EPTLosing Faith in Humanity Because of my Room-mate. - Page 5
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AtlaS
United States1001 Posts
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Kaialynn
United States242 Posts
On October 01 2009 14:22 Kiarip wrote: Living with a roommate is great in all honesty. The guy you're living with doesn't seem like such a terrible person. Obviously there's a conflict of interests, but it's probably just his personality, a lot of people tend to "take as much as they can get" so to speak, and that can make it difficult for someone who doesn't do something similar. There's two ways to go about this that have to do with actually dealing with the guy (and not the RA's or residence office or anything.) You can either let him know, but then if it's this many things and you try to let him know about everything he'll just think you're some bitchy kid, and you guys would never get along really, and it'd be a boring semester (or year if you have to live with him for that long.) You need to establish some kind of rapport with him, that's probably the most important thing with people with personalities like his. Find something you guys have in common, he's probably hanging out with a bunch of friends, but you still live with him. The football season is on now, do you like football? maybe he does... There's a lot of great MMA fights coming up you can watch that. Maybe he plays the same sports you do? Basketball? The NBA starts soon, if he listens to rap he's likely to follow that or football >_>. If all else fails take him to one of the parties you go to, or just watch some Family guy on TV or something, or some console games etc etc. Once you establish a rapport in which you guys actually interact, it will be a lot easier for you to make him acknowledge your personal space without instigating a conflict via a passive-aggressive attitude, and the problem will dissolve. I completely disagree with the guy who suggested trying to get a single room... Dorming is treating me great so far, you just have to learn to handle these type of things, it will help you develop a character which doesn't telegraph "push-overism", when you're really just trying to be considerate (not saying you do, but it sounds like it may be something of this sort.) As funny as this sounds, we tried talking. We. Do. Not. Have. A. Single. Common. Interest. Not kidding here. Unless you count partying a common interest which even then i party less often and usually earlier than he does. | ||
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Kiarip
United States1835 Posts
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Kaialynn
United States242 Posts
On October 01 2009 15:10 Kiarip wrote: =/ not even TV/Console games? w.e? anyways like you said there's still partying. Nothing brings people closer together than getting trashed (as long as you remember it >_> ) Neither of us watch TV, he doesn't play video games. At all. | ||
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eMbrace
United States1300 Posts
On October 01 2009 15:19 Kaialynn wrote: Neither of us watch TV, he doesn't play video games. At all. I actually like it better when they don't have the same hobbies as me. Most hardcore gamers I meet are really socially screwy and really annoying. Of course, meeting a cool person with the same interests equals instant friendship. | ||
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