Moving out... Advice?

[JessicaVictoria]

So in 5 months i'm going to University which means i will be moving out of my parents house and moving in to a flat with about 7 other people! I'm excited but so worried, what if my flatmates get sick? What if they are really unhygenic with cooking and stuff? Has anyone else been though this and if so do you have any advice that would be really good because i don't want it to ruin my experience!!

[JessicaVictoria]

Anybody?

[wanted]

I will be in your situation next year and I'm also afraid of it. Well, I won't be with 7 people, I think I will share my apartment with just one person, but I'm afraid OF that person gets sick or something.
I don't tell people about my emetophobia so I don't know how will I handle it cause people are okay with vomiting and they aren't careful about hygene, etc. I don't want them to look strange at me.
But don't worry, I know it's hard, but you'll have a nice time there I know my words are not so comfortable and that I will be so worried next year, but it must be that way.
Just try not to worry yourself much

[Asil]

Unfortunately you have to become open to the fact that others may not be as hygienic as you, but as long as you ensure you are you should be fine. I did house shares at uni and in that time we had some vile dirty people living with us. In the whole time i was there me and another girl took responsibility for the cleaning because we both hated mess. In the whole time i was at uni and after staying in the city for another 6 years i never got a single stomach bug and i dont remember anyone else getting one either. I did have an episode where id been out one saturday night and we got a curry takeaway and i was so ill the next day but i think i had poisoning i ended up having to o to the emergency doctor to stop me throwing up. i v*d twice on ither occasions with hangovers but not a single stomach bug. One lad got ood poisoning thru him not cooking sausages correctly and he did v. Even drunk i dont honestly remember seeing anyone get ill i know they did but i was never witness to it. The thing i remember was freshers flu which was a killer cold normally in the first couple of weeks of term. Once you have people around you can trust tell them about your emet. I did. at the time my emet was more being scared of others rather than me so i told them if ever you need to v please tell me so i can run or make sure you get away from me. As my emet wasnt as bad as now i was probably less cautious on the hand washing etc and i was ok.

[Simm]

Having been to uni and shared with people who hardly ever wash their hands (yet amazingly hardly get ill, how does that work?), everything will work out fine. Just keep up with your hand hygiene if you find out somebody is ill then use logic, it's probably because they've been drinking and besides, you'll probably have your own room which you can retreat too and keep a safe haven.

I remember one time though there was a terrible flu season and everyone was going down with it. I managed to avoid it by just keeping up good hygiene. One person I was living with brought it into the house so I just avoided them for a while and stayed in my room as much as possible until I could be sure the worst was over (eg: other people were being around them, going about their business with far less hygiene than I was and not catching it).