******* Roommate

[Hudler]

Punch him in the sack and tell him to keep his opinions to himself.

[Leroy]

This is a hard thing really. I moved in with two of my great friends from my freshman year. One of the guys was a great roomate, and the other made me want to gouge his eyes out. But I would have never felt that way without living under the same roof.

Drink my beer, laugh about it, and never pay me back. What a heel.

[planet planet]

This is a hard thing really. I moved in with two of my great friends from my freshman year. One of the guys was a great roomate, and the other made me want to gouge his eyes out. But I would have never felt that way without living under the same roof.

Drink my beer, laugh about it, and never pay me back. What a heel.

Chump.

[Leroy]

This is a hard thing really. I moved in with two of my great friends from my freshman year. One of the guys was a great roomate, and the other made me want to gouge his eyes out. But I would have never felt that way without living under the same roof.

Drink my beer, laugh about it, and never pay me back. What a heel.

Chump.

Your point?

[wart57]

Why should my reality be any more credible than anyone else's?

Perception of reality is subjective, obviously, so we make choices. Do you want to enjoy singing in the shower or do you want to avoid your roommate's criticism?

I don't know what the latter has to do with the current situation, and I'd much rather not have a roommate who criticizes every minor thing I do from the way I rouse myself in the morning for class, to the way I organize my personal bedroom, to the way I lock the doorknob lock instead of the deadbolt, to the way I melt cheese over rice in the microwave instead of putting meat, sauce and seasonings over it, to the way I connect to the internet over the way he connects to the internet.

See a pattern here, anyone?

Sounds like my wife.....

[obucard]

Why should my reality be any more credible than anyone else's?

Perception of reality is subjective, obviously, so we make choices. Do you want to enjoy singing in the shower or do you want to avoid your roommate's criticism?

I don't know what the latter has to do with the current situation, and I'd much rather not have a roommate who criticizes every minor thing I do from the way I rouse myself in the morning for class, to the way I organize my personal bedroom, to the way I lock the doorknob lock instead of the deadbolt, to the way I melt cheese over rice in the microwave instead of putting meat, sauce and seasonings over it, to the way I connect to the internet over the way he connects to the internet.

See a pattern here, anyone?

Sounds like my wife.....

Cronos' roommate is pregnant?

[wart57]

Why should my reality be any more credible than anyone else's?

Perception of reality is subjective, obviously, so we make choices. Do you want to enjoy singing in the shower or do you want to avoid your roommate's criticism?

I don't know what the latter has to do with the current situation, and I'd much rather not have a roommate who criticizes every minor thing I do from the way I rouse myself in the morning for class, to the way I organize my personal bedroom, to the way I lock the doorknob lock instead of the deadbolt, to the way I melt cheese over rice in the microwave instead of putting meat, sauce and seasonings over it, to the way I connect to the internet over the way he connects to the internet.

See a pattern here, anyone?

Sounds like my wife.....

Cronos' roommate is pregnant?

She was like this before being preggers, she is twice as tough now.

[tothebeach08]

In high school I had a friend who had big problems with her parents, so she moved in with us. I thought it would be this nightly slumber party of fixing each others hair, painting toe nails, talking about boys and all that. It ended up being the worst thing for our friendship. You learn what someone is REALLY like only when you live with them.

[Hungary Jack]

Why should my reality be any more credible than anyone else's?

Perception of reality is subjective, obviously, so we make choices. Do you want to enjoy singing in the shower or do you want to avoid your roommate's criticism?

I don't know what the latter has to do with the current situation, and I'd much rather not have a roommate who criticizes every minor thing I do from the way I rouse myself in the morning for class, to the way I organize my personal bedroom, to the way I lock the doorknob lock instead of the deadbolt, to the way I melt cheese over rice in the microwave instead of putting meat, sauce and seasonings over it, to the way I connect to the internet over the way he connects to the internet.

See a pattern here, anyone?

I see a pattern where you are disproportionately affected by the words of others. Your roommate's criticisms are obviously bothering you, or you wouldn't raise the issue here. They sound pretty petty to me, and I would simply try to ignore them. I doubt you can talk him out of raising these issues.

The one and only thing you can control is how you respond to others. Just because someone says "jump!" doesn't mean you should ask "how high?"

[InvincibleCakeEater]

In high school I had a friend who had big problems with her parents, so she moved in with us. I thought it would be this nightly slumber party of fixing each others hair, painting toe nails, talking about boys and all that. It ended up being the worst thing for our friendship. You learn what someone is REALLY like only when you live with them.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. You're telling me you guys didn't just make out and have naked pillow fights all the time?