Every one of your family’s embarrassing stories
Your roommate, besides your family, is the only person who has heard, or witnessed, your family’s embarrassing moments. They’re the ones who overhear you on the phone with your grandpa who gives you details about things you didn’t need to hear or your mom when she’s giving you the scoop on the latest family drama.
They understand your social anxiety and clinginess
Your roommate understands your extreme social anxiety when you’re left alone at the dining hall table to fend for yourself when they get up to get water and you feel like everyone thinks you have no friends. They also know that you go through severe separation anxiety even if they’ve only been gone for a few hours in class or at work.
When all of your tests are and papers are due
If they didn’t read your color-coordinated, very detailed calendar hanging on your wall full of when all of your appointments and tests are for that week, your roommate sure knows when big tests or papers are due because of your multiple mental breakdowns that week. Your roommate is the person who hears all of your complaints and consoles you through every anxiety attack during finals week.
Last, but certainly not least, how to cheer you up whenever you need her
My roommate is singlehandedly the only person who knows what to say or do when I’m feeling down. She’s seen my breakdowns, heartbreak, and has gone through just about every life-altering thing right alongside me during college so she’s a pro at helping me cope with life’s little disasters. She’s the only person who will climb into bed with me and just lay with me until I feel better then say something stupid to make me smile again.
