HOW TO LIVE WITH A COLLEGE ROOMMATE WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM.

We all know that it’s not
really common to live alone in college
even if you are the only son of B.G,
Living with a roommate once you start
your college life journey is just a
matter of individual choices, but that
doesn’t mean that living with a
roommate is an easy task. Here I will
be stating some few tips to help you
learn how you can adjust with your
roommate.
Personalities:
Whether you are living in-campus or
off-campus you will probably have
one or more roommates in order to
save money. Adjusting with you
roommates can be a beneficial
experience but it can also be a very
complicated experience as you will
have to deal with mixture of
personalities in one house. You will
need to create a cleaning schedule
and take care of your roommate’s
leisure timings.
You also need to adjust with the
moodiness and bills as it can all lead
to a stressful relation from a friendly
relation. When you are new to your
college you will probably haven’t met
your roommate before so it might
take time to talk to each other.
Nowadays social media is most likely
considered to be a good way of
getting to know people but nobody
knows who their roommates will be,
so it’s better to get to know your
roommate when you move in with
them.
Mr Perfect:
Once you move in and settle down
with your roommate you can consider
getting to know each other and create
a good bonding between each other.
Discuss your habits, likes and dislikes
such as how high volume is
acceptable on stereo speakers, what
are your sleeping routines and so on.
Clearing out and setting up rules can
help avoid conflicts between you and
your roommate.
Obviously nobody is Mr. Perfect so
both the roommates will need to
compromise accordingly. No matter
how similar your interests are as your
roommate, there might still be issues.
Issues such as maybe your roommate
might like to have friends over until
late night whereas you want to have
some private quiet time, so that’s how
by talking and sorting out thing
together you can find a solution that
will be beneficial for each and avoid
conflicts.
Communication:
Communications is the most basic
and main thing. Never hold back
what’s bothering you about your
roommate as your roommate might
start taking your silence for granted
and you keep getting annoyed by his
habits which will further disturb your
routine. State your concerns in a
gentle manner and then come up to a
solution with your roommate. Also
take into consideration that constant
complaining to your roommate may
also end up in conflicts so it is better
to let it go at times and work on
building a good friendship bond with
your roommate.
Your roommate is not only for
resolving conflicts and sharing space,
rather you can consider your
roommate for a good company and a
support during the times when you
are having a hard time with your
studies or any sort of issues that you
are facing. Be open to your
roommate’s interests even if you are
not familiar to them, you might just
find a new activity to enjoy and pass
time.

Brought to u by Chioma Dymphna mbagwu.