This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at ECU chapter.
People say college students are selfish, they party too much, or are lazy and entitled but college students have a lot of love to give. They might not give each other much but they show their love in more fun and interesting ways, here are 30 actual ways college students say I love you:
- Driving you to class or to get your car when its raining, snowing, or you just don’t feel like walking
- When a friend with a meal plan swipes you into the dining hall
- When they say, “I’m going to Starbucks do you need anything?”
- When someone gives you AdderallÂ
- Giving you answers to the homework, tests or quizzes without asking
- Getting a room at the library for hours without having to sign up for it
- At the end of the year when people have campus meals left and you end up getting a free meal
- Someone helping you move into or out of your apartment or even just rearrange your room
- Picking you up from your bad decisions and not judging you for them
- Taking you downtown or to work without asking for gas money
- When you friend buys something for you with REAL people money and not university bucks (That’s when you know you have a real homie)
- When someone gives you a pen or paper when you don’t have any in class
- When someone lets you copy their notes for a class you missed
- When someone decorates your dorm room or apartment door on your birthday
- When all of your friends get together and go to dinner
- When you miss class and someone signs you in for attendance
- When you friends go on a late-night Walmart or fast-food runs or watches a movie with you when they have a homework assignment or a big test the next day
- When parking is limited on campus and someone saves a parking spot for you
- When you and you friends are running late and she still offers to do your make-up or helps you pick out an outfit
- When someone gives you alcohol or buys you a drink
- Helping you study or do homework for a class they are not even in (i.e. Math)
- Giving you their personal study guide to help you study for a midterm or final
- When you drop your books, papers or pencil in the hallway or in class and someone picks it up
- When you show up sick to class because you can’t afford to miss that day and the people sitting beside you don’t act like you have the Zika virus and say things like “I can’t afford to be sick” or switch seats
- When you get a care package from a family member or friend and you give your friends some of the snacksÂ
- When a friend lets you borrow their laptop to do your homework because yours is broken or MIA
- When your friend walk with you to class even if there class is the opposite direction
- Having your friend take care of you when you are sick by emailing your professors or sending in your homework or bringing you soup
- When your friend makes you a craft like a cooler or canvas
- Telling you about an easy A class/elective or easy professor