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Ask HC BC: Roommate Rut

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Her Campus Placeholder Avatar Caitlin Mann
This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at BC chapter.

 

Dear HC BC,

 

I spend all of my time with my roommate.  She doesn’t like meeting new people, but the year is almost over, and I feel like I haven’t made any other friends.  How can I branch out without leaving her behind?

 

-Roommate Rut

 

 

 

Dear Roommate Rut,

 

It can be hard to make new friend when you’re already in a comfortable friendship, but that’s what college is about.  Be honest with your roommate—  it’s not that you don’t like spending time with her, it’s that you want to have other friends too.  That is completely understandable.  If she doesn’t want to join you, then I vote that you still try to branch out.  You can still spend time with her, just not all of it.  Plus, if she is a good friend, she will want you to be happy.

 

Good luck!

 

HC BC

 

 

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Caitlin is currently a student at Boston College studying English and Pre-Law.  At BC, she is a member of the Boston College Irish Dance Club, on the Honors Program Student Executive Board's Community Service Committee, and interns and writes for the fashion and culture blog Rusted Revolution.  She has been wriring for Her Campus BC since Jaunary 2011 and is serving as BC's Campus Correspondent for the 2012-2013 school year.  Outside of school, she is a competitive Irish dancer, and has been dancing for 18 years. During her high school career, she completed an engineering project at Case Western Reserve University that made her one of 40 Intel Science Talent Search Finalists in 2009.   In addition to all of this, Caitlin loves reading, yoga, running, shopping, spending time with friends and family, and traveling.