PirateSnowmen
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I'm in college, and my roommate is ALWAYS on the phone (with the same person, I believe). She's a nice girl, but this is really starting to irritate me. She's on the phone right now (it's about 1:30am) and she's been on the phone for a good 4-5 hours already. This isn't unusual - 2 weekends ago she said she was on the phone for ~36 hours during the course of the weekend.
The thing that really bothers me is that she stays in the room to talk on the phone. I realize this is her room too, but I'd really rather not hear her talk on the phone while I'm studying, watching tv, or trying to sleep. Back at the beginning of the semester she used to leave the room to talk on the phone, but she doesn't anymore. I used to not mind her talking on the phone, but it's kept me awake at night a couple of times in the past few weeks. I told her that I couldn't sleep when she was on the phone, but she just looked at me, giggled, and said sorry.
She also stays on the phone all night. Literally. The other night she talked on the phone all night instead of doing an important english essay. Once she was done talking (it was about 7:30am), she decided she was tired and wanted to sleep. She ended up over-sleeping and not doing the essay at all. I told her she could have done the essay instead of talking on the phone all night, but she told me that it wasn't her fault
What would you consider proper phone etiquette in this situation? Do I at least have a right to be getting annoyed with her? I told someone the other day about how I was getting irritated and the person pretty much told me I was being a prude and that it's her room too and that she [my roommate] can do what she wants.
The thing that really bothers me is that she stays in the room to talk on the phone. I realize this is her room too, but I'd really rather not hear her talk on the phone while I'm studying, watching tv, or trying to sleep. Back at the beginning of the semester she used to leave the room to talk on the phone, but she doesn't anymore. I used to not mind her talking on the phone, but it's kept me awake at night a couple of times in the past few weeks. I told her that I couldn't sleep when she was on the phone, but she just looked at me, giggled, and said sorry.
She also stays on the phone all night. Literally. The other night she talked on the phone all night instead of doing an important english essay. Once she was done talking (it was about 7:30am), she decided she was tired and wanted to sleep. She ended up over-sleeping and not doing the essay at all. I told her she could have done the essay instead of talking on the phone all night, but she told me that it wasn't her fault

What would you consider proper phone etiquette in this situation? Do I at least have a right to be getting annoyed with her? I told someone the other day about how I was getting irritated and the person pretty much told me I was being a prude and that it's her room too and that she [my roommate] can do what she wants.