1. These lampshades are one of the most fragile objects on earth.
2. The most bitter arguments you will ever have are about washing up.
3. And washing up stalemate is never the answer.
4. If you don't have bills included the thermostat is a war zone.
[sitting at a table] Wife: writes number on paper and slides it across. Me: crosses out and writes new number *thermostat negotiations*
5. There are times when you and your housemates are on completely different sleep schedules.
This girl is SLEEPING in the LIBRARY #college #ifeelu
During exam time there will be the people who wake up at 5am, and the people who start work at 10pm.
6. Everyone has slightly different definitions about what food counts as communal.
7. Even if you live in a brand new house something will break during the year, and no one will want to call the landlord.
8. There is always one housemate who cooks really strange, gross food combos.
9. You will know everything about your housemates' sex lives even if they don't actually tell you.
10. And it's your duty as a housemate to be really overly friendly in the morning to any of their lovers.
11. The most hard working member of your household will always be your drying rack.
12. The longer you leave it, the more of a pain it is to take the bin out, but you will never learn this.
13. Your pack of cards will be wrinkly and sticky from being used in too many drinking games.
14. It's perfectly possible to watch Come Dine With Me for three and a half hours straight.
15. Your fire alarm will probably go off every time you make toast.
16. Someone will try and make things look a bit nice with some fairy lights, but your house will still look undeniably studenty.
17. You will drink out of stolen pint glasses most of the time.
18. Apart from when you drink out of one of the massive Sports Direct mugs that mysteriously appeared in your house.
