So you weren't fast enough to get a bedspace ..

You started thinking up ideas.. Where will you put your things, bags, luggages and baggages? And resumption is around the corner.. you can't afford the private hostels cos they are too costly..those selling bedspaces are just too greedy and  you shun the idea of living in town cos you think it is too far, and  wait! you are just a freshman..won't you have the feel of campus life?


Viola! You remembered your friend, she is such a caring lady, better still she got a bedspace, and she agreed you could squat with her..nice!.. So you have now packed your bags.. ready to move in with your friend and other 6 or more girls who might bring their friends. My dear lady don't!

Generally squatters are treated like second class roommates in all institutions but it is still tolerable and better for guys, that is not to say they don't get embarrassed too but it is minimal.. For ladies? No.. I wouldn't advise my foe to squat with females especially freshmen.. Don't look at me like that, I would give u my reasons.. Not reasons I formed on my head but generated from female squatters experiences. So what are we waiting for? Let's get to it.

Why you shouldn't squat with a female freshman

1. Squatting isn't allowed : First of all, before we go deeper, I want you to know that squatting isn't allowed by the school management , although this might just be a law that isn't really effected ..still it is a law and if caught may result into fine being paid by the squatter and the host .

2. The room is already crowded without your presence
Using oau as a valid example, the number of roommates ascribed to every room is always 6, but in freshers hall like Mozambique , the number could run to twelve, not minding the outsiders who would wanna squat, and out of these twelve girls, you were only invited by one to come and squat, you  still aren't getting it? Let's analyze.. The mindset of these twelve girls would be on how to reduce their number, girls generally likes space and being twelve+ in a room isn't their great spacious idea, not to mention the fights they would have had to secure corners, then your good friend walks in..tagging you along and she introduced you to the gaping roommates "girls meet my friend, she would be squatting here" my dear if you don't disappear at that moment, you would be defined,

3. Females are generally weaker vessels : Is it only me?or have you found out females can't live closely together for some period of time without disagreements? malice, envy and jealousy... Yea, it is present among guys too but not that bad cos a real man don't keep malice, before the day is over,it would have been forgotten..but no not females, especially when a guy is involved..they could keep the malice and hate in them till thy kingdom come.


4. Bye bye to your foodstuffs : Lets say you are lucky enough to be allowed in to squat by the other girls but the girl that brought you in or invited you is the callous, wicked or parasitic type, my dear you and your foodstuffs, are in for it..she would feel justified to use your things , eat your food without returning them, after all aren't you living in free with her? It would just be like trade by barter..my bedspace, your food.

5.Are you ready to be the maid? : some females are the slottish and snobbish type and we are talking about freshers here, some of these girls don't even do any strenuous domestic work at home , and since they can't control the legal occupants of the room, and you are just a squatter , these type of girls would obtain you and most of the time you will be indirectly forced to to the domestic works like sweeping, washing of plates etc.. It would be the price you are paying for squatting with them.

6. Or maybe the thief or scapegoat : Generally , even sometimes among guys, when there is a theft, the outsider is always the one to be frowned at, to be suspected..am sure you don't want some sort of gossipy girls to be checking out your every move, ransacking your private files..


7.You will be forced to go on a diet : Do you really want to be getting fat and fresh when the legal occupants don't have enough to eat? Sister, it is either you keep your food, share your food or use the exit door .

8. Just don't look  too good : Females like looking good and beautiful more than their peers, especially when they are in the same room, they will turn it into some sort of competition.. Who will be the first to wear the latest clothes, latest shoes, get wooed by that guy.. And in some sort of lewd way they feel they have every right to look better , dress well than you..an ordinary squatter..so when you start looking better , know that it isn't long..before there is a conspiracy theory against you..but wait how can you be a squatter and be using a gold necklace? Pearl wristwatches, wearing designers...the girls will be like " is she stealing our cash?"

9. You won't have a say in the room : you won't be able to chip in ideas concerning the welfare of the room, it is like a company, where you have the least shares, you won't even be able to chat well,gist, gossip and do those other things girls do.. Cos you wouldn't want to say something wrong and anger your hosts..also, when a girl committed a wrong act in the room, you won't be able to chastise or condemn the girl's behaviour  especially if she is the one that brought you in.



10.You have limited freedom: All my points up there are pointing to and underlying this solid fact.. You have limited freedom, you can't do as you wish, go gaga as you desire, live like you want and even eat as you like.. It can be likened to living in a modernised open prison..go figure



Already discouraged? No don't be, hands aren't equal as we all know, if you feel you can cope with it, you can squat, and wait..you might be one oa the lucky ones who never experienced those points listed above.