one I get along with and two that I don't like. Anyways the one's that I don't like use dishes but never wash them until like a month later and when they wash their stuff if I have something in the sink they leave it there. I used to wash all the dishes no matter if they were mine or not but I stopped that because they never washed my dishes. So anyways I cooked last night and I fell asleep without cleaning the kitchen. Today I went in the kitchen and one of my roommates had put a sign on the wall that said "please keep the kitchen clean." I couldn't believe this because the girl who put it up leaves her dishes sitting on the counter or stove for a month before she washes them. I washed my dishes wiped the counter and stove down with bleach and left her dirty dishes sitting on the counter, then she came in the house talking about I could've washed her dishes. Why doesn't she understand that I don't have to was
2007-09-20 15:47:05 · 3 answers · asked by hanna 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
Ah the joys of being thrown together with total strangers and actually having to learn to live together. Welcome to college housing!
Everybody grows up with different standards of what neat and tidy mean to them. Oh wow! People have different standards? What a shock!
Learn to live with it until you can get a place of your own. Start saving your money for a small studio apartment with a kitchenette.
Or just learn to live with the gals with differing ideas of neat and tidy. You're in college to learn, not win good housekeeping awards.
Does your dorm have a "house mother" or some grad student managing the place? Mediation might work. Your dorm manager could have you and your housemates go on a schedule of chores. You could rotate days of dishwashing and cooking.....something like that.
When I was in college I never had more than one roomie and I bailed out of the dorm scene as soon as I could and moved into my own little studio apartment. The dorms/group housing were just to noisy and I wanted to share my living space with a cat - something I couldn't do in a dorm or group apartment.
2007-09-20 15:57:30 · answer #1 · answered by WhatAmI? 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Are you saying you're living with one other person, and 420 is your half of the rent? That seems pretty good for such a big space. If you get 2 more roomates, you'll have to pay even less!
2016-05-19 22:10:20 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sucks having roommates.
I had to put up with it for the first couple of years of University until I finally managed to get my own place off campus. It was practically a closet, BUT IT WAS ALL MINE! I went to college in Loughborough in England. I'm guessing University towns might be slightly different in the States, but my friends over there say off campus housing is pretty common, especially for people in their third or fourth year of University.
My only suggestion is maybe try to find a two bedroom off-campus apartment for you and the one roommate you get along with. Share the plan with them and see if they agree. Maybe you could be out of your current situation by next semester if you're lucky.
Good Luck.
2007-09-20 16:08:20 · answer #3 · answered by Mannie मञ्जुला 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋