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Originally Posted by DubaiSis
Still, even if it's kind of weird for you, it is an experience you will never get to have again in your life. I would do it because you can live alone in an apartment for the rest of your life, but you can only do this now.
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Exactly.
And I'm telling you as someone who was totally unsuited to living in the house. I am a person who needs a lot of downtime to recharge from people. I was a light sleeper who went to bed early because I ALWAYS had a 7:30 AM class. I tended to get sick every November like clockwork. I was grumpy, I didn't tolerate noise or drama well. I didn't like sharing, and I had a roommate who helped herself to my lipstick often. I needed quiet to study, and had another roommate who preferred the background noise of one of her many Disney movies (or Pretty In Pink, which I have now memorized).
In many ways, it was a disaster. And if you were to ask my roommates, I'm sure they'd agree that I am not up for any Roomie of the Year awards.
But I wouldn't trade it for anything - it made me learn to give up some of my quirks and work around others.
And I had some of the best day of my life under that roof, and some of the worst.
I lived in house for half my freshman year, all of my sophomore and junior years. My senior year, I shared an apartment - it was OK, but the house was really home...