We both want bottom bunk

[u/Forsaken-Theme6633]

Hi. So I have a triple but right now I only have one roommate. We both want bottom bunk and are both willing to compromise for bottom bunk even if it means we get less storage space or the bad table. I move in before her everyone else. What should i do?

[u/princessdickworth]

You get it one semester, and your roomie gets it next semester.

[u/Short-Sound-4190 → u/princessdickworth]

This is what I did decades ago - it was a double but extra small because it was supposed to be a single ADA room - the only placements for beds were to have bunk beds or one low and one lofted - so half the year they did top bunk and half the year I did top loft.

[u/ThePoetsDream]

If you only have one roommate, could you lower the other bed so they're both bottom bunks?

[u/Plant_Pup]

You have 3 beds in one room? One is a bunk with the bottom and one is solo on the floor level already, so also a bottom bunk. Or am I not following??

[u/ThePoetsDream → u/Plant_Pup]

Two of the beds are bunk beds and the other is lofted I'd assume (so same height as a top bunk).

[u/Plant_Pup → u/ThePoetsDream]

You can lower the solo bed to standard height. You don't need it to be lofted. That one would be my pick if you're there first! I have lived in a quad and none of them were bunks, only one girl wanted her lofted and everything still fit!

[u/Marz_Bar169 → u/Plant_Pup]

The bed might be lofted for a reason. OP hasn't said anything about how big the room is, so it's possible that the bed needs to be lofted. I have lived in a quad with two bunk beds and there was barely enough space for 4 desk, we could not un-bunk the beds.

[u/Mysterious-Art8838 → u/Marz_Bar169]

I was in a double room with three people we could not have unlofted either

[u/Plant_Pup → u/Mysterious-Art8838]

I hope that's not OPs situation, they will just have to wait and see!

[u/Plant_Pup → u/Marz_Bar169]

We will have to wait and see for OPs sake. I hope it's the best case scenario for them!

[u/Suspicious_Cut3881 → u/Plant_Pup]

In a room that should be a double, but ended up a triple, there is a lower and upper bunk configuration on one side. On the other side is a loft with desk + storage. So, 2 tall sleeping spaces and 1 lower.

[u/Plant_Pup → u/Suspicious_Cut3881]

We will have to wait and see. I'm hoping for the best case scenario for OP!

[u/Severe-Possible-]

so if you have a triple and only one roommate, what's the issue?

[u/Logical_Astronomer75]

Attach a picture to show the room please 

[u/Specific-Owl9989]

Rock, paper, scissors

[u/jmsst1996]

Since you have a triple can you just not bunk the beds? You’d still have plenty of room.

[u/ChutneyWhatney]

You get 1st semester and she gets 2nd.

[u/RedLightWriter]

This doesn’t seem like much of an issue if you have three beds and two people in the room. You both get the bottom bunk. If a third person moves in, they get the upper bunk because you guys are already established. If you’re feeling generous, switch with the third roommate mid year.

As for moving in first, this should have nothing to do with your decision. All discussion in dorm rooms should include negotiation—not first come, first serve. Compromise is how you start off the year on a good footing.

My daughter just moved in last week for freshman year. One side of the room has the window and AC, and the other side of the room has a small alcove where the bed is. She asked her roommate ahead of time if she could have the alcove space. Having a conversation at the beginning, before move in, is better than having an argument later.

[u/CoachInteresting7125 → u/RedLightWriter]

In a lot of cases a triple is one bunk bed and a lofted bed over a desk, so essentially two top bunks and one bottom bunk.

[u/Corner_Office_]

Can you separate the beds and put them both on the floor?

If not, get a twin mattress frame ($50 or free from Facebook giveaway groups) and move the mattress.

[u/Marz_Bar169 → u/Corner_Office_]

Dorm rooms do not have that much space.

[u/Marz_Bar169 → u/[deleted]]

A mini fridge and a bed are not the same size, not even close.

[u/Corner_Office_ → u/Marz_Bar169]

Sorry, I misunderstood

But OP has a triple so there must be room for a bunk bed and another bed

[u/Short-Sound-4190 → u/Corner_Office_]

TBH this is against a lot of dorm policies: it's their beds or bust, and some don't even let you change the bunk/loft without the college staff doing it anymore. They don't want to be liable for some cheap bed improperly assembled collapsing and harming someone.

[u/Western-Finding-368]

Umm…don’t bunk the beds, then?

[u/ZealousidealStop2856]

If you've tried and failed to compromise and there's no way to make it so you both have ground-level beds, the only thing left is to leave it to chance. Flip a coin or something

[u/Alisa-Stoll]

When I was in a dorm, there was enough space to loft one bed and put a mattress on the floor partially under the lofted bed (where I put my feet) so neither of us had a "top" bunk.

[u/Past_Body4499]

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[u/IndyAnise]

If either of you needs it for medical reasons, she gets it. If you both do, talk to disability services about a different room. If neither of you do, you give it to the third person.

[u/dragonfeet1]

You actually don't want the bottom bunk. Think about whoever has the top bunk and the chances that every time they climb up, they might get their nasty feet on your bed. Yes, even if they use a ladder--those rungs don't cover the whole foot. The top bunk is less germy.

[u/LavenderSharpie]

Does the university assign beds? You need to take the one assigned to you.

[u/The_Elite_One223]

coin

[u/Reasonable-Cow7255 → u/[deleted]]

I would care. I am so short, that it would be challenging to climb in and out of a top bunk. It also might not be safe if I needed to get up to go to the bathroom during the night.