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Originally Posted by Miryam
Moving out
I'm 18 on September 4th.
I got accepted to a college close to home.
My parents don't want me to live on campus.
The only reason is because they want me to live with a muslim roommate but I wasn't able to get one.
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I lived in campus all my college life, i was 17 when i moved, i had a non muslim roomate. my parents were ok with this. and alhumdulilah things worked out. i set my rules down from the get go with my roomate abt things like hijab/salah/boys/alcohol/etc.
but heres my advice, if ur parents arent ok with it. dont do it. i would have never done it if my parents werent ok with it. another thing, just because u are 18 doesnt mean anything. dont assume that just because ur a legal adult in america at 18, means ur a legal adult in Islam at 18.
im not trying to say ur still a baby, but i can definetly see that u still have alot of growing up to do if ur thinking abt moving out, ruining ur relationship with ur parents, and ur reputation. if u think u can talk ur roomate into being a nice person, dont think just because ur gonna set ground rules, itll be followed.
also, i dont really understand how it would be cheaper living on campus than at home??
apparenty ur parents are ok with u living on campus, they jsut want u to live with a nonmuslim, so how about just going ur first year or even first semester at home, and seeing how campus life is, get to know some of the muslim girls first, then apply next year or semester to live with one of them. u shud be able to choose ur roomate by ur second semester/year.