College Roommate Issue
This is admittedly kind of a niche issue to the point where I wasn’t even sure what to title this post.
A bit of background: my wife and I are longtime nudists. I was raised clothing optional and we have chosen to raise ours the same way. Nudity has never been mandatory for our kids and there have been times we (my wife and I) have covered up around them per their request. As they’ve gotten older they’ve all started to sort of find their own way with nudism and it’s been great to see.
Our oldest daughter just finished up her freshmen year of college. As far as we knew, everything had been going great and I guess it had been aside from one thing. Her roommate. To be clear, our daughter is very respectful of others boundaries etc. She isn’t parading nude around their room with no clothes. There were a couple of times she would be in a bra and panties and her roommate would make some snide remarks. Emma confronted her and she told her she wasn’t comfortable with Em being in a state of undress around her. Em said fine, she wouldn’t be and assumed that would be the end of it. But apparently her roommate made jokes about Emma for the remainder of the school year. For example, if the roommate had a friend over she’d say “be careful, you might get flashed” or something along those lines. Em talked to her and told her she didn’t appreciate those types of “jokes” but apparently the roommate rolled her eyes and just told her to lighten up. Emma is not the tattling type so she ever went to an RA or anyone higher up about this and didn’t mention it to my wife and I.
Now, she has put in for a roommate change and asked about a single if any open up. But what she really wants is for my wife and I to rent her an apartment off campus. She gave you a PowerPoint presentation with pros and cons. She’s worried her next roommate will be the same or worse since singles are highly coveted and it’s very likely she won’t get one. It’s a good investment and someplace her siblings could stay since they all are most likely going to attend the same school.
She makes valid points but my wife and I are of two minds. We aren’t sure we want her living off campus her sophomore year. We both think dorm living is a great way to help learn interpersonal skills. So I’m just curious what would you do? I’d love to hear from other parents of college kids (even if the kids aren’t nudist) or college kids themselves.