My roommate and a close friend have been having some issues since COVID starting. I have a more conservative view of certain risks. One is that she wants her boyfriend to come over. He works in a hospital, so he can never truly be quarantined. Whenever we have a discussion she steamrolls over me when I talk about health concerns with how she feels. How can I convey how I feel without resorting to yelling back? It's like she doesn't hear what I am saying. This is a tool I am lacking with people who have that type of personality. I feel like this situation I need to figure out because I am sure I will encounter it again.
Thanks!
I'm addressing this to Angelica and everyone at Asking Jude... There's an aspect of this 'ask' that I find fascinating. Even before the current pandemic, how are young people dealing with housing, as they are getting started with work or how they are dealing with housing as, say, they live off-campus? I know from experience that sharing an apartment can be at best problematic or tricky when I did not know one or more roommates beforehand. Emily Applegate does not talk about how she found the place where she lives and I don't think I should be asking her to talk about that. I hope there is a resolution to her dilemma...