tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117136912052729666.post8382580932772935553..comments2024-03-15T14:47:21.170-04:00Comments on Lemon Gloria: College roommatesLemon Gloriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07280085058516960260noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117136912052729666.post-26650531585443057782008-08-07T10:45:00.000-04:002008-08-07T10:45:00.000-04:00Ah, Chapel Thrill... those were the good old days....Ah, Chapel Thrill... those were the good old days. I was supposed to go down this weekend to reunite with some old friends who are back in town, but the train was sold out. In truth, I'm kind of relieved... I felt old there when I was a senior at 22, nevermind now...rachaelgkinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18002691394373545956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117136912052729666.post-68557643050865399382008-08-07T09:56:00.000-04:002008-08-07T09:56:00.000-04:00A.S. - No, no - the other Laura on my blog is awes...A.S. - No, no - the other Laura on my blog is awesome! This is the first bad Laura! So mainly, you're in very cool company! As for your roommate's "friends" - who does that? It's not funny, just weird and unkind. Ugh.<BR/><BR/>notsojenny - Yikes. That sounds truly terrible. At least I had one roommate whose personality I really clicked with.<BR/><BR/>MrsMac - That's horrendous! But meeting your husband and best friends definitely makes the choice worthwhile!<BR/><BR/>Steve Emery - If I'd had any sense of what college would be like, and differences between schools, I'd never, ever have chosen UNC. Personally, I wish I'd dropped out, gotten my shit together, and switched schools. It's good that your daughter has enough of a sense of who she is to choose wisely.<BR/><BR/>Ryane - Hahaha - could have been. There are lots of cheerleaders from Goldsboro in the world. :)<BR/><BR/>H - Ugh ugh ugh. I had forgotten about the bringing home of boys to too-small rooms with other people. No, when you're 18 and dealing with this crap for the first time, you don't necessarily know the most constructive way to handle it.Lemon Gloriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07280085058516960260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117136912052729666.post-71694367480333483262008-08-07T08:18:00.000-04:002008-08-07T08:18:00.000-04:00ah college roommates. my freshman year, the system...ah college roommates. my freshman year, the system converted double occupancy rooms into triples. lucky me got stuck in a triple. one of the girls had a bf already who lived in our dorm. on our floor. but they both insisted on sleeping together in our room every night. so, the room originally built for 2 people had 4 students in it. yay! <BR/><BR/>my second year, I had roommates who brought guys back for sexy time. that was fun! =( still, looking back, i don't think i handled the situations the best way. but you live and learn. when you're 18 and have never been away from home before, you don't really have the experience to react the best way all the time.<BR/><BR/>and unlike slightly disorganized, if i had it all to do over i'd drink more and study less. =)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117136912052729666.post-8403364617175121512008-08-07T07:59:00.000-04:002008-08-07T07:59:00.000-04:00Shoot...I think I lived w/that girl, too. HAHA. A...Shoot...I think I lived w/that girl, too. HAHA. Are you sure her name wasn't Dani?? ;-)Ryanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06535463704571035144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117136912052729666.post-16717768621704517232008-08-06T22:05:00.000-04:002008-08-06T22:05:00.000-04:00I was also at Chapel Hill - didn't room there, tho...I was also at Chapel Hill - didn't room there, though - married and back in school after a few years of work, instead. But I recall being appalled at the homogeneity of the "sorority Susies" as we refer to them. My gypsy/hippie/hip-hop/progressive/liberal sixteen year old daughter didn't give CH a second thought, largely due to this immense and stupid pressure to conform. She can't believe so many people can all look and think the same. We live in Hillsborough, and are in Chapel Hill often enough for her to have a good idea what it's like.<BR/><BR/>First year of college - that was rough. I was at East Carolina and I could hardly have made a worse choice, in many ways. I quit school after a year and a half and got married. That's been the right thing.Steve Emeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08628329561652344403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117136912052729666.post-87179342814896616172008-08-06T15:23:00.000-04:002008-08-06T15:23:00.000-04:00I had a similar freshmen roommate. I found my voi...I had a similar freshmen roommate. I found my voicemail password on a post it note on her desk one day. Never confronted her about it. Freshmen year, god. That was a bad year. I try to forget most of it. Except that I met my husband and some of my very best friends that year. Those are the highlights :-)mrsmachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09490199234876752380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117136912052729666.post-14248304193385685452008-08-06T15:22:00.000-04:002008-08-06T15:22:00.000-04:00i wish my college roommates had been that fun. on...i wish my college roommates had been that fun. one of them just sat there quietly trying to act like she didn't hear me and the other one violently arguing with each other. i really do believe i was roomed with the devil and an angel (an angel with enormous boobs and some serious naivety to boot).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117136912052729666.post-38279323191541184372008-08-06T14:55:00.000-04:002008-08-06T14:55:00.000-04:00Oh, dear... another bitchy Laura giving the rest o...Oh, dear... another bitchy Laura giving the rest of us a bad name. Dismay! Guess I'll have to be extra nice to try to balance it out. AGAIN. (hee!)<BR/><BR/>On my first day in the dorms, the people who were helping my roommate to move in pulled me aside to tell me to hide the razor blades because she might kill herself at any moment. She didn't, of course, and those "friends" of hers didn't do her any favors freaking me out like that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117136912052729666.post-88485247797033932452008-08-06T14:43:00.000-04:002008-08-06T14:43:00.000-04:00Brown Eyed Girlie - It's so random and sometimes g...Brown Eyed Girlie - It's so random and sometimes good and so often bad. You're dealig with everything new...and having to adjust to strangers in your living space. Very hard.<BR/><BR/>Slightly Disorganized - A little devious, a little unkind. And those are probably good rules for living generally, now that you lay out what you'd have done differently!<BR/><BR/>Maiden Metallurgist - Yes, good point. The acting differently is a big one.<BR/><BR/>Dagny - Ls! I never realized that, but that IS weird. Their Sorting Hat sucked. Yes, ma'am, it really did. Three is such a difficult number, and there's inevitable pairing up, I think. And most of us who came from any kind of not exactly the same situation as the other people didn't know what to do with each other. If that makes sense. I'm not sure it does, but don't know how else to say it.Lemon Gloriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07280085058516960260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117136912052729666.post-83992911111788122832008-08-06T13:22:00.000-04:002008-08-06T13:22:00.000-04:00You know, I was also thrust into a triple my first...You know, I was also thrust into a triple my first year of college, and I was definitely the odd roommate out, because the other two were the cheerleaders from Goldsboro (or Connecticut and NoVA).<BR/><BR/>I had some really uncharitable thoughts about them, and maybe said some pretty mean things to my friends. But really, they probably just didn't know what to do with me - and I didn't do anything to help. I think a lot of people deal with that their first year of college, honestly.<BR/><BR/>But it's pretty cool that you're still friendly with Leah. And does no one else find it odd that this story involves three two-syllable first names beginning with the letter "L"? Mayhaps that was the big logic used by your school's Sorting Hat.<BR/><BR/>What a stupid hat. :o)Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11838430978051872591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117136912052729666.post-68341586741063854542008-08-06T13:19:00.001-04:002008-08-06T13:19:00.001-04:00I'd drink less, eat less and study more, btw, if I...I'd drink less, eat less and study more, btw, if I had to do it again.Sarah https://www.blogger.com/profile/13693577464343562106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117136912052729666.post-92089086307073491332008-08-06T13:19:00.000-04:002008-08-06T13:19:00.000-04:00I'm not sure there are things I'd do differently i...I'm not sure there are things I'd do differently if I had them to do over again, but there are ways I'd act differently, towards people. I think everyone feels that way, the cheerleader too.The Maiden Metallurgisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897256429726150185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117136912052729666.post-79671290946634226552008-08-06T13:14:00.000-04:002008-08-06T13:14:00.000-04:00wow, you ARE devious!I love it.wow, you ARE devious!<BR/><BR/>I love it.Sarah https://www.blogger.com/profile/13693577464343562106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117136912052729666.post-23315243710733942062008-08-06T12:46:00.000-04:002008-08-06T12:46:00.000-04:00I had similar roommate experiences...ah, the colle...I had similar roommate experiences...ah, the college years.<BR/><BR/>The stories I could tell about my freshman roommate...I'd love to know how they decide to match people as suitable roommates, because, honestly?<BR/><BR/>Wow, were they <B>way</B> off the mark for me!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com