Now that we have all been at college for about 6 months, we are pretty used to campus life, schoolwork, and hopefully, living with our roommates. It’s easy for your relationship with a roommate to go bad really quickly, or for your friendship to just kind of fizzle out because you make new friends, one joins a sorority and the other doesn’t, or a variety of other reasons. So, here are some tips to hopefully mend a broken roommate friendship or just revive one that is going by the wayside.
Take a Trip to ARC or CRCE
Get together with your roommate for some quality workout time together. You can talk and gossip with each other on the elliptical, which will help you not only catch up on each other’s busy lives, but it will also make your workout seem less like…a workout. Helping each other get those endorphins going will not only put some life back into your friendship, but also get you both those hot bodies you’ve been wanting! Make a plan to workout two or three times a week with your roomie, and you both will be healthier and happier!
Plan a Movie Night
Take a break from hitting up the bars for a night, and kick back with a romantic comedy, like 27 Dresses, Friends with Benefits (much better than No Strings Attached), or if you are feeling like crying, something like The Notebook. Nothing brings two girls together like popcorn and a sappy love story. This is especially a good thing to do together if your roommate isn’t the “going out” type. Taking a night out of your busy social schedule will show her that you care enough to spend time with her.
Homework and Coffee
On a night when you are both swamped with homework, take a trip over to Espresso Royale or Starbucks and crank out some work together. You both can bond over how much work you have to do for RHET 105, or how you have absolutely no idea what is going on in STAT 100. And of course, a non-fat caramel vanilla latte will help you stay up late enough to get everything done.
Hope this helps your roommate friendships get back on track, collegiettes!