I never had any huge issues with either of my roomates...however I've had some interesting experiences with each of them.
Roomate #1 was a girl I knew from high school. We were in a lot of classes together, and had a lot of similar interests. We were friendly, but not close friends. So we figured being roomates, we wouldn't kill each other, but maybe we'd become friends. Things went well except for one night, when she was out late with a boyfriend that her parents didn't know too much about, and they called really really late at night (
knowing that they'd find only me there). They proceeded to grill me about their daughter's whereabouts! It took all my tact and diplomacy to calm them down without upsetting them, or letting them know anything that was my roomate's to tell. They were quite inquisitive and persistent - I finally had to tell them that I needed to go to sleep, that I had a test the next morning.
Roomate #2 was a trip! She was a foreign student with relatives in the state. I helped her set up a portable fax machine in our room, so that she could get faxes from her parents (instead of long phone calls). These she got daily. It wouldn't have been too big a deal, except we quite figured out how to turn the sound off on the machine. And her parents always sent faxes at 6AM our time...she usually wasn't around to get them (either she was out partying, or up before dawn to pray or study)so I'd have to get the fax. I never needed to set my alarm, I always just waited for the fax.
Actually, now that I think about it, I really liked both my roomates.
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equeen
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[This message has been edited by equeen (edited September 11, 2000).]
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