roomates that dont leave the dorm?

luckycharmed
Wed, 26 Sep 2007 12:36:21 +0000

If you’ve worked out something with your roommate about guests, that’s great, but especially if you aren’t staying overnight and just want a couple of hours of privacy, you might not even need to. The best way to handle it would be to have the person whose roommate needs to leave (either you or her) sometime before the significant other gets there, mention to them that you’d like to be alone for a bit.

For example, my roommate’s boyfriend came over last week, and she just told me, “hey, is there some time this evening where you could be out of the room for a couple of hours so I could have some privacy with Sam?” Generally if you give them some flexibility, notice, and don’t expect anything unreasonable (kicking your roommate out when he has a huge paper due and a final the next morning isn’t so great) they’ll be willing to work with you. Even with a roommate, everyone deserves a little privacy.