Were you friends with college roommate before college but not now?

[princesspumpkin]

People say don't live with your best friend, so how many of you were friends with your college roommate before college and decided to room together. Then, rooming together destroyed your friendship? We've all heard stories about people being their college roommate's best friend and that they are their kids' Godparents and everyone is lovey, dovey, etc This thread isn't for you, though. I'd like to hear about those roommate experiences that actually reuined a friendship. (I guess I've been watching too much Jerry Springer )

 

[stinkerbelle]

our friendship died actually 2 years after college.
we roomed together our senior year
year after college we got an apt. together.

after a almost a year there - we both moved out - I bought a house with my BF, she moved into a condo with her BF.

we kinda sorta kept in touch after we moved away (I was 1 hour away from her) - she got engaged, I was asked to be in her wedding, *I* then got engaged, she started being a snit - she lived in a section of my state where $$$$ ruled.

whatever

I 'bowed out' of her wedding 9 months before it (the day after we looked at dresses) Sorry - couldn't spend $400 on a dress PLUS alterations/showers/gifts/etc.... We just grew apart - she married for money and it was evident...she gave me crap for "buying a house" instead of a 'condo' in a more affluent area.

whatever

we haven't talked since February 2002... Fine. By. Me.

no - not bitter!

 

[tar heel]

Lived with my best friend from high school my first two years of college. Sophomore year we both thought a guy in our dorm was cute. He and I started going out. She was really weird about it and constantly told me that she no longer thought he was cute and really didn't even like him. They have been married 25 years.

Needless to say, I left out a lot of the story -- not a fun time.

I've not had any contact with her in more than two decades. A year or so ago, he e-mailed me. I e-mailed him back a couple times, then decided I really didn't need a relationship of any kind with him and didn't reply last time I heard from him.

 

[HeyMickey]

I roomed with a good friend, who I met in my first week of college, for half of my sophomore year and all of this year (junior year). After rooming with her this long, I could care less if I ever talk to her again.

She's been aggravating me for ages. She doesn't think she has to clean up after herself - her side of the room is literally knee deep in clothing that needs to be washed , because she "doesn't trust" the washing machines here and will only wash her clothes at home 200 miles away. Her boyfriend is manipulative and has total control over her, so she spends 99% of her time at his frat house and only makes plans with me if she knows she won't be allowed there because of "secret meetings". She and her boyfriend once, uh, did the deed in my presence because they "thought I was asleep". HELLO? First of all we had bunk beds at the time, so I was all of four feet away from them and the whole bunk bed frame was shaking so OF COURSE I'm going to wake up, and secondly IT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO DO THAT WITH SOMEONE ELSE IN THE ROOM IN THE FIRST PLACE!

There's more I won't bore you with, but suffice it to say that she has done everything in her power (whether purposefully or not) to alienate me. It's worked out for the best though, because next year she is living in a single about the size of a closet (undoubtedly so she and boyfriend can have their own love nest) and I have a nice big 2 bedroom apartment with lots of windows and a cool roomie.

 

[Simba's Mom]

DS roomed with a kid he'd been friends with when he was a freshman in college. Yes, it did destroy their friendship. They were only freshmen and reacted quite differently about living away from home. The friend really partied-the dorm room became almost an "open house" for anyone ever interested in partying. DS didn't go for that. At the end of first semester, the (now former) friend failed out, and the boys haven't spoken since.