<p>I'm going to be starting my freshman year of college in less than 2 weeks. I recently found my roommate via myspace. She seems really nice, but when I asked her what we should bring she took it as what things show we bring individually. Actually, I meant what should we split bringing.
Since she didn't understand what I meant in the first message I'm thinking about compiling a list of things we could divide bringing and she could just pick what she would like to bring and I bring the rest. The thing is I'm not really sure what we should bring. The dorm already has a fridge and microwave. So does anyone have any idea of what things I could split bringing w/ my roommate?</p>
<p>-printer
-fan
-iron/ironing board
-rug
-mini vaccuum
-various cleaners</p>
<p>also, be careful not to push it. some people weren’t raised to be great at sharing and might need some time to get used to living with other people.</p>
<p>that being said, a printer is the only nearly essential thing you might want to share. everything else can be decided on after moving in.</p>
<p>Bring/buy some lamps. Dorm lighting is pretty notorious for being a little on the harsh side.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t share a printer. All of my roommates so far have had their own printers and all of my friends and their roommates have each had their own printers. Things start getting complicated about who buys what for the printer. Also, who buys the printer, etc.</p>
<p>I actually wouldn’t ask her to share anything. The dorm has a fridge and microwave. That’s all you are required to share. Things like printers, TVs, ect are up to your roommate. I personally wouldn’t volunteer to share my stuff before I even met the person. </p>
<p>Besides, they might not have the money to go buy all the stuff you want to share.</p>
<p>Microwave and fridge are included in my dorm as well, and that’s all I really saw myself sharing. We don’t want a TV, which is the only other thing I could see people sharing. Most other stuff listed above (ironing board, vacuum, etc) are all provided free at the front desk whenever somebody wants it.</p>
<p>I second comic. I’m an only child and live by the stereotype. I’m selfish; I don’t like to share. It might be okay to share small things like the aforementioned lamp or an iron or something, but the sharing of say, a TV, reminds me of when I (briefly) had roommates while doing the Disney College Program and purchased a TV for all of us to share.</p>
<p>Long story short, the police were called.</p>
<p>I think a safe arrangement would be to only share things you don’t mind never receiving back. Most people wouldn’t care if their broom gets broken in half during a drunken game of beer pong, but would mind if their stereo gets busted. </p>
<p>Then there’s also the problem of what happens when/if you and your roommate decide you hate each other. And then your roommate get to decide you no longer have the right to stand on the rug she purchased and must leap across it to enter and exit the room.</p>
<p>Wow, I contradicted myself a lot. Haha.</p>
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<p>Another way to do it would be to talk to him/her and work out some sort of a system. The way my sister and her roommate did it was my sister wanted a fridge and her roomie didn’t want to pay money up front. So, instead, my sister bought it and her roomie paid like .50 or a dollar or something every day or for everything she put in there (something like that, don’t remember the specifics). That way, at the end of the year, there is no fight about who keeps it (which happened to someone else I know, and ended a friendship :().</p>
<p>well if there’s already a refrigerator etc then i don’t really see the need to share anything…unless you really want to, i guess</p>