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sharing a room..eek!!
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heylo!! i have a wee problem and i wanna know has anyone any pointers..veiws...helpfull advice for me:D
im startin college next tuesday (yay- FREEDOM!!) doin an equine studies HND (muckin round with horses really) and am living in halls.the halls are great...brilliant even...the rooms arnt too bad either...en-suite!! (ohh i like me comforts..) BUT they are all two bed bedrooms..im gonna be livin (closely) to a complete stranger! what if they dont like my taste in music!:eek: what if they dont like my taste in posters(or something like that..):eek: what if they SNORE:eek2: heeeeelp.....
oh and if im sounding a bit..i dunno..selfish...me sorry but iv never shared a room with anyone!! (except my sister...i was 4....what i do remember is barbie doll throwing fights,lights out fights and personal space fights....in the end i did abit of DIY and usin a red crayon drew a line across the room:D )
im startin college next tuesday (yay- FREEDOM!!) doin an equine studies HND (muckin round with horses really) and am living in halls.the halls are great...brilliant even...the rooms arnt too bad either...en-suite!! (ohh i like me comforts..) BUT they are all two bed bedrooms..im gonna be livin (closely) to a complete stranger! what if they dont like my taste in music!:eek: what if they dont like my taste in posters(or something like that..):eek: what if they SNORE:eek2: heeeeelp.....
oh and if im sounding a bit..i dunno..selfish...me sorry but iv never shared a room with anyone!! (except my sister...i was 4....what i do remember is barbie doll throwing fights,lights out fights and personal space fights....in the end i did abit of DIY and usin a red crayon drew a line across the room:D )
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You have a ready made friend - someone you have to get on with. It'll be great.
PM me if you want to know some more.
I shared a room when working on a summer camp with a girl from Belfast. She was lovely and we got on so it was okay, but I couldn't have my boyfriend to stay, which was a pain. It was ok, but I would hate to share at uni, I need my personal space. How are you supposed to work, sleep all day, and bring back random men when you have to share a room???
And you'll probably both be on the same course if you're 'mucking around with horses' so you can also help each other with work.
I am sure you'll find your own space.
I'm sure your college has faced this dilemma many times before and will have tried to match you up with someone as similar as possible to you.
The best thing to do is probablly to go into this with an open mind - you never know how much you'll both have to teach/share with each other!
As well as a ready-made friend ... you'll also widen your social circle (if you want to) by meeting all of your room-mates friends.
And if the worst comes to the worst you can always shut your bedroom doors and ignore each other!
that's just the point - she can't close her door as she shares a bedroom. we have a few rooms like that at my uni - i knew someone who shared and she didn't have a problem. they do generally give you two of everything, like desks and wardrobes etc, so you will have some personal space. the college should also have a welfare department to deal with things if they go tits up. i have accommodation issues this year but my uni's Residential Services department are pulling their finger out and not standing idly by, so don't worry!
actually just thought id add something.its uber strangeness!! (even for me!!) im a shy person normally and i think the people in my course kinda know that now..but yes anyway tahts not teh problem....i have suddenly become EXTREMLY clumsy!!! dropping plates,bowls,losing socks,wallets,cds,the lot!! im really not ususually like this and i cant figure out why iv become so clumsy! even my room mate has commented on my clumsyness.....and my brilliantness at losing things! its kinda getting me down,i just wanna fit in to college and not be known as the clumsy one that loses everything! its depressing! help!
chow anyway..
Claire
xxx