As my junior year of college nears it's end (crying on the inside) I have recently found out that I will be moving out of the house I share with four other girls. So we've restarted the house hunt and the process has become quite the hassle. As we get closer to finals we have less time to worry about where to live. Anyways that's besides the point, the real situation is whether or not it's time to change things up and live with other people.
It's safe to say that I've learned quite a bit this past year. Mostly about friendship, relationships and living with your best friends. All I can say is that it has definitely had its ups and downs. What I slowly found out was that we all wanted the house for completely different reasons. Some of us thought it would be fun to live with together, have family dinners and do the same fun things that we did while we were in our dorms. Others looked at it as an opportunity to do what ever they pleased. I'm not going to say I'm completely surprised by this, but it did take me quite some time to adjust to the change. I didn't realize when I agreed to live with four other girls I would be getting an extra three roommates...(all of there boyfriends).
This was completely new territory for me. It was was little hard to get used to waking up in the morning and the first thing I see is my friend's boyfriend chilling in a towel. It threw me off because I wasn't aware that they had free roam of our house. A word of advice for anyone living roommates. Communication is key. In an ideal world ground rules would have been laid out, basically when boyfriends are allowed over, what time everyone needs to be quiet and the biggest issue of them all...doing dishes.
Okay I think I need to take a few steps back because it sounds like I'm venting. We had some really great memories in that house but I think one thing I took away was that it's not always the best idea to live with your closest friends. You might get along well in a social setting but when it comes to being in close contact on a daily basis, your personalities might not match up. That's not to say I'm advising you to living with a stranger! I just think my time would have been more enjoyable if I thought it through and really looking into my friends living habits.
Well I hope that was semi-helpful...I'd like to think that I've grown from the experience!
So if you have an comments, let me know! I'd love to get some feedback!
----Ashlee O.
