Probably the hardest part of living in an apartment in Washington DC is finding a roommate you can stand. Many people tend to put up with bad or even terrible roommates because they fear looking for a new one or they are just too lazy to start searching. However, if any of the following things start happening on a regular basis, you might want to consider taking out a want ad and looking for a new roommate as soon as possible. After all, your home is your castle and if you don’t feel safe or relaxed there, your life is going to be nothing but stress around the clock and that is just too unhealthy of a way to live.
The most important part of a roommate relationship is respect. If you don’t have respect for each other, than you can’t truly have a comfortable living arrangement. Respect comes in many forms, but can include things like not eating each others food, being quiet when the other person is sleeping, respecting boundaries and not using each others personal care products, to name a few. Any invasion of privacy should be brought up as soon as possible so that it can be rectified right away.
One sign that your roommate relationship is over for sure is theft. Theft can be something big, like appliances or cash, or it could be little things like personal care items or even food. If there are only two of you living together than it shouldn’t be too hard to pinpoint the one who is stealing, but it is never a good idea to provoke a confrontation without proof.
Finally, if you are living in a roommate relationship where threats are taking place, you should immediately remove yourself from that situation as quickly as possible. There is no way that anyone can live comfortably in a situation where one’s health and safety is threatened. You should likely attempt to move out as soon as you can and don’t be afraid to enlist the help of the police if you need to.
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