5 Having Partners without Warning.
When you get lucky, your roommate gets unlucky—full stop. After all, few things are more intrusive and utterly maddening than having a stranger in your home you didn’t want there in the first place. If that stranger arrives late at night while you’re peacefully on the couch in your pajamas? Even worse.
So put yourself in your roomie’s shoes, and consider alternative locations for your rendezvous. And if you’re finding it harder and harder to find someone you’d actually like to bring home, it could be helpful to learn these 17 Body Language Mistakes That Will Kill First Impressions.
6 Bringing the Wrong Friends Over.
If every time your friends come over, your roommate mysteriously disappears into their room for hours at a time, it’s a likely sign that—unlike you—they’re not all that thrilled about the group’s presence. While no one should have to choose between their home and their friends, it’s worth considering getting together outside of the shared apartment space. After all, your roommates agreed to live with you, not your buddy from college who’s still proud of his ability to burp the alphabet.
