7 Stupid Things I’ve Done in College

This is short and sweet. Learn from my mistakes.

Loaned Money to Friends

There is little more dangerous to a friendship than introducing obligation of any kind. Of all the people to whom I have loaned money in college, only one has willingly given it back. I was able to recuperate the cash from another guy because he was drunk and left his wallet laying around.

Gave Too Many Second Chances

If somebody does you wrong, by all means give them a second chance, but don’t do what I did. I would continually open my arms if somebody asked for my forgiveness. One former friend of mine with an extremely unreliable history wanted to move to my town and start attending college. I persuaded my current roommate at the time that this would work out just fine. Things worked out just fine all right…after two court visits and me being a few hundred dollars in the hole.

Forgot I Was a Freshman

I was in marching band my first semester of college. The year before I was the main tuba in high school, and pretty much did whatever I wanted in band. (Yes, tuba.) Unfortunately, I forgot that this would not transfer into college. At one game, the other team’s marching band was playing at us very loudly and obnoxiously. I stood up and played the most horrible sounding note I could muster in their direction as soon as they finished. Something that would’ve gotten a ton of laughs the year before went over like a sack of bricks in college.

Settled For Less

I decided that any girl who was at least no worse than indifferent to me was somebody I should marry. It took many stupid attempts at relationships for me to finally quit doing this.

Stayed in My Comfort Zone

I almost always turned down invitations to play sports or hang out with people, rarely went to social events, and on the whole did the same things as I did in high school.

Wasn’t True to Myself

Numerous times I would do something to be polite even if i didn’t want to or I would keep my mouth shut to be tactful. Staying in good graces with everybody is a noble and worthy cause, but being true to yourself is much more important when your values are put on the line.

Made No Effort to Make Friends

I waited around for people to talk to me. This worked, but if I had made some effort I would’ve made 10x as many friends.