*quietly panics*

[splinteredstar]

Well.

When I put in my housing application  for college, I requested a private room because I am a twitchy turtle who likes a lot of alone time. I have also never had to share my room ever, and thus did not want to have to start with a complete stranger in a situation that I was already insanely nervous about.

Guess what? 

I have a roommate.

...oh no.

It shouldn't be a big deal and I know it. But I'm naturally and naturally antisocial and the idea of having to share my room with someone is terrifying. Just the idea of Living with someone other than my family is terrifying. I can only tolerate face-to-face contact with my best friends for about an hour or so before I want to hide. How the hell am I going to handle sharing my room with someone? What if she hates me? What if I hate her?  What if she snoops through my stuff or mucks with my computer? What if she's loud and I don't have anywhere to hide? 

This will not end well...

If there's anyone reading this that has had to deal with roomates...advice plz? How do I keep it from getting all miserable? 


S 

Comments

[nenya85.livejournal.com]

It can be awkward to share a room with someone you’ve never even met, but you’re both in the same boat. I would probably try discussing boundary kind of stuff first. Hopefully your university paid attention to those compatibility survey things so you have someone who’s a match in terms of quiet and bedtimes. (I really wish I had taken mine seriously instead of putting Druid under religion and then saying I wanted a roommate with the same religion.) If it really isn’t working you could probably go to your student affairs office. Also, a lot of people drop out the first semester, so rooms may open up.

In four years of college, I had one roommate who I got to request a transfer, one that I coexisted with, and one that I still keep in touch with – in fact she’s coming to visit this summer. So yeah, it can be a mixed bag. The main thing to remember is you're both in the same boat. Good luck!

[starsplinter.livejournal.com]

Thank you...*huggle* The scary thing is that I don't really remember much of a compatibility survey... there were like, four questions. Messy/clean, loud music/no, morning person/night person...can't remember the fourth. Rather sparse and did not help my fears in the slightest. And yeah, I know it'll work out and we're probably all freaking out. (It's a suite sort of deal - two roomed connected, two people to a room.) But I'm still going to be insanely nervous...

*huggles again and thanks for the luck*