Need Advice from Parents on Roommate

nysmile
Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:04:49 +0000

You can stick the printer under your bed and pull it out when you need to print something.
If she is using your printer with your permission, be sure to make it clear that she will have to chip in 1/2 the cost of each replacement ink cartridge.

It is ridiculous for her to be mad at you because you chose not to keep your bed lofted. If she wants more room, she should be the lofting HER bed.

You could buy a longer cable wire and extension cord so there is enough slack for the cords to be hidden behind the dresser. Find a place in the room where you can put the TV so both of you can watch it.

The windowsill space should be equally divided. She gets half and you get half.

Keep your desk, dresser, bed on one side and she should keep hers on the other.

Go out to lunch or dinner with her and talk calmly and rationally about the room situation.
Initiate the discussion at a place outside of the room (which seems to be the focus of hard feelings). Honestly, these are little misunderstanding between roommates that can be overcome. Other students are dealing with much more complicated roommate issues than these. You two can work this out. Perhaps this is the first time either of you has had to share a living space. If so, it’s natural to hit a few bumps in the road in the beginning.