I lived with my older brother during my senior year of college. It was far from the nightmare I expected.

Living with my older brother during my senior year of college was better than I expected. Caroline Lissy During my senior year of college , my 24-year-old brother became my roommate. Living together seemed like a crazy idea, but he ended up becoming a safe space for me in the house. The experience brought us closer and made me less afraid of postgrad life. Before heading out to the bar on our final day of junior year at the University of Maryland, I sat in my empty college apartment with my friends, laughing over a dumb sitcom while scrolling on our phones. Half of our stuff was in boxes as we were preparing to move into our very own house for the next school year. We fantasized about the parties we would throw and the decorating we would do.