• 5 Easy Ways to Keep Your Roommate Happy

    5 Easy Ways to Keep Your Roommate Happy

    Living with friends is fun and there’s (almost) never a dull moment. There’s no awkward “Hi, I’m Alex” stage where you don’t know really how to act around your new roommate and none of that awkward/hesitant asking “if it’s okay if your roommate, you know, turns off the lights because it’s four in the morning, maybe.” But with any roommate no matter if she’s a friend or random, disaster strikes because you left your hairbrush out for the third time in a row.

  • College Q&A: I Don’t Want to Live With My B.F.F.

    College Q&A: I Don’t Want to Live With My B.F.F.

    Help! My best friend from home has just informed me that she’s transferring to my school in the fall. (I knew she applied and I’m so excited to have her there, but she was on the wait-list and just found out). Anyways, she doesn’t really know that many people at my school and doesn’t want to live with all the freshmen in the dorms, so she asked if there was any extra space in my house for next year.

  • It’s All Fun and Games Until You Live Together

    It’s All Fun and Games Until You Live Together

    Did you ever wake up, peer out groggily from under the sheets at your roommate who is still passed out in her bed across the room, and wonder why the eff you two are living together? Sure, it seemed like a good idea last year when you perused flea markets for cheap futons together.

  • One of the Boys: A Guide to Living with Dudes

    One of the Boys: A Guide to Living with Dudes

    During college, I had bad luck with roommates. I also lived in dorms or campus apartments for all…