[Sea_of_Roses]

See if you can make an agreement, this semester stay home BUT if next semester you cant find a Muslim room-mate then too bad just room with a Non-Muslim.

Dont make it too hard (even though I know its not you but your parents), it would suck if the room-mate you'd have now is psycho and you end up moving back home....proving your parents right....

[sumiyia]

i lived at home for the first two years. and moved into an apartment with 3-4 other muslim girls i found through MSA for the last two years. though i still had some drama, in retrospect i'm glad i lived at home at first. it was better for my grades and allowed me to adjust to college life a lot easier.

also, ditto to what nooni and kamuzrana and others said.

[Sugarberry]

trust me i know urge to wanna move out of your family's house and live in a dorm. But after living in a dorm I can honestly say living at home is FARRR BETTER!

My first roomate never showed up...which was great becasue i had my own room for 3 weeks...but then i got another roomate ...who would no joke have a crying breakdown every other day ....MAJOR DRAMA. and trust me it gets old real quick, when your trying to get dressed for school and your rooomate is crying so loudly that her boyfriend comes over at 8 AM in the morning to comfort her.

My third roomate ....well she had a love for all furry things....and by the end of the semester i had a gerbil and rabbit living with me as well.....you might think "cute" ...but its not cute when your room...and YOU starts smelling like a farm.

My suitemates....would were infamous for throwing drinking/costume parties in our shared common space until 1am on weeknight and then not clean up the mess until 3 weeks later ( when i finally asked them nicely to clean their crap up)

its a new semster

and im now on roomate # 4

and one of my new suitemates admitted she smokes pot....the rest of my suitmates will be showing up over the weeekend lets see what this year brings.....

I say all this to say....that living in a dorm is not all that its cracked up to be...so if you dont have to do it...then DONT....and at the very least wait untill you have a PRACTICING muslim roomate to test the waters.

[Waves]

Originally Posted by Sugarberry

My third roomate ....well she had a love for all furry things....and by the end of the semester i had a gerbil and rabbit living with me as well.....you might think "cute" ...but its not cute when your room...and YOU starts smelling like a farm.

Do they even allow pets at the dorm?

[Miryam]

Originally Posted by Sugarberry

trust me i know urge to wanna move out of your family's house and live in a dorm. But after living in a dorm I can honestly say living at home is FARRR BETTER!

My first roomate never showed up...which was great becasue i had my own room for 3 weeks...but then i got another roomate ...who would no joke have a crying breakdown every other day ....MAJOR DRAMA. and trust me it gets old real quick, when your trying to get dressed for school and your rooomate is crying so loudly that her boyfriend comes over at 8 AM in the morning to comfort her.

My third roomate ....well she had a love for all furry things....and by the end of the semester i had a gerbil and rabbit living with me as well.....you might think "cute" ...but its not cute when your room...and YOU starts smelling like a farm.

My suitemates....would were infamous for throwing drinking/costume parties in our shared common space until 1am on weeknight and then not clean up the mess until 3 weeks later ( when i finally asked them nicely to clean their crap up)

its a new semster

and im now on roomate # 4

and one of my new suitemates admitted she smokes pot....the rest of my suitmates will be showing up over the weeekend lets see what this year brings.....

I say all this to say....that living in a dorm is not all that its cracked up to be...so if you dont have to do it...then DONT....and at the very least wait untill you have a PRACTICING muslim roomate to test the waters.

Yuck! Thats sounds pretty annoying.
Well my college doesn't allow pets except for fish, so atleast I wont have any animal problems.
The college is an all womans' college to so thats good. And I don't mind doing my own laundry. I actually like doing my laundry. Plus, I'll eat better there than at the house. Pizza everyday!!

But will I move out?

No. I thought about it ALOT, over and over, and as much as I wanna leave, it wouldn't be good in the long run. Not without my parents' support. I cant get federal financial aid without their help. When u do a fafsa, your parents have to fill in their tax information that would be hard for a student to know without asking. If they stay mad at me, I probably wouldn't be able to get them to help me fill out the fafsa next year.
I guess this means I'll have to miss out on the dorm experience.

But at least my Mom can help me with my homework. She started reading my new books.

Make dua that I can make them change their minds!

[shsh]

i would never wanna live in a dorm. i like my parents shadow over me...keeps me on track, Alhumdulillah.

[Sugarberry]

Originally Posted by Waves

Do they even allow pets at the dorm?

no they dont.....but Im learning that ... rarely do college students follow the rules.

Originally Posted by Miryam

Yuck! Thats sounds pretty annoying.
Well my college doesn't allow pets except for fish, so atleast I wont have any animal problems.
The college is an all womans' college to so thats good. And I don't mind doing my own laundry. I actually like doing my laundry. Plus, I'll eat better there than at the house. Pizza everyday!!

But will I move out?

No. I thought about it ALOT, over and over, and as much as I wanna leave, it wouldn't be good in the long run. Not without my parents' support. I cant get federal financial aid without their help. When u do a fafsa, your parents have to fill in their tax information that would be hard for a student to know without asking. If they stay mad at me, I probably wouldn't be able to get them to help me fill out the fafsa next year.
I guess this means I'll have to miss out on the dorm experience.

But at least my Mom can help me with my homework. She started reading my new books.

Make dua that I can make them change their minds!

thats the spirit

[FMROMMEL]

If you are living in a "non Muslim" country and cant handle "dealing" with non muslims in a dorm than you have worse problems than worrrying about moving out.

[ChotooMotoo]

Originally Posted by FMROMMEL

If you are living in a "non Muslim" country and cant handle "dealing" with non muslims in a dorm than you have worse problems than worrrying about moving out.

Having a non-Muslim roomate isn't the issue. It's more a matter of, will your non-Muslim roomate have sex with her boyfriend on the top bunk while you are lying on the bottom bunk. It's a matter of respecting eachothers boundaries. It's difficult to know if your roomate will respect your limits (or you theirs) if you are total strangers.

[FMROMMEL]

Originally Posted by ChotooMotoo

Having a non-Muslim roomate isn't the issue. It's more a matter of, will your non-Muslim roomate have sex with her boyfriend on the top bunk while you are lying on the bottom bunk. It's a matter of respecting eachothers boundaries. It's difficult to know if your roomate will respect your limits (or you theirs) if you are total strangers.

I need to clear something up, my post was really directed twords the people who posted in this thread that would never room with a non muslim.

If you cannot room with a person of a different faith and are a muslim living in a non muslim country you have some issues you need to sort out. Like get an education somewhere else that has only muslims students.

[PhDGirl]

Originally Posted by FMROMMEL

I need to clear something up, my post was really directed twords the people who posted in this thread that would never room with a non muslim.

If you cannot room with a person of a different faith and are a muslim living in a non muslim country you have some issues you need to sort out. Like get an education somewhere else that has only muslims students.

Who said that in this thread? I don't think wanting to live with a Muslim means that you have to move to Saudi or anything. You're taking things to extremes again.

[ChotooMotoo]

Originally Posted by FMROMMEL

I need to clear something up, my post was really directed twords the people who posted in this thread that would never room with a non muslim.

If you cannot room with a person of a different faith and are a muslim living in a non muslim country you have some issues you need to sort out. Like get an education somewhere else that has only muslims students.

I knew Mormons who wouldn't have non-Mormon roomates. I know Hindu's who won't have non-Hindu roomates. I know Catholics who will only room with Catholics. What's the big deal of a Muslims wants to live with other Muslims? Why it is okay for other people to be selective about roomates, but not Muslims?

[FMROMMEL]

Originally Posted by ChotooMotoo

I knew Mormons who wouldn't have non-Mormon roomates. I know Hindu's who won't have non-Hindu roomates. I know Catholics who will only room with Catholics. What's the big deal of a Muslims wants to live with other Muslims? Why it is okay for other people to be selective about roomates, but not Muslims?

No its not okay for any of them.

[Ilikemyscarf]

Originally Posted by FMROMMEL

No its not okay for any of them.

It's personal preference. What is your problem?

[ChotooMotoo]

Originally Posted by FMROMMEL

No its not okay for any of them.

Why not?

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