Help! My Roommate Never Does The Dishes

March 30, 2020 | By Stella M AuthorMy First Apartment

It’s a situation many apartment dwellers face: You want to keep your apartment clean and tidy, but your roommate’s dishes go uncleaned in the kitchen sink for days. How do you address your situation with a roommate who never does the dishes? Find the best steps to take below. We, not me When dealing with…

Learning to Manage Conflict When Living With Your Significant Other

November 10, 2016 | By Sarah AuthorMy First Apartment

Moving in with your significant other is a huge decision and major step in any romantic relationship. (Before making the decision, check out these tips from my fellow bloggers, who explain questions to consider, splitting finances, and rules to live by). The move itself, albeit stressful, can be the most fun part! From packing up…

Solving Roommate Conflicts the Smart Way

May 24, 2016 | By Sammie AuthorMy First Apartment

Did you wake up this morning to find a passive-aggressive sticky note waiting for you? Have you been giving your roommate the silent treatment because you are annoyed and she hasn’t even noticed? Maybe you’ve thrown a few passive-aggressive comments into your conversations lately? Roommate conflicts arise quite often. They are almost inevitable, but there…

3 Signs It’s Time to Part Ways with Your Roommate(s)

December 17, 2015 | By Anna R. AuthorMy First Apartment

So you moved into your new apartment months ago and were excited to get to know your fellow apartment mate and share the fun in decorating and spending quality time together. Unfortunately, your relationship with your roommate isn’t like it was before: your roommate’s cleaning habits, their ability to find and eat your leftovers, or…

How to Share a Kitchen Without Hating Your Roommate

January 9, 2014 | By doug AuthorMy First Apartment

There’s nothing like a great meal to bring people together. And there’s nothing like a shared kitchen to tear them apart. Surely this is the place where roommate relationships are most likely to grow tense, given the factors and the stakes. There’s all that clean-up to do. All that food to keep and prepare. All…

Decorating with Roommates

January 7, 2013 | By Sabrina AuthorMy First Apartment

Your home is a reflection of you. The color tells us about your character, the many accessories tell us about your interests, and the positioning tells us about your thoughts. Decorating with roommates can make the shared living situation more interesting with an explosion of different ideas. However, danger lurks when each roommate’s unique flare…

Top 5 Roommate Relationship Landmines…and How to Avoid Them

September 18, 2012 | By MFA Editors AuthorMy First Apartment

Our guest blogger Sabrina has distilled her 20+ roommate experiences into the top five areas that can explode with serious damage to the roommate relationship. And we have added some tried-and-true MFA tips for avoiding the danger zones. TOP 5 ROOMMATE RELATIONSHIP LANDMINES by Sabrina Roommates can be a fairy tale of exciting events and life-long…

How to Make Your Roommates Clean When It’s Their Turn

April 13, 2012 | By Katherine AuthorMy First Apartment

This post is for all my people out there who have ever taken out the trash AGGRESSIVELY! This is for you, you poor souls who fight with every fiber of your being not to turn into your mother and just clean up after your living companion. When you move in with someone there are a…

I Bought the Toilet Paper Last… How to Avoid Roommate Conflict over Shared Supplies

October 31, 2011 | By MFA Editors AuthorMy First Apartment

Our guest blogger Katherine shows how to avoid a typical roommate conflict situation. I BOUGHT THE TOILET PAPER LAST! by Katherine So you’ve found yourself a roommate (or two) to split the cost of an apartment and save some major moola, good for you! Your wallet says gracias. But, with those 2am soul-baring bonding sessions…