like that are really prevalent in dorm buildings. Any stories or advice? If you did have the "roommate from hell" how did you deal?</p>
<p>When I was at Governor's School in tenth grade, I dormed with this girl who played field hockey and also played the flute. The only thing we had in common was that we were chosen by our school to represent them musically. I went for drums (I played the quads all through marching band, got a full scholarship to U of DE for marching band, but not going), and she went for flute. </p>
<p>She wasn't terribly bad, but we just didn't fit. We engaged in small talk and she asked a lot of questions about what I was doing. I was definitely the odd one there..</p>
<p>Yeah my roommate kind of sucks. He is the exact opposite of me physically and personality wise. He also thought he was a lot smarter than me and used to call me stupid all of the time. He was blatantly rude to me at all times. Then I had a fight with another one of my good friends in the dorm and he became good friends with him. So everything was fine and I didn't realize it until I went down to thank him for inding these DVDs I left in his room and my roommate started giving me those weird dirty looks again. I guess were okay but we're exact opposites. I'm social, he is a bit of a loner. I'm not a comp person, and he is. I go out, he stays in. In every way that people can be different but chances are your roommate will be fine. I am like the only person I know who isn't even close to being friends with his roommate. All others at least have a working relationship or at least say hi and stuff. Don't worry about roommate. I know that's a dumb thing to say b/c that was my #1 worry but you can't change it right away so just wait and see and then if it doesn't work try a roommate switch request b/c if it is that bad it can probably be changed.</p>
<p>I think that I'm going to be the roommate from hell >.< unintentionally though.</p>
<p>Please help :(</p>
<p>what is your name and school (just so that i know).</p>
<p>Why would you say that? Do you have any annoying quirks or something? Are you an ass or disagreeable? What would make you a bad roommate? That was a little strange.</p>
<p>I was kidding. My only problem would be disorganization :-(</p>
<p>Heh mine too. But my room is big enough that if I can keep it on my side of the room.</p>
<p>I am SUPER happy with my roommate. So happy, in fact, that we are going to room together again next year. </p>
<p>Even though we aren't best friends or hang out that much, I think that makes living together a lot easier. For us, it's really nice to have the room be our own space outside of our groups of friends.</p>
<p>And P.S., I have not had ANY problems with bugs or rodents in my room at all. Just take out the trash and don't let dirty dishes pile up in the sink. :)</p>
<p>My roomate was an ecstacy-taking alcoholic pothead insomniac that slept through all his classes. Other than that, he was pretty cool. He flunked out on his first semester though (obviously).</p>
<p>lol</p>
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<p>What about those of you with multiple roommates (i.e. those who live in triples, quads, and suites)? Since that's what I'll most likely be in next year, I'm interested in knowing how that group dynamic works. I can get along with nearly anybody, but then again, I've never had to live with anyone besides my parents for 9-10 months out of the year...</p>
<p>I have the roommate from hell. People who say "don't worry about it" have obviously been smoking the crack because it is a big deal--right now it's totally affecting both my work and quite possibly my mental well being. I wake up early; she's usually going to sleep at the time I'm waking up. She's always having her "boyfriend" spending the night and the day (or days), which in a room this small is definitely not a good thing. I paid for a double, not a triple. It seems academics was definitely not her priority in coming here, which says something about her level of self-involvement as this university is far from cheap and she's far from rich. She's vapid, irresponsible, volatile and has quite the liking for the illegal narcotics. In short, I f'ing hate her and am counting the days until school's out. I can't imagine a worse situation. The ironic thing is she thinks I'm "rude" and "inconsiderate." Seems to her, anything that prevents her from having her way must be classified as rude; my existence itself is apparently the epitome of rudeness. I think she thinks I should off myself just to appease her. I've never hated anyone as much as I hate her. I envy commuters so much.</p>
<p>o_O Okay wow. I'm scared.</p>
<p>I don't exactly have a "roommate from hell", but he has to wake up every morning at about 8AM for class/work. My body is used to going to sleep at 1-2 AM and waking up around 10AM or so. The problem is, his alarm clock wakes me up every morning, and for some reason it's hard for me to get back to sleep once I wake up. And on a lot of nights I can't even stay asleep the whole night, and I often wake up sometime in the middle of the night and it takes me a while to fall back asleep. Needless to say, I've been pretty sleep deprived this quarter. I feel tired and unenergetic a fair amount of the time during the day, and as a result it's harder for me to go to class everyday and study and be my usual motivated, driven self. Although I am mentally strong, I'm afraid that I won't be able to still get my work done, especially since I'm out of shape and not able to get away with getting less sleep than I need as well as other guys. I've been trying to switch roommates, but very few vacancies have come up. Hopefully I can move out at start of spring quarter and stop risking my health by not sleeping well.</p>
<p>Besides this though, he's not a bad roommate at all, although he's not a really good one either. We barely ever talk to each other, but it's not like he's antisocial or anything. It's just the sleeping issue, but it's kinda a big one.</p>
<p>In first year I got a roommate who was practically opposite from me in every way: background, tastes, hobbies, etc. Yet we were respectful from the start and now three years later she is my best friend. In terms of the roommate thing, it helped that we were both reasonable people - neither of us demanded total dark or total silence to sleep, so as long as the other one put their music in headphones and turned off everything except a desk lamp, that was fine. We respected each other's space and things. The key is to respect your roommate's demands but don't be too extravagant in your own demands either. Some people say that even the sound of typing will keep them awake, or can't deal with even a tiny sliver of light in the room at night. To those people I say: too bad, the world doesn't revolve around you. The best kind of roommates, from the experience of everyone else I've talked to, is those with whom you get along well enough, but never actually become friends. This way, there is a lot of space in the relationship so you don't get sick of each other or feel unable to escape friendship issues that may arise. My experience, with roommate as best friend, is kind of unusual, and I've only ever seen it one other time.</p>
<p>My roommates are pretty cool people in general. I live in a triple, and I'm actually planning to room with one of my current roomies next year (the other is living with some of her friends). We're respectful of each other, and though sometimes there are issues (especially around midterms) we manage to get through them. My floor is pretty cool in general, and it's not like I have to spend all of my time in the room.</p>