This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at BC chapter.
Living with people is difficult. No housing situation is perfect, but you can make it come a lot closer to perfection by following these simple guidelines!
Do:
- Ask them how their day was and actually listen
- Listen to music with your headphones in if they are working
- Respect boundaries
- Be a “glass-half-full” kind of girl
- Wake them up if they accidentally overslept (try to be positive about that)
Don’t:
- Borrow their clothes, stain them, and put them back like you didn’t
- Steal their boyfriend
- Invite your friends to sleep in their bed when they’re not there without their permission
- Throw a party in your room, don’t invite them
- Express your love of 90s Britney Spears with an impromptu cover of Baby One More Time at 3 in the morning
- Wake them up to tell them you’re home safely when they didn’t ask you to, repeat 15 minutes later in case they forgot
- Take pictures of them while they are sleeping and show the pictures to them in the morning
- Rock the Birthday Suit as often as possible, your body is a work of art
- Have a conversation about them on the phone with your friend, while they are in the room
- Tell them about your entire day from start to finish while they are trying to do their homework