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EVEN MORE COLLEGE ROOMMATE TIPS

Living with a roommate will probably be unlike anything you have done in your life until now. To help you adjust to your living situation, we offer the following advice:Be realistic.Don't expect your roommate to be your best friend and constant ...

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College Roommates: Three's A Crowd

It’s hard enough sharing a dorm room the size of a postage stamp with one person, but what happens when your roommate consistently invites friends and dates to hang out too? Even if you all get along, it can get old fast. Sometimes you just want a ...

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Quiz Are You Ready for a Roommate

Tis the season for graduation. So now what? Whether you've freshly finished earning your degree, or you're heading straight out of high school into the workplace, you're going to need to say goodbye to a full refrigerator and free laun...

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HOW NOT TO KILL YOUR NEW COLLEGE ROOMMATE

Getting to Know You..........10:00 p.m.: You've finished your schoolwork for the evening. You neatly stack your books on your desk, fold and put away clothing, shut off the lights, slip into your neatly made bed, and drift off to sleep.11:30 p.m...

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CAN MY CURRENT ROOMMATE JUST THROW ME OUT

QUESTION:I feel that I am being wrongly evicted from our apartment by another roommate who claims to be the only one on the lease. I'm pretty sure I signed it, too, but I can't remember.ANSWER:The first thing to do is to get a copy of that ...

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Making Room for Two: How to Adjust to Life with a Roommate

Making Room for Two: How to Adjust to Life with a Roommate by: Dan The Roommate Man Because downsizing is a fact of life these days, many renters and homeowners can, at a moment's notice, find themselves unable to pay the rent or the mortga...

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ANNOYING LONER-ANOTHER TRUE ROOMMATE STORY

I had transfered to a new college, and I had one good semester with two good roommates. However, we were sick of living in a triple, so next semester we decided to get doubles. They knew each other longer and decided to room together. The only other ...

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HOW TO LIVE WITH A FEMALE ROOMMATE

Steps:1. Communicate openly with your roommate. Agree to talk about issues before they get out of control.2. Accept that sometimes people will be in a bad mood. If she says she doesn't want to go do something with you, don't take it persona...

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COMMUNICATION-KEY TO A GOOD ROOMMATE RELATIONSHIP

Communication is the biggest key to any relationship, and roommates are no different.Open up the channels of communication early: Talk frankly about how excited you are, if you are nervous, etc. Get it out; they probably feel the same way. Doing so w...

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AFTER YOU FIND A ROOMMATE,THEN WHAT

The Trial Period.When you first set up your household, there should be a period of time in which you and your roommate(s) concentrate on just being yourselves and living the way you want (within reason, of course). Do not try to anticipate your roomm...

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