Questions tagged [roommates]
For questions pertaining to people who share accommodation, whether a room or a house, but without necessarily being in "a relationship."
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How can I decline a hug without offending?
My boyfriend shares an apartment with an older man who has a physical disability which prevents him from walking. The housemate is very kind and intelligent. However, sometimes when I am alone with ...
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How to ask a friend/roommate to do/to stop doing something? And how not to feel bad asking?
There are different situations where I would like to ask a friend or a roommate to do something or to stop doing something.
For example, I have a roommate that sometimes doesn't wash his dishes and ...
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How to get roommates to speak same language
I live in a large shared house. I had to move out of my old home on short notice and as such my new one isn't really a good fit but I'm trying to make the best of it until I leave. The house is rented ...
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How can I tell my roommates they are being too loud at night?
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I'm a university student (USA) that currently shares an apartment with 5 other people, 2 people to each room. Typically, I have to get up early to go to work and then go to school after ...
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How to establish boundaries with a roommate without confrontation?
For some context - this is my first semester in college where I'm having a roommate, and there have been several complications. It's off-campus housing and we don't attend the same university.
My ...
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How to ask my partner not to postpone chores?
We've been living together for about a year. Things don't always go as well as they should due to my partner postponing chores A LOT. I on the other hand like to be organised as doing things on time ...
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Non-tech savvy roommate thinks I hacked into his computer because when he scans wifi it shows my printer connected
My roommate is a bit paranoid about security and privacy. He’s also not very good with computers. He told me he got a message that his gmail account had been compromised, and recently his laptop has ...
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How to convey interest while someone tries to engage me in small talk?
My problem
When I discuss things with people, I rarely bounce on what they say until something hits me because I just don't know what to say. I listen to them carefully, but since I'm not answering I ...
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Primary roommate wants me to give him copy of key to my bedroom and I don't want to
A few months ago I moved into a shared house. Things are great. The area is good, rent is moderate, house itself is good, and I do like the people I live with. However, someone is making a request/...
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How can I emphasise to my housemate that I'm really not interested in discussing my diet with him anymore? [duplicate]
Because we're in such close proximity and we share a kitchen, he'll see that I do things a little differently to him. (one example would be that I drink almond milk instead of cow's milk).
Which it ...
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How to sooth relationship between roommate and my sister (who lives with us)?
So background information. My sister, who is currently 16, has been living with me for the past couple years after some problems with our Mother arose. This past May we moved off base into a home with ...
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How can I ask my housemate to put my things back?
Summary
A housemate of mine is doing something to my property which I don't like. Please help me in finding a solution towards the greater issue of solving housemate disputes.
Some mornings, a ...
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How to I tell my roomate he needs to shower more often? [duplicate]
I'm currently in college, dorming in a room with 3 other guys. A few months ago I started noticing a disgusting smell in the room. After looking around, I realized that one of my roomates, who is on ...
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Housemates, setting boundaries early
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I previously asked, How can I ask my housemate to put my things back? Someone suggested that I could have avoided ever needing to solve this problem by establishing boundaries early on.
I'...
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How to insist roommate provides me with proof of utilities bill?
I live in a shared house with several other people. One of them (call him Bob) signed the master lease with the owner and his name is on all the utilities. I pay Bob rent and my utilities. I have a ...
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How do I set the boundaries I’m not ok with how someone is speaking to me? [closed]
I live in a shared household. I was speaking with someone, call him Bob, in the kitchen. I needed to speak with another roommate, call him Dylan, and asked Bob which room he lives in (Dylan moved in ...
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How to say I will not be participating in the current system of sharing costs (because I don't think it's fair), when people are easily offended?
A few months ago I moved into a shared house. The house used to be a kind of community house for (where people would eat dinner together and roommates are found through the church). I'm not religious ...
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