- Thank god I got given the best flatmates, because I was literally stuck for them for the next few months. Literally, everyone seemed to get along with each other straight of the bat. I remember hearing stories of my friends flatmates that just didn't get along, personally I'm just not an argumentative or confrontational person so i pleaded/hoped/begged me and my flatmates got on.The first time I remember meeting my flatmates was when i was just trying to set up my room and I heard a knock on my door. First I thought who's this, can't be my parents they just left. Low and behold 4 guys stood outside my room and all I heard was "Hi I'm Conor, James, Dom and I'm Aaron". In my mind I was just like DO NOT F*** THIS UP and finally introduced myself. They asked me if i wanted to join everyone else in the living space as everyone had arrived and that was when i met the other girls from my flat Freddie and Naomi.
As with every university student we didn't waste time and cracked open a tinny. Everyone just chatted and basically got to know each other. I didn't feel left out or isolated and I think it was due to the other inviting me out and joining them. One tip I would give when moving into halls for the first time is really get to socialise and talk to your flatmates cause they literally end up becoming your family. Some of my flatmates actually found each other on Facebook or the uni app and started a WhatsApp group so they could get talking just before moving in.
After that really we chatted for what felt like AGES. I just remember James saying I think we need to get ready before the first freshers event started. To be honest, at this point I felt totally comfortable with everyone just as if I had known them for ages. I remember that first night we even went downstairs to the flat below us and made more friends. I definitely became more social and started being more "out there" and just pushing myself out my comfort zone. Doing this I found that I seemed more approachable and just overall friendly. I wouldn't change anything as I've met some really cool, funny and interesting people at university.
Our flat was supposed to consist of a total of 8 people but currently we only had 7. My last flat mate Jamuna came a couple of days after we all moved in. We all thought in the beginning that this felt a bit weird as we had made a connection with each other and now this randomer is coming to our little group. But she was the nicest girl, she was just funny and really chill with everyone so we didn't really mind.
For freshers we literally stuck together along with some of the others from the flat below, but freshers I think will be another blog. As uni went on our friendship got stronger (#sloppybuttrue) and we all got closer, I mean we all had our own groups of friends we hung out with during lectures but we always came home to hang out with each other afterwards, we even all cooked at the same time so we can have "family dinner times". We would even just hang out with each other in our rooms and just chill, me and my flatmate Naomi liked to chill and paint our nails or snack and just get our assignments done.
Another tip I would give is buy some cheap door stops or bring your own, they are usually cheap and found in your local supermarket like Tescos or Asda. Me and some of my flatmates were shopping in Asda during freshers and found a pack of 2 door stops for £1 so we just bought them for the whole flat. Our doors shut automatically so this stopped them and allowed everyone to just walk in and out of each others room and just socialise. Even when we were doing essays or assignments we would just leave each other doors open so we could just talk to each other.
Living with strangers does seem like a gruelling idea I mean what if you get polar opposite people? I mean i'm not saying you won't have arguments I mean everyone does for example, not hoovering the hallway or not washing dishes or not cleaning the kitchen, but everyone will sort out these little tiffs and it's better for it to be out in the open and be sorted out unlike bitching behind everyones back and causing a bigger fuss.
The people I have met through university are just the best especially my flatmates. I totally recommend living in halls, I mean I'm not saying your not going to bump into some weirdos along the way but I reassure you everyone is in the same boat and just wants to get along and be friends, just give them a chance. Also it gives you a chance to find people to live with in the 2nd year, Im living with 5 other people from my flat now currently next year in an actual house so I'm so excited for that!
Im so grateful for the most awesome flatmates I had this year as my 1st year experience could not of got any better! I can't wait for 2nd year to come rolling along and make more memories (#excusethesappyness).
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