WikiHow: How to survive living with male roommates as a female

WikiHow: How to survive living with male roommates as a female

Intro: Are you a female who is considering living with only male roommates or already lives with only males? Here are some steps to take that will help you survive having male roommates. Some of them might not be pretty but hey you choose to live with only males so might as well make the best of it. Even if things may seem bad now there are also many pros to only having male roommates. Things like there is less drama that you could possible get from living with female roommates. If someone ever did break in or along the lines of protection male roommates might come in handy better than females. By having male roommates you always have a males perspective on situations you might be going through. So follow these steps on how to survive living with male roommates as a female.

Step 1: Learn to accept that your living space will never be as clean as you might like

When you live with men who no longer live with their mother, who lets face it probably cleaned up after them for their whole life, they aren't going to start now. If you don't want to be their mother you will have to get used to a little messiness. When your house or apartment gets to that degree of uncleanliness you need to speak up. If you don’t your living space will end up looking like a house on the TV show hoarders.

Step 2: Schedule a weekly cleaning day and break up duties

Following step one these men are not going to clean the place by themselves, they need a little reinforcement. You might think this step is not needed but trust me it's needed. Those red cups will add up, the bathroom will begin to look unrecognizable, and the dishes in the sink will begin to grow something funky. The cleaning section at the grocery store will become you new best friend. Even if you do have only male roommates they are still just that, roommates. There is a certain level of respect that should be there for ones living space.

Step 3: Get used to having a house full of males

Men like to gather around a TV all day or night and either watch sporting events or pointless shows while eating, drinking, and other such activities. When you come home from work or a long day at school don't be taken back by the room full of males yelling and screaming about a lousy call the refs made in the Giants game. Also don't be surprised that when you go into the kitchen to get a snack they are all gone.

Step 4: Label or hide your food

Adding onto the last step, if there is any food in your kitchen that you don't want eaten by your male roommate's or roommates friends hide or put a huge sticky note on them. When males get hungry they don't remember what they bought or what you bought from the grocery store.

Step 5: Don't start a romantic relationship with one of your male roommates

This is a big one ladies. You might be thinking that this could be a great idea. It's casual and if you get lonely or bored in the middle of the night you don't have a long walk across the hallway. You also might be thinking that you already live with this person so you know everything about them already. And if you were to start dating them you’d already know what it’s like to live with them. What would then happen when you guys break up? Do you move out or does he? Or if neither of you decide to leave what happens when he brings another girl home? The word I’m thinking of here is "awkward."

Step 6: Make sure to lock your bedroom door at night

If you do have a flirty roommate who likes to think it's ever going to happen with you guys remember to lock your door before bed. Another good reason to lock your door at night is when your drunken guy roommates or roommate’s friends come home after a long night of drinking they might either mistake your room for theirs or try some funny business. If you want to skip a very awkward morning remember that locks are our friends.


Step 7: If you do have a boyfriend or start dating someone warn them before you have them over

If you start dating someone and plan to have him over give him a proper warning about your living situation. Giving these guys a head's up before walking into the lion’s den is the right thing to do. There are a few reasons for this step. One of the reasons is that male roommates can be protective and start acting like your father. Also this new guy might think you hook up with or date your current roommates and get scared and leave. You want to assure him that is not the case and your male roommates are like brothers.

Step 8: When you do something nice don't expect anything in return

If you decide to be Susie homemaker for the day and go on a baking rampage don't expect your male roommates to return the favor. They will at the most say thank you and then devour everything that you just spent all day making. It's not that they don't appreciate you they are just men.

Conclusion: By following these eight steps living with males as a female will go a lot smoother. Now I didn't say easy I just said smoother. Being the only female does have its perks but can also be very challenging at times. Stick in there though because if anything you will always have a good time and some funny stories to take away with you in the end. And lets face it in the end you're out on you're own and you’re not living in your parent’s basement so suck it up and let your hair down.