How was your freshmen roommate?

[FAB*SpiceySpice]

My first roommate was this total freak, who decided that I was the spawn of Satan since I didn't go to Church, so I moved out.

I lived with another girl for two weeks and realized she was a coke addict.... and so I moved down the hall with a girl I thought was nice.

Big mistake, the last girl ended up turning psycho and becoming addicted to meth at the end of the semester. Then she punched me in the face and broke my nose. Blah, stupid dorm roommates!

[ChiOJenn78]

Freshman year, they crammed 3 of us into one room. Roomie #1 was super-cool; we talked before getting to college, did everything together, and she wound up being one of my best friends. Roomie #2 was hell-I should have known when I called her before school started-they gave us the names of who we would be rooming with, and mine said Tammy SoandSo. So I call, and asked if Tammy was home-she said, " No! But Tamara is". Ok then. We get to school and she's unpacking her bags, and crisis!! She discovers that , in the packing process, her towels got wrinkled(oh no!)-so she calls her dad and starts screaming at him that her towels are all wrinkled, and how stupid he is to have packed them that way, and what an asshole he is. Roomie #1 and I stood there with our jaws on the ground.

Roomie #2 would also start studying around midnight, when the rest of us were trying to sleep-she would never study any other time-and would get mad and yell at us if we asked her to maybe, study in the lounge when we tried to sleep.

Finally, we kicked her out. Then, when she left, we had alot of room, so we got a fouton couch and had a blast!

Mine was fine... I was probably the "bad roommate" of the two

We were completely different at the time... she was your average college freshman... she did good (not great) in classes, she was on the gymnastics team, had a boyfriend in her hometown... whereas I was totally overwhelmed with college. I planned to drop out after 1st semester, was totally freaked out by the idea of people drinking underage(!) LOL... I was REALLY naive, and I think that freaked her out a bit. I ended up staying in school, and we cohabited well... we were never friends, but we didn't get in each others way and we got along fine as I started to loosen up a bit.

Ironically, my sophomore year, the situation was reversed... I was a lot like Annie (my frosh year roommate) and I was living with an upperclassman Jesus Freak. (no offense intended... but she was seriously obsessed. She had pictures of Jesus taped all over her side of the room). I think I would have gotten along great with my frosh year roommate if we'd met a year later.

I don't talk to either of my roommates anymore... pretty much lost touch with them after the school year(s) ended. Annie went to Germany for student exchange, and Wendy (my soph roommate) got married and moved to the backwoods.

[KillarneyRose]

My freshman roomie was also my pledge sister although she deactivated and left school junior year. She was pretty, wild and lots of fun. She looked like Madonna (circa 1985) without the rosaries.

I remember one night when we'd already gone to sleep there was a knock on our door and it was another one of our pledge sisters saying the guys from a group called The Cult were downstairs in a limo and did we want to go cruising with them! I didn't feel like getting dressed (and I wasn't really into cruising around with bands anyhow), but my roomie went and they reappeared a couple of days later.

Oddly enough, my mom loved her. She always said she had "a kind heart"

[astroAPhi]

My first roommate was hell. She was a compulsive liar (I don't think she told the truth once), and err... hoochie? On move-in day she wore a red mini-dress and threw all of my stuff off of the bed I claimed and then she put her stuff on that side of the room. It was hilarious when she joined the cheerleading team... at first she was a 4-year Varsity cheerleader... then she did it the first 2 years of high school... then she finally admitted she had absolutely no experience. She also had a different guy in the room every week (don't ask why she couldn't just go to their fraternity house...), and one night when I was really really ill (think bedridden) she started jerking a guy off with me in the room! I wanted to kill her. I could tell a whole hoard of stories, but I think you get my point. She moved out almost right after Christmas because I told her I couldn't stand her anymore. She's gotten better though, but I'd still never live with her again.

My second roommate was almost non-existant. She used to commute but figured out ROTC would pay for her room and board and it would save her on gas. She had a boyfriend who moved to town so she was just always there. It was quite the nice arrangement.

[krystle]

Lets see...

First Semester-- I had two actually ( damn BSC and their forced triples ). Anyways, so I kind of got along with both of them, BUT towards the end, I couldn't stand them and I really don't talk to either of them anymore. First off, I had NO ROOM. I had the the top bunk, half of under the bed, and on top of the closet. Seriously, I slept with my laptop on my bed. One of the roomates, Lets call her M...was...well, hard to explain. She interuppted anything anyone ever said, always talked about her boyfriend ( like "My boyfriends in a band, maybe you heard of them, blah blah blah blah" ). My other one, K , loves to make fun of people but play it off as joking. You shouldve heard the comments she was saying about Greek Life. One thing that really ticked me off about her is one day we were talking about skin color ( and I'm half cape verdean ) and she looks at me and says "You're not black, at all" and I was just like I don't know why people put up with her.

I left that room because both of them got mad at me because I wouldnt get my flu shot. They felt that if I didnt get the shot then K would die ( because she has diabetes and is more susceptible to colds and stuff ) if I didn't get it. WHEN SHE ALREADY HAD HERS!!

God I cant stand them anymore. I really, cannot hang out with them for more than 15 minutes at a time.


Second Semester-- I moved a few floors up with my friend Steph who I met at orientation last june. Loved her, loved rooming with her

And next year, I might be living with Phi Sigs. WOO!

[sailorpiphi]

Originally posted by Allie
My roomie was awesome!

She was SUPER smart, always studied (she was a good example for me since I NEVER study lol) She was really involved on campus and so was gone alot. When she was around her sister (A XO) would come over and all of us and our 2 suitmates would go shopping, or to some event on campus. We would watch our prime time TV together, and Jerry Springer till the wee hours of the morning. We were also the ones who tore apart our room to make it liveable and comfy (our dorm had modular furniture ;() We also got along really well with our suitmates, so it was really good We were like a big family.

Near the end of the year it kind of all blew up as finals approached and all of us were ready to go home for the summer. But all in all I would live with them again. I still talk to my roomie and one of the suitmates.

I roomed wiht one of allie's sorority sisters (sigma alpha) frosh year and we had a wonderfull time. I really regret that we didnt end up rooming together again our sophmore year but we still talk and now are looking forward to living in our (respective) houses and not being too far to visit anymore!

[ShaedyKD]

I had one roomate and 2 other suitemates my freshman year. My roomate Kate and I contacted each other during the summer, via email and we even talked on the phone. I moved in Sunday the week before school started for rush, and she moved in on Friday, pref day. I come home from Prefs, I'm literally walking in the door and taking my uncomfy shoes off and we meet. It was like Posh Spice (me, in my pref dress) meets Sporty Spice. We soon became best friends, and we often laugh about our first meeting. We thought that we could never possibly be friends. We were always very considerate and let each other have privacy. We can agree on so many things, but are complete opposites. She's an art major, I have no art skills. (She had to help me make my big's paddle!) She is a hoss at sports, I'm the official KD cheerleader. We also became really good friends with our suitemates. We didn't live together our sophomore or junior years (and both had hellacious roomates) but this fall, we're all living together again, in an apartment. I feel really lucky to still have her as my best friend.

[valkyrie]

I hated my roommate. She was terribly dorky.

She would jump up and down and clap when the phone rang and yell "Phone!!" She'd lay her clothes out for the next day on the ONLY chair we had in our room, with her nasty pantyhoes on top. She had those horrible watercolory posters of women crying heart shaped tears with words like "memories" under them and their eyes would follow me all around the room. Creepy! She'd also write out lyrics to Bryan Adams songs and hang them all over the room, and she dotted the I's with hearts!!

She actually had a boyfriend, who was this geek who went to a different school. A friend of mine and I were hanging out in our room (we had a little study area that was sort of separate from the bedroom part of the room) and THEY WERE HAVING SEX while we were sitting there. I mean, I have no problem with sex, but they were just both so unappealing it was awful.

She also kept the room boiling hot. We'd have extensive wars over the thermostat.

She was from Ackley, Iowa. I somehow heard somewhere that she got married and lives somewhere raising rabbits. There are so many other annoying things she did, but I can't remember any more right now. I just didn't like her at all.

[polarpi]

Okay, I had the same roommate the entire year, but it seemed like a different roommate during each semester.

1st semester: We got along fine...both of us had different majors, but we spent time hanging out in the room together. The only bad thing was that her new boyfriend (she broke up with her boyfriend of 3 years within the first month of school) moved in with us and was sleeping in the room every night from November onward.

2nd semester: All was good...until we came back from spring break. I ordered a pizza and shared with her and her boyfriend (I paid for the entire thing) and then when we were done and they had left, there wasn't any room in the refrigerator for the leftovers, so I asked our neighbor if she wanted the rest of it. My roommate was so pissed that I wasn't allowed to put anything in the fridge anymore. She and her boyfriend were messing around on my computer (getting on IM under my name and talking to my friends as if they were me and saying mean and nasty things to them), so I asked her not to use my computer anymore. Her response was to come back and say that she didn't want me using her trash can anymore. She changed the voice mail password on me so I couldn't check for my messages, and I found out over the summer (after bringing my hard drive home in order to go through the files) that her and her boyfriend were using my computer to look at porn sites. Her and I, needless to say, were never on friendly terms after that (and she went Greek our freshman year, and when I went through my sophomore year, I'm sure she said something to her sisters because her sorority was the only one I was cut from after the first round, and I know I had great conversation with them)

[SigkapAlumWSU]

My roomate was my best freind from high school. She was going through Rush and Band camp (for marching band) the week we moved in, so I hardly saw her. After she pledged a house, she was still undecided about whether or not to move in to the House or stay in the dorm. A couple days after Bid day, I pledged my house and over labor day weekend, when whe was back home for the weekend, decided to move into my House. When she came back, she decided to move as well, but we didn't do it for 3 weeks. But over those three weeks, it was hell. We were so close that we knew how to press each other's buttons, and we'de do it all the time. By the time we moved to our houses, we were ready to kill each other. Luckily, it was just the living together that had riled us up. Living apart we were fine, and we lived right across the alley from one another, so it was a 30 sec walk to see each other.

[IHeartAXO]

My freshman year roommate was a totally random pick, but she ended up being my best friend. Unfortunately, she is in another sorority and we both ended up living at our sorority houses for our sophomore year. I didn't get to see her much at all, but every time I do see her, it's totally friendly. We kinda got wrapped up in our own houses and always said we would hang out, but never really did. It's sad and I definitely miss hanging out with her! Next year... I'm gonna stick to our word.

[OUlioness01]

i had a single my freshman year. i have no idea how that happened but i hated it.

[sugar and spice]

Some of you guys had some crazy roommates!

My roommate was nice. She was a music major and a total perfectionist, so she was ALWAYS doing homework or practicing her clarinet or going to church or something. She wasn't in the room much which was nice. Out of the two of us, I was probably the bad roommate.

[SilverTurtle]

Originally posted by valkyrie
I hated my roommate. She was terribly dorky.

She would jump up and down and clap when the phone rang and yell "Phone!!" She'd lay her clothes out for the next day on the ONLY chair we had in our room, with her nasty pantyhoes on top. She had those horrible watercolory posters of women crying heart shaped tears with words like "memories" under them and their eyes would follow me all around the room. Creepy! She'd also write out lyrics to Bryan Adams songs and hang them all over the room, and she dotted the I's with hearts!!

Okay, I'm really laid back & can get along with just about anyone, even if I don't like them all that much. But this would have driven me crazy. It also reminded me of the "Pepto Bismol Room".

My sophomore year I lived in a dorm that was a big square- four halls connected together with a common outdoor area in the middle. So we had to walk around the corner to the next hall to go up/down the stairs. And right there was this ENTIRELY PINK ROOM. Complete with stuffed animals on the bed & cutesy posters up. It was like a little girls' room. Walking by when the door was open was like a bad car wreck- you had to gawk.