Comments on: Roommate stays up all night–what to do? http://www.peltoreardefenders.com/roommate-stays-up-all-night-what-to-do.php Electronic Ear Defenders for Kids, Musicians, Shooting Sun, 20 May 2012 13:40:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Lisa http://www.peltoreardefenders.com/roommate-stays-up-all-night-what-to-do.php/comment-page-1#comment-756 Lisa Sat, 17 Apr 2010 10:34:47 +0000 http://www.peltoreardefenders.com/roommate-stays-up-all-night-what-to-do.php#comment-756 Find a new roommate who has a similar lifestyle to yours. Find a new roommate who has a similar lifestyle to yours.

]]> By: LizEverett http://www.peltoreardefenders.com/roommate-stays-up-all-night-what-to-do.php/comment-page-1#comment-755 LizEverett Sat, 17 Apr 2010 09:41:24 +0000 http://www.peltoreardefenders.com/roommate-stays-up-all-night-what-to-do.php#comment-755 I had a similar problem with a roommate my junior year of college-- her boyfriend was half a world away, so she changed her schedule to accommodate the time difference. She slept all day and stayed up all night. It was awful. I would recommend that you be upfront with him. Frame your request not in terms of what he's doing to you, but what you as an average person require to function. He may think that his behavior is completely normal and you're interfering with his right to make his own life decisions, but he needs to understand that his decisions are so negatively impacting your own life that it's really straining the roommate relationship. I can tell from your commentary that you're developing a sense of annoyance, but you didn't say that you had addressed the problem before. From someone who knows, please take my advice: instead of harboring resentment and perhaps even becoming passive aggressive (waking him up in the middle of the day, for example) please confront the situation as soon as you can. Let me tell you, it only gets worse. He might not realize that he's waking you up. If he does and this continues to be a problem, he's just rude and you need to speak with your RA or another authority about it. Good luck! I had a similar problem with a roommate my junior year of college– her boyfriend was half a world away, so she changed her schedule to accommodate the time difference. She slept all day and stayed up all night. It was awful. I would recommend that you be upfront with him. Frame your request not in terms of what he’s doing to you, but what you as an average person require to function. He may think that his behavior is completely normal and you’re interfering with his right to make his own life decisions, but he needs to understand that his decisions are so negatively impacting your own life that it’s really straining the roommate relationship.

I can tell from your commentary that you’re developing a sense of annoyance, but you didn’t say that you had addressed the problem before. From someone who knows, please take my advice: instead of harboring resentment and perhaps even becoming passive aggressive (waking him up in the middle of the day, for example) please confront the situation as soon as you can. Let me tell you, it only gets worse.

He might not realize that he’s waking you up. If he does and this continues to be a problem, he’s just rude and you need to speak with your RA or another authority about it.

Good luck!

]]> By: Tracy M http://www.peltoreardefenders.com/roommate-stays-up-all-night-what-to-do.php/comment-page-1#comment-754 Tracy M Sat, 17 Apr 2010 09:09:03 +0000 http://www.peltoreardefenders.com/roommate-stays-up-all-night-what-to-do.php#comment-754 Just ask him to please keep the noise to a minimum when you are sleeping since you have to get up early in the morning. Given it is the middle of the night when he is doing these things it is not an unreasonable request. Just ask him to please keep the noise to a minimum when you are sleeping since you have to get up early in the morning. Given it is the middle of the night when he is doing these things it is not an unreasonable request.

]]> By: Wes http://www.peltoreardefenders.com/roommate-stays-up-all-night-what-to-do.php/comment-page-1#comment-753 Wes Sat, 17 Apr 2010 08:31:30 +0000 http://www.peltoreardefenders.com/roommate-stays-up-all-night-what-to-do.php#comment-753 just tell him, "dude, mind keeping it down, got classes and stuff in the morning and i gotta sleep" just tell him, “dude, mind keeping it down, got classes and stuff in the morning and i gotta sleep”

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