Roommate Brings Friends Home, Keeping Me Up

Student Lounge College Life
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<p>For the first week in my apartment, we just stayed in each other's bedroom and the whole apartment is perfectly quite for study. But from the second week, my roommate took so many different people to our apartment. Every time I went back from school and opened the front door, I saw different people (mostly guys) sitting in the living room with her. </p>

<p>That is fine because I can stay in my room. But she keeps bringing people home and the annoying thing is that they stay so late. They usually sit in the living room and laugh and chat and whisper...until 3 or 4 the next morning! My bedroom is just beside the living room and the wall is not sound proof. I told her several times and she promised that they would stay in her room. But she didn't keep her promise. </p>

<p>So now I have to interrupt them saying "sorry i can't sleep with all those noise" and my roommate will give me a I-hate-you look and they move. </p>

<p>I dont want to tell them to move every night. My apartment is supposed to be the place I feel relax but now it just becomes another disaster.</p>

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<p>Have you tried drowning out the noise via fans and earplugs? Give those a try.</p>

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<p>would switching bedrooms help so you could have a quieter bedroom?</p>

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<p>i havent tried the earplugs yet…but i think its so unfair that i have to stand with her noise</p>

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<p>the problem is…switching room is soooooo much trouble…</p>

<p>and what if i switch to a even worse room…</p>

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<p>You need to sit down and discuss this with your roommate. Based on many of the threads on CC, the majority of college life issues boil down to the inability or the avoidance to communicate effectively with others.</p>

<p>If her bedroom is located away from the living room area, maybe you can ask if you can try staying in her bedroom for a night while her friends are in the living room. If it is quieter and she agrees to it, then put the effort in to switch rooms.</p>

<p>Remember, the apartment is half hers so you both need to come to a compromise.</p>