Do these dorm rules sound overly onerous to you or is it just me?

[Anonymous]

recent dorm experience ^^

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It sounds reasonable.
It's not the 1990s anymore.

Unfortunately. In the 1990s, adulthood started at 18, not 30.

[Anonymous]

What are your issues with the rules?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What are your issues with the rules?

Nanny state

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are your issues with the rules?

Nanny state

Then maybe you need to consider an apartment if this is too much for you?
It’s standard. It’s designed to prevent one roomate always bringing in another guest. Many colleges kids complaining of their roommates bringing boyfriends or girlfriends back and having sex in the room or expecting the roomate to leave so they can.

[Anonymous]

It’s for the security of other kids in the form and to avoid someone basically living on the dorm w/o paying,

[Anonymous]

They sound completely fair and normal. My two daughters (big university in the south, and a small private in NE) and my niece (state school in west) all are similar.

[Anonymous]

It's a little weird you can't have a friend over to study or hang out at 10 or 11 AM without them counting as an overnight guest. The noon cutoff is a bit strange, IMO.

[Anonymous]

OP, what is your objection? It is not a house but college owned property.

[Anonymous]

These are very similar to the rules my dorm had (SUNY school 2000)

[Anonymous]

Seems fine OP. College is a lot more expensive now, too much so to have to listen to your roommate have sex all night before your exams.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think that’s super reasonable. It somewhat avoids having your roomie move in their bf or gf every night, though they can just enter before 8pm.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Totally reasonable, if not downright lax.

+1

I don’t think overnight guests were allowed at all when I was in college (JMU, 90s, FWIW).

[Anonymous]

Yup, this all seems totally sensible to keeping someone's townie/HS *friend from moving into a shared dorm room. Why would OP think this is overkill? You really think your DC's B/G/friend should be sleeping over multiple times a week in the same room, literally feet away from, their roommate? Ick.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a PP said, it is not the 1990s anymore.

We had those rules in the 90's. They want to prevent someone from moving in without paying and for security. How is it unreaosnable?