I have been roommates with a guy at college for the past two years. Next year he and I are getting a house with another buddy of ours. This house has three bed rooms that I’ll just label rooms 1, 2, and 3. These labels also correspond to the rank in quality of room (1 we all decided unanimously the best, 2 the next, and three the worst).

We’re talking about rooms for next year and for the past few weeks I’ve been saying we should draw names to decide rooms since we all have the same opinion on best/worst rooms. This hasn’t been an issue so far. Just today the guy that I’ve been rooming with told me that he’s taking the second room and that myself and the other guy can fight over the best and worst room. He said now he wants this one and since this is his new favorite he shouldn’t have to be considered for the worst room. 

I keep telling him that because he’s trying to claim a good room that although isn’t the best, is still wanted by the rest of us, he can’t just claim it. He keeps saying it’d be unfair for him to draw from a hat and that since I keep saying we should draw names I’m being a real asshole. 

I’m not trying to take the room or strong arm him out of the room or anything I just feel like we should find a more fair way to do this. What do you guys think, am  I the asshole?