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-- Posted by guitarist451 at 1:38 pm on Oct. 13, 2008
My roommate is really weird and makes the room smell. he decays on his bed while on his laptop all day, even if it's sunny out. The main problem is the smell, and his smelly girlfriend that sometimes comes to visit.
I want to switch, does anyone have advice or consoling comments?

-- Posted by Public Enemy 69 at 1:38 pm on Oct. 13, 2008
Tell the bastard to get out more or try air freshners. Or that he smells like shit. Dont sugarcoat it.

-- Posted by smmayy at 1:38 pm on Oct. 13, 2008
frebreeeeeeeeeeeeze (:

-- Posted by Hi Carie at 1:38 pm on Oct. 13, 2008
go to the housing office. you might be able to move at semester. good luck moving before then though.

-- Posted by SpM at 1:38 pm on Oct. 13, 2008
He decays? So..your roommate is, in fact, dead?

-- Posted by horney123 at 1:39 pm on Oct. 13, 2008
we have alot fo those at ours as well. I take it no one will volenteer to swap

-- Posted by guitarist451 at 1:40 pm on Oct. 13, 2008
He's not the most desirable roommate
but he doesn't complain and keeps to himself

-- Posted by PVHSco08 at 1:41 pm on Oct. 13, 2008
just tell your RA and tell the roommate your leaving that you'd just like to move in with your "friend" and its nothing personal.
my original lesbian roommate (im straight) decided she wanted to move in with another lesbian, they came up to me and just asked i gladly accepted the offer. lol
but now my new roommate is worse.
ha.

-- Posted by ElephantStone at 1:43 pm on Oct. 13, 2008
try a neat freak. Thats even more pissy.

-- Posted by PrintingFreak at 5:49 pm on Oct. 14, 2008
your best bet would be to try to talk to your roomate about it. because he may not realize that he infact smells like shit, if nothing comes of it after a week then inform your R.A. about his personal hygiene issues, because once someone in the housing staff ( RA including) it is easier to go about moving out, Vincennes University (the college i was an RA at) had a policy that if you know who's room you wanted to move into and they had an open space (like a friend) you could move mid-semester with a 10 dollar charge (they said it was for processing or some BS like that) and then the residents were free to switch. hope this helps good luck hang in there.
~ Patrick