{"id":1436,"date":"2010-01-29T15:27:07","date_gmt":"2010-01-29T23:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.gonzaga.edu\/campo\/?p=1436"},"modified":"2010-01-29T15:27:56","modified_gmt":"2010-01-29T23:27:56","slug":"my-roommate-is-driving-me-insane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.gonzaga.edu\/campo\/2010\/01\/29\/my-roommate-is-driving-me-insane\/","title":{"rendered":"MY ROOMMATE IS DRIVING ME INSANE!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So you have had the same roommate for several months or you just got a new roommate at Semester.\u00a0 How do you deal with a major personality clash?? What about the roommate who secretly borrows your things and then denies ever having them? Or the person who won\u2019t talk to you but sends you a text or an I.M. from a computer\u2026.2 feet away from you!<\/p>\n<p>In some cases, it can become a pretty serious issue and may even turn toward violent behavior.\u00a0 Do you know your resources before it gets to that point??<\/p>\n<p>Here are some steps to help deflate a potentially harmful situation between you and your roommate:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Talk honestly and openly to your roommate. People get on each other&#8217;s nerves and sometimes become upset. Roommates are no exception.<\/li>\n<li>If you are upset or if your roommate is upset, give each other room and time to calm down and reconsider.<\/li>\n<li>Work at your relationship with your roommate. Don&#8217;t let anger or discontent pile up and explode. Most roommate conflicts are manageable if communication is kept open.<\/li>\n<li>Talk to your RA or RD and get them involved.\u00a0 Use their experience and knowledge with campus life.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you have a conflict with your roommate that you are afraid may turn physical, let someone know!\u00a0 Call your RA, RD, or GU Security so we may help mediate and stop an incident before it starts.<\/p>\n<p>If you have become a victim of a physical confrontation or any other crime whether it is your roommate or anyone else on campus,\u00a0call GU Security.\u00a0 We will help guide you through whatever process you need from Residence Life assistance to calling local law enforcement if you choose.<\/p>\n<p>Remember to always make healthy choices even in times of conflict.\u00a0 GU Security is here for you 24\/7 so do not hesitate to call us!\u00a0 313-2222<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So you have had the same roommate for several months or you just got a new roommate at Semester.\u00a0 How do you deal with a major personality clash?? What about the roommate who secretly borrows your things and then denies ever having them? Or the person who won\u2019t talk to you but sends you a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":85,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,19,173],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campus-safety","category-crime-prevention","category-personal-family-safety"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.gonzaga.edu\/campo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.gonzaga.edu\/campo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.gonzaga.edu\/campo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.gonzaga.edu\/campo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/85"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.gonzaga.edu\/campo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1436"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.gonzaga.edu\/campo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1452,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.gonzaga.edu\/campo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1436\/revisions\/1452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.gonzaga.edu\/campo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.gonzaga.edu\/campo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.gonzaga.edu\/campo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}