When issues arise in your roommate situation, sometimes passive-aggressive behavior seems to be the best solution. You may not feel comfortable with confrontation and try to send signals about your feelings through passive behavior, but this will only breed more conflict. In order to deal with conflicts successfully, you must build your relationship on open and honest communication. Once again, remember that no one in this world was raised exactly like you were, any most of us have varying views on what is acceptable or not. Due to this, what one person feels is a good "signal" to send through passive-aggressive behavior may be received as an entirely different message. What you do as an innocent signal may be seen in your roommate's eyes as a malicious move, or perhaps they will not even notice that you were sending a signal at all.
When living with another person, whether it be your family, a friend, or even just a roommate, you must try to be as considerate and conscious of your behavior as possible. There is no perfect solution to preventing conflicts, but if you are courteous and respectful of your cohabitant as well as open to communication, you will have a successful living experience. If you block yourself off from others and become angry or defensive, no one will want to work with you to make improvements and your experience will be stressful and unhappy.
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