10 things you only know if you live in an all girls Warwick uni house

The all girls uni house: Where flatmates become therapists, personal stylists, and safe havens of comfort and love. You’ll never cook alone (even when you really want a moment of therapeutic kitchen time), there’s always someone shouting about something and absolutely nothing, and someone’s always stealing — sorry, borrowing — your favourite jumper. From karaoke and game nights to kitchen discussions that start off as nonsensical talk and somehow evolve into deep philosophical chats, there’s a certain magic (and an ungodly amount of hair) that comes from this living situation that most will only be able to experience once. If you’ve ever had the good fortune of living with some of your closest girl friends, you’ll know exactly what I mean. Here are 10 things you’d only understand if you’ve ever lived in an all-girls uni house.

1. Eating and cooking together

Dinner will always be a communal experience. Whether you eat at 6pm or 11pm, someone will always come into the kitchen “for just a minute” and end up staying with you for an hour, even though “they’re soooo tired”. Mealtimes are rarely a solo activity in a girl house. And more often than not, there’ll be those two overly extra flatmates: One that’s smart and meal preps, and one that whips up an unnecessarily elaborate meal that takes two hours to make and eat, while everyone else survives on air fryer meals, frozen pizzas, and buldak.

2. Celebrations

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In an all-girls house, expect balloons, banners, a cake (or Krispy Kreme doughnut if that’s your preference) at midnight, and an out of tune happy birthday being sung at you on your special day. For occasions, expect the kitchen to be decorated, music to be blaring on the speaker, chaos and if it’s Christmas you can’t not do a Secret Santa, where of course all the gifts will be targeted and you’ll have to make sure everyone swears not to spill who they have.

3. Fighting over what to watch

Deciding what to watch as a group is near impossible. One person wants a Disney movie, another insists on a show like Modern Family so they don’t miss anything important, and someone else is pushing for a reality show (probably Dubai Bling). The back and forth lasts at least 10 minutes until the person with the remote gives in and puts on a random episode of Grey’s Anatomy because we all know everyone will just scroll through their phones the whole time or just pay absolutely no attention at all anyway.

4. Getting ready for a night out together

The night before the night out is always the best part: One person takes the desk mirror, one person sits in front of the full-length mirror, and one person takes the bathroom mirror. The person not going out sits on the bed, and everyone plans how drunk they want to get. The Digicam is out and if you’re the unfortunate owner of the camera, you just know the first message you’ll see when you wake up will be someone asking for the photos.

5. Stripping off into your thermals as soon as you step aside

The best thing about a girl-house is the lack of judgment. When you hear the front door open and the footsteps leading to the kitchen, you just know someone will have dumped their bag on the sofa and will be stripping off the puffer, hoodie, and jeans.

6. Karaoke and games nights

What starts as a chill night in quickly devolves into carnage: screaming in heads up, frustration when playing articulate, and an almost guaranteed rage quit in dobble when someone winds up with 90% of the pile. Someone connects to the speaker, and the karaoke mic gets passed around, and your poor neighbours are vocally assaulted by some hilariously off-key performances.

7. Wine bottle candles

Every all-girls uni house has at least one wine bottle with a candle melted into it — because why throw away perfectly good decor? Definitely one of the best DIY decorations to have because when you suddenly decide to have a candlelit dinner, best believe that wine bottle will already be on the table.

8. Stealing flatmates clothes

It’s not stealing if your door was unlocked and your housemate said you could borrow her jumper two weeks ago! It just means you’re taking advantage of the five other wardrobes you have at your disposal. Never mind if you wanted to wear it tomorrow; the person who has dibs is the flatmate who got to it first. 

9. Flowers in the kitchen

You can count on there being a random bouquet wilting away on the kitchen table. They’ll probably be dead within three days because everyone forgot that flowers need to be watered to survive, but hey, at least it brightened up the place for a little bit. 

10. The amount of hair you find absolutely everywhere

No matter how thoroughly you hoover and clean the flat, you will find hair everywhere. No one knows how strands of hair keep appearing everywhere, but at this point, you just have to accept it and move on.