So, it seems that whenever you ask a happily married couple where they met they always respond, “We met at university.” Well, now we’re at university… One husband please.
Is it ok to get with the gorgeous medical student guy who you know through a ‘friend of a friend’? Definitely. Is it acceptable to get with the alright-ish guy that’s been flirting with you all night? Probably. BUT – is it okay to get with someone in your halls? Or worse…. your flatmate?
My verdict is…. NO.
They might be great on a night out, when everyone’s together and you’re laughing and drinking but the question you have to ask yourself is – what happens when the drinking stops? (If that ever happens for freshers.)
Let’s say you have got with him on a night out, he’s given you as many compliments as one girl could possibly handle in a night but then you wake up in the morning and think MISTAKE??
And then you see him in the corridor. Leaving for lectures. Eating. Talking to your friends. For a year. Is the year of awkward conversation, the ‘banter’ from the girls in your flat and the constant hiding around corners until he’s left the kitchen worth that one night? No girls, we think not.
On the opposite side, it’s even worse not getting with the person you do like JUST because he’s from the same halls as you. You flirt everyday, play pool together, go for lunch when you’re both free and then… oh no, you catch the only thing that’s worse than freshers’ flu – feelings.
You keep saying to everyone “I don’t want to go there… he lives on the same corridor, its too awkward!” But then you see him in the club with other girls… sharing taxis with him and his ‘conquest’ for the night and the jealousy kicks in. And this is every Friday night… Wednesday night… for a year. Suddenly you don’t think you’ll be offering him a cup of tea in the mornings anymore.
So, this is the big debate. Is it worth risking the awkwardness for something that could potentially be great? Or does the slight possibility (however small) of having to hide in your room like a hermit crab for the rest of the year make you scream no?
If only I could help… but this is just one of life’s mysteries.
Edited by Georgina Varley
Image sources:
http://makeameme.org/meme/get-well-soon
http://lauramauk.blogspot.co.uk/2011/06/big-mistake.html
http://pandatesodo.forum-box.com/t463-sexy-bomb.htm?start=3285