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<p>There was a guy in my dorm who had his girlfriend living with him, in a double room. His (male) roommate was something of a nebbish, rather unattractive and socially awkard. Several of us once asked the nebbish if it didn’t bother him that his roommate and his girlfriend were having sex. No, the nebbish told us, “sometimes I just watch.” I’m sure you could write a whole psych paper on what each of the three people living in that room were getting out of the experience.</p>
<p>I loved boysx3’s story, but it sounded like the randy roommate just kept on with her behavior. boysx3, if that squashed her, all honor to you 
but if not, then what’s a student to do? Playing Barry Manilow or John Cage while humming along tunelessly, or accidentally dropping a box of thumbtacks on the floor right before you fall asleep is just going to lead to an escalation of hostilities. If the RA can’t enforce good roommate behavior, what’s a student to do? Call the head of housing and have them come for a visit? Send a letter with some compromising photos to the roommate’s parents? </p>
<p>Funny, isn’t it, that at some schools a student can be expelled if alcohol is found in a suitemate’s bedroom, but at other schools, there’s nothing you can do about a roommate who makes your room unwelcome.</p>