Comments on: How to Get Along With a Female Roommate

on 3/17/2006 If you are planning on having a pet live with you, make sure your roommate is OK with that first. There's nothing worse than a cat-hair allergy that someone forgot to mention springing into action, or a parrot screeching at six AM.

on 11/22/2005 A lot of fights will revolve around resentment that one person is doing more in the way of cleaning than the other. It's just easier to avoid all these fights by doing more than your share and being super anal retentive in common/shared areas of the apartment and/or dorm room. Never leave dirty dishes by the sink even if the other roommate does. Never leave your personal stuff in common areas.

on 11/22/2005 Give yourself a month grace period to get to know each other's habits and then have a discussion about problems or rules that need to be made. In the beginning, it is hard to know what will annoy you months down the road.

on 11/22/2005 Don't nag you roomate, or tell her that she isn't doing something right. Let her find out on her own, and encourage all of her philosophies on life.