How to be a better roommate

redblue2011
Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:38:22 +0000

I’m hoping this is a bit better than the cliche “omg I hate my roommate” threads, but here it goes:

My roommate and I peacefully coexist for the most part, but I feel like she doesn’t like me much as a person. We don’t have any major issues, but I have to admit that we’re on different schedules which I’m sure annoys both of us to some extent. I just get the feeling that she doesn’t particularly like me because she’s really not friendly toward me at all, but she seems perfectly nice and practically outgoing with some of my friends. Around the beginning of the semester I basically told her to inform me if I did anything that annoyed her or she didn’t like, but I feel like I could be the world’s worst roommate and she wouldn’t directly confront me about it. I really make an effort not to wake her up, am not a slob, and my friends don’t get why she seems so aloof around me. Is there anything I can do to be a more likeable roommate? I try making small talk with her and everything, but that only goes so far…