Comments on: The Roommate Honeymoon is Almost Over http://www.helpmeharlan.com/nakedroommate/blog/?p=9 Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:57:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Jamie B. http://www.helpmeharlan.com/nakedroommate/blog/?p=9#comment-14405 Sat, 20 Oct 2007 03:09:12 +0000 http://www.helpmeharlan.com/nakedroommate/blog/?p=9#comment-14405 Right on Harlan! I have seen this way too often as students get frustrated, and don't address the little things...they add up and then you are stuck saying "arrrgghhhh!" The best thing is, to not let everything go for so long. Also, it's okay to not like everything about your roommate, it's probably the first time you have lived with someone besides your family, so it's bound to happen. In High school you usually saw everyone at your best, and in college, people see you as you are, all the good and challenging parts about you.. Right on Harlan! I have seen this way too often as students get frustrated, and don’t address the little things…they add up and then you are stuck saying “arrrgghhhh!” The best thing is, to not let everything go for so long. Also, it’s okay to not like everything about your roommate, it’s probably the first time you have lived with someone besides your family, so it’s bound to happen. In High school you usually saw everyone at your best, and in college, people see you as you are, all the good and challenging parts about you..

]]> by: Nicole http://www.helpmeharlan.com/nakedroommate/blog/?p=9#comment-13891 Tue, 09 Oct 2007 22:42:53 +0000 http://www.helpmeharlan.com/nakedroommate/blog/?p=9#comment-13891 This is so true, except that I haven't yet been confronted! Though I am in a single room, I have five suitemates, and get along with two of them very well, and one doesn't seem to have a real problem with me. The other two, however, have apparently started talking about me behind my back, and have decided that their personalities don't "mesh" with mine. The irony, of course, is that of my five suitemates, it is the two that know the least about me, and have made the least attempt to get to know me, that feel this way! This is so true, except that I haven’t yet been confronted! Though I am in a single room, I have five suitemates, and get along with two of them very well, and one doesn’t seem to have a real problem with me. The other two, however, have apparently started talking about me behind my back, and have decided that their personalities don’t “mesh” with mine. The irony, of course, is that of my five suitemates, it is the two that know the least about me, and have made the least attempt to get to know me, that feel this way!

]]> by: The Naked Roommate » Blog Archive » the NAKED daily Monday, October 8, 2007 http://www.helpmeharlan.com/nakedroommate/blog/?p=9#comment-13873 Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:11:20 +0000 http://www.helpmeharlan.com/nakedroommate/blog/?p=9#comment-13873 [...] As September rolls into October, millions of honeymoons will end. Roommates who once lived together in bliss will break up. Fights will erupt. Names will be called. Silent treatments will start. And unfortunately, thousands of shoes in closets might get peed in (as payback). But this all can be avoided. The honeymoon doesn’t have to end. In case you’re not familiar with the roommate honeymoon, it’s the initial time period of unconditional love when roommates can do no wrong. A roommate could talk on the phone all night, have sex on another roommate’s bed, borrow clothing, fart, burp, download porn, drink, smoke up, and party in the room with random people, and most new roommates will say nothing - at least to their roommate. Instead, they will complain to friends, family, and even strangers. continue reading [...] […] As September rolls into October, millions of honeymoons will end. Roommates who once lived together in bliss will break up. Fights will erupt. Names will be called. Silent treatments will start. And unfortunately, thousands of shoes in closets might get peed in (as payback). But this all can be avoided. The honeymoon doesn’t have to end. In case you’re not familiar with the roommate honeymoon, it’s the initial time period of unconditional love when roommates can do no wrong. A roommate could talk on the phone all night, have sex on another roommate’s bed, borrow clothing, fart, burp, download porn, drink, smoke up, and party in the room with random people, and most new roommates will say nothing - at least to their roommate. Instead, they will complain to friends, family, and even strangers. continue reading […]

]]> by: Liz http://www.helpmeharlan.com/nakedroommate/blog/?p=9#comment-13845 Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:44:09 +0000 http://www.helpmeharlan.com/nakedroommate/blog/?p=9#comment-13845 How ironic...This is a problem I've been battling for the last week. My roommate and I have been the best of friends, and finally, five weeks into the school year, I began feeling miserable and can trace almost all of those feelings back to her...For someone as aggressive as myself, I hate confrontation, so she hasn't figured out for herself that what she does bothers me, and I haven't explained it to her, either...In fact, she's sitting behind me on her computer and I keep looking over my shoulder to make sure she isn't reading what I'm typing. I kind of hope she will though. It's good to see other people identify with how I feel. Thanks! How ironic…This is a problem I’ve been battling for the last week. My roommate and I have been the best of friends, and finally, five weeks into the school year, I began feeling miserable and can trace almost all of those feelings back to her…For someone as aggressive as myself, I hate confrontation, so she hasn’t figured out for herself that what she does bothers me, and I haven’t explained it to her, either…In fact, she’s sitting behind me on her computer and I keep looking over my shoulder to make sure she isn’t reading what I’m typing. I kind of hope she will though. It’s good to see other people identify with how I feel. Thanks!

]]> by: Dorian http://www.helpmeharlan.com/nakedroommate/blog/?p=9#comment-13818 Mon, 08 Oct 2007 12:21:56 +0000 http://www.helpmeharlan.com/nakedroommate/blog/?p=9#comment-13818 Unfortunately, being way too passive-aggressive myself, I let something that was pretty small slide for far too long and ended up hating my roommate for the rest of the year, even after the problem was addressed. Thankfully, this year I got a bedroom all to myself. I can't stand people snoring anyway. Unfortunately, being way too passive-aggressive myself, I let something that was pretty small slide for far too long and ended up hating my roommate for the rest of the year, even after the problem was addressed. Thankfully, this year I got a bedroom all to myself. I can’t stand people snoring anyway.

]]> by: Kellie http://www.helpmeharlan.com/nakedroommate/blog/?p=9#comment-13815 Mon, 08 Oct 2007 11:10:53 +0000 http://www.helpmeharlan.com/nakedroommate/blog/?p=9#comment-13815 Most of this is very true. However, some of us, myself included, have the unfortunate situation of a roommate who believes in confrontation...if she feels in control. Some people just don't respect others and that can be extremely difficult when living in a roommate situation. Most of this is very true. However, some of us, myself included, have the unfortunate situation of a roommate who believes in confrontation…if she feels in control. Some people just don’t respect others and that can be extremely difficult when living in a roommate situation.

]]> by: Josh http://www.helpmeharlan.com/nakedroommate/blog/?p=9#comment-7 Tue, 12 Sep 2006 22:04:24 +0000 http://www.helpmeharlan.com/nakedroommate/blog/?p=9#comment-7 This is very true. Everything has been cool, but two days ago my roomates and I sat down to pay each other back regarding groceries. It was a little tense, and we\'re used to everything being cool with each other with no stress (besides no one has done anything alarming yet). Yet I only expect money situations to grow in stress among us if we can\'t nip this in the bud. Awesome book by the way, my freshmen rhetoric class uses your book. UTD whoosh! -Josh, a freshman at the University of Texas at Dallas This is very true. Everything has been cool, but two days ago my roomates and I sat down to pay each other back regarding groceries. It was a little tense, and we\’re used to everything being cool with each other with no stress (besides no one has done anything alarming yet). Yet I only expect money situations to grow in stress among us if we can\’t nip this in the bud. Awesome book by the way, my freshmen rhetoric class uses your book. UTD whoosh!

-Josh, a freshman at the University of Texas at Dallas

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