Sophomore’s new suite mate is 37

[Anonymous]

Hell no.

[Anonymous]

If you are a 37 year old male who is okay with this, you are not a good person.

[Anonymous]

Omg as a 37 year old woman, I wouldn’t want to live with college freshman. He’s a freak. If I was paying for housing for my kid, I would be phoning the director of housing.

[Anonymous]

I've been that 37 year old and it is also not a fun situation for them.

However, in my situation, I was a 25 yo female and placed in a suite with three 18/19 year old guys.

I was in grad school and TA/Lab Assistant. I had university housing that was reserved for grad students but there was a problem with several rooms on my floor so the university moved us last minute. I had zero say in where I was placed.

It was the suite type where each room had its own locking room and we all shared a common kitchenette, small living room, and bathroom. I spent 99% of my time locked away in my room with noise cancelling headphones on b/c the guys were very much in "woo! college! party!" mode as first year students... as they should have been. The first year of college is amazing and I wouldn't have wanted to take that away from them, but at the time, it was the worst semester of my life. Luckily, the university was able to get my original room fixed up in time for Spring semester and I moved in December of that year.

[Anonymous]

I’ll ditto a PP. Hell no.

[Anonymous]

Just call housing.

My kid has a gender neutral name.

She was supposed to have a female roommate and by mistake they paired her with the SON of the school’s provost.

When we called them to report the mistake, they immediately fixed it. The provost and I joked about it afterwards.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Is this what is known as "concern trolling?

Not really.

What kind of trolling is it then?

Op here I get that it seems so weird/ unlikely and touches on hot button issues so I understand it might seem like a troll post-fair enough. It is true, though, and as I said in my first post this is not an anti all gender housing post-if anything it’s an anti mixed age housing post.

So age discrimination is ok?

I totally get where you are coming from, OP and would not want my daughter in the same dorm as a 37 year old man. But when you opt for gender inclusive housing, you lose control on who defines what inclusive means and are stuck in the position of being age exclusive.

How uncomfortable is your daughter? Tell her to stand up for herself here.

Huh? Gender inclusive doesn’t mean age inclusive. Why is she “losing control”?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I would be raising hell. Sorry. 37 is not 18. Creepy.

Agree. Why would a 37 year old want to live on campus?

One scenario - post military male as undergrad student on low budget and financial aid

That would be my guess. I seriously doubt they are happy with the setup either. When my father went back to school after leaving the Navy, at least we had married student housing. Still not a great situation for a kid

[Anonymous]

This is so obviously fiction.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Omg as a 37 year old woman, I wouldn’t want to live with college freshman. He’s a freak. If I was paying for housing for my kid, I would be phoning the director of housing.

Who says HE "wants" this? Maybe he is also calling housing or already did and was told "take it or leave it" and has no other option.

[Anonymous]

I am 38 and was a non-trad student (graduated at 31) and I would NOT want to have lived with 18-22 year olds. Even if both in college, it’s a much different phase of life. I would be very uncomfortable with such a scenario. Sorry OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've been that 37 year old and it is also not a fun situation for them.

However, in my situation, I was a 25 yo female and placed in a suite with three 18/19 year old guys.

I was in grad school and TA/Lab Assistant. I had university housing that was reserved for grad students but there was a problem with several rooms on my floor so the university moved us last minute. I had zero say in where I was placed.

It was the suite type where each room had its own locking room and we all shared a common kitchenette, small living room, and bathroom. I spent 99% of my time locked away in my room with noise cancelling headphones on b/c the guys were very much in "woo! college! party!" mode as first year students... as they should have been. The first year of college is amazing and I wouldn't have wanted to take that away from them, but at the time, it was the worst semester of my life. Luckily, the university was able to get my original room fixed up in time for Spring semester and I moved in December of that year.

^^^ This.

While the rest of you are thinking the worst of this guy - I'm guessing it is most likely like this PP's scenario. They are stuck in a crappy situation and want nothing to do with your 18yr olds girls.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Omg as a 37 year old woman, I wouldn’t want to live with college freshman. He’s a freak. If I was paying for housing for my kid, I would be phoning the director of housing.

And the director of housing (or more likely, their receptionist) would tell you they can only discuss this with the student.

[Anonymous]

This would be a great "Back to School" reboot. RIP Rodney.

[Anonymous]

So what is the status OP?