Some people just need drama all the time, regardless of whether it’s fabricated or not. Did things ultimately get smoothed over with your sorority? And where was B in all of this? Did she just stay out of the way?

I’m confused- it sounds from this story like there were only 3 people living in the suite- you, C and M. Also, what’s the problem with her blow drying her hair at 9am when you had 8am classes? Wouldn’t you have been out of the room?

well she was watching tv until 4am, lack of sleep I suppose?

Sounds like you were all made for each other.

I feel like there has to be more to this story. If you really were the mature, polite roommate you’re making yourself out to be, it’s difficult to believe that M would be able to turn the whole sorority against you, unless you went to some college out of a movie, where sorority girls are just stone-cold bitches. I mean, really? Your entire sorority–every last girl–was turned against you, to the point that they wouldn’t even speak to you, for absolutely no reason except that M chose you at random to be her victim? I’m really sorry they were mean to you; that must have been awful. But this can’t be the whole story. I’m curious to know what the RA had to say.

Original Poster here!

Andrew – No, I ended up having to quit. No one would talk to me, several of M’s friends would give me dirty looks and spread more gossip, and the officers started making it difficult to do my community service hours. B was smart enough to stay out of all of it – she moved off campus with her boyfriend.

em – I ran out of space to type, but she did that to me on the weekends, the only days I could sleep in. The 4th person in our suite, Ma, didn’t want to get involved, so she didn’t help me out at all, but she also didn’t make things worse. Once I left, M and C ended up completely alienated her in 10 weeks. They also started spreading rumors about her.

Margaret – Oh yeah, I’m such a horrible person – that’s why I tried to talk to them civilly about it several times, but they wouldn’t even try to meet me halfway. *rolls eyes* M and C were made for each other though – they turned on each other once both I and Ma were gone.

GarterSnake – Unfortunately, my RA was of no help. He had a crush on M. :/

A few of the girls in my sorority started talking to me about a year after I quit. One of them that I had really hoped to become friends with told me later, “Wow, you’re really not as bad as M made you out to be!” But yes, the sorority girls wer every catty. I’m glad I quit when I did – I heard that they had several chapters where they all just cried and yelled at each other about various rumors that they were spreading about it each other. It really was like a movie. :/

God, that sucks. In the long run, you were probably better off without bitches like that as friends, though.

You’re very right. I’m glad I got out when I did, and I count that as a learning experience. I’m just grateful that I don’t have a story as awful as some of the others on this site! (Thankfully in dorms, you don’t have to worry about rent and utilities potentially ruining your credit for years.)

Oops, that last GarterSnake at 3:34pm was me. ^__^;;

some times, some people, boys and girls…are just snotty, catty, snide little shits (fuck em!)

I grew up in SETX, whose young (republican) population is the ‘oil refiner’s little girl, got a mustang at their sweet16 (fucking texas), all shallow and all cookie-cutter, literal carbon copies of one another…fucking debutante destined to fall’ types, worse is they all slept with the same boys and shared all the same STDs. gross. I hate kids man. and creepy little cesspool towns that are eerily more like factories for pumping out failed ‘university’ students, destined for perpetual dive bar party girl lifestyles, ’til they’re all leathery and washed out. most of the boys seem to have ended up in jail/prison.

…orrr, the alternative, knocked up and married by 18-22, divorced by 25 and a shitshow of dirty laundry out for everyone you grew up with to voyeur. the best way out of these twilight zones is to get the hell out of state (like me:))

anyway, this sort of drama just brings back memories of the high school I went to, the type of girls that made up its majority and how headache inducing it all was. I can’t imagine how bad it was for all of them when they started heading off to college to live with each other and instead learned to seriously resent each other. but I heard it was pretty bad.

l, that sucks. :/ I’m glad you made it through ok though!

Yeah… the girls at my school were either really awesome or really awful. I went to an 80% male, math/science/engineering school, so the girls were typically outcast, books-mart ones – and sadly, some of them let all of this new male attention go to their heads. The boys called them the “goddesses,” and your description of your high school peers reminded me of that.

Haha! Good job, GarterSnake/Original Poster

That sounds horrendous though. That sucks that the rest of the sisters weren’t willing to give you a chance.

A whole group really can be turned against you. I happened to me too. I have a pretty strong personality so if a similar person moves into my group, we clash right away. I usually back off though because it’s just not worth the drama. Then everyone else is left with a choice. Side with Sika, who is pretty ambivalent about the whole thing, or side with girl two, who is currently demanding your loyalty. Most people will pick girl two because it’s easier.

Also, OP…I never understood why people took 8am classes. I mean…if you don’t want to get up early, schedule them later.

Sometimes it’s an elective and you can’t. Besides, I don’t think a tiny bit of peace and quiet on school nights is too much to ask. Especially when it’s something obnoxious like a blaring TV.

Errr….the opposite of an elective. heh

I survived 2 degrees and a credential without a single class before 11:30. Then again…there was a common room where I watched my tv until 3 am, because I did respect my roomies.

L – Gogogo LU! I am born and raised SETX and I was able to avoid the pitfalls you listed. Currently unmarried (but not single hehe), no kids, active lifestyle, successful, and pretty awesome if I say so myself. SETX produces a lot of idiots who get the “I GOTTA GET OUT OF HERE” mentality, come right back from UT to set up shop and become a pleeb. Loads of stupid, educated ninnies out here.

Sika – I wish I were as lucky as you! My degree’s required upperlevel courses were all 8 a.m. The issue is not about scheduling classes, rather roommates not respecting the sleep schedules of others. If I want to have an 8 a.m. class, I will have it. Just like I don’t run around screaming at the top of my lunges at 5 a.m. so that my roommate who goes to work at 2 p.m. can sleep.

Poorly written. somehow i dont really believe everything, I know girls are mean and all but something seems to be missing..

“Also, OP…I never understood why people took 8am classes. I mean…if you don’t want to get up early, schedule them later.”

I went to a small engineering school and every one of my classes was offered once each semester, so if it was scheduled at 8 am you either took it then or graduated a semester later. There was really no choice in the matter.