Is It Better to Talk to a Noisy Roommate or Just Start Using Earbuds?
I live with a roommate who isn’t doing anything extreme, but the little noises are starting to get to me. Loud videos, phone calls, cabinets closing, random late-night noise — nothing dramatic when explained, but when it happens every day, it just wears me down.The hard part is that I hate confrontation. I don’t want to make the apartment awkward, and I also don’t want to seem overly sensitive. Part of me thinks I should just get a pair of decent sleep earbuds and stop making it a bigger issue than it needs to be. But another part feels like I shouldn’t have to wear earbuds in my own room just to feel calm.Has anyone dealt with this kind of roommate noise? Did you bring it up directly, or just use earbuds, white noise, or other workarounds? I’m trying to figure out what’s reasonable before I say anything.