Tiny Room, Big Problem
My first roommate in college was a nightmare. We lived in an overflow single (a room that better fit one person but was assigned to two people). She seemed like a nice enough girl. At the beginning of the semester, she told me that she had a boyfriend but that he wouldn’t stay over more than one weekend a month. I told her he was welcome to stay over more but she should check with me if it was going to be more than the one weekend she promised. I thought this was a reasonable compromise.
Soon things started to change. She would sign on to the internet at midnight with her modem (this was 10 years ago) blasting at full volume. Her boyfriend either stayed over every night or would get there at 8 p.m. and not leave till 2 a.m. He might as well have stayed all night. She stopped going to class and spent her time doing her boyfriend’s schoolwork. Around finals, I asked that he not spend that week in our room so that I could have a quiet space for studying and she asked what my problem was with him. She didn’t understand why I wanted some peace and quiet.
I put in for a roommate change after that point. Come springtime, I found out that she had failed her fall classes (since she hadn’t done any of her own homework and stopped going to class) and had to leave after her first semester.
that would kill the relationship right there. ick. who does someone else’s homework? someone who is desperate to keep a guy, no matter how douchey he is. ugh.
I don’t understand why these boyfriend & girlfriend’s always want to be together every waking minute. I need space. Which probably accounts for why I’m 23 & have only had 2 girlfriend’s (both when I was 22) & the longest relationship was for a month (I broke up with both).
Yeah, that sucks. But it doesn’t make for a very good story.
Andrew, I would think that problem is with you, not with the ladies you are dating. The common denominator in the situation is you
When I was your age (27 now), I wanted space. Might I suggest an Aquarius.