Thursday, October 14, 2010
Not Again
Alright, here it comes. The long rant about my roommate. In all honesty, I never thought that I would be writing about her. She is really nice, and I know that I should be thankful that I wasn't stuck with someone worse, but oh my goodness. Now I know that living with someone, anyone, is a new task to say the least. At first, I thought that while I figured I would get slightly annoyed I would still be able to manage living with someone new; however, I am now starting to rethink my initial assumption. My roommate, is very how you may say "spunky," and not only that she is in a way "socially awkward." I mean all of these statements in the nicest way possible, and I don't mean to be judging my roommate at all, but sometimes she is just, well, plain annoying. I feel like I am going behind her back by writing about her but I just cannot take it any more. Recently, the real problem arouse. My roommate is single, which can apparently seem like a big deal (though I don't recall feeling this way since my freshman year in high school) but perhaps this stems from the fact she has never had a boyfriend. I have had enough to know you are almost better off without one at all, while she, on the other hand, is dying to have one. Now I can understand a person being upset they are single, but here is the real kicker: she has started crying almost every single day about it. I try to always be understanding, and comforting but there is only so much one person can take. Every night, she will not be quiet about the boys she is looking at on facebook, the boys she did or didn't text, the problems she is having, how no one likes her and she will be a cat lady (and I am not even kidding, this is an actual statement from her). Then, the tears will kick in and an hour of my time will be spent trying to comfort her and telling her that she will in fact find someone some day who treats her how she should be. I am not sure what to do about this. Maybe I am just being to harsh? I know she is having a really hard time because today I walked in and she was bawling and said she hated it here, and I know how she feels because it is how I felt the second day being here, but I am not sure what to tell her? She got ditched by a group of girls last weekend, and I have been told, by another friend, that the girls ditched her because they found out after hanging out with her once how annoying she is, but how do you tell someone that their problems aren't going to be fixed unless they change and tone it down? My friend that told me this invited me in to talk to the girls who ditched her about how annoying she is, and I said no, for one, I think that is terribly rude to talk behind someones back, and two because I know how much it would hurt her to find out people were saying these things. I just need a way to help her, well, be less annoying (however the heck you do that...). I really do feel sincerely bad for her, and I am going to pray she finds a better, and nicer, friend group. I just hope that all this crying stops because it is honestly cutting into my study time, not to mention hers which she really could be using. I am done though, even if it did feel good to let that all out...
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One idea would be to talk to your RA about how to deal with the situation - not in an "I want to complain" way but in a "how can I help her" way. It sounds like she has some issues adjusting to college. Is she involved in any outside groups that "fit" her? It sounds like that is really what she needs.
ReplyDeleteI think you are right to keep the prayers up for her.