‘So I'm not allowed to sleep?’: Insomniac college student demands roommates keep quiet during the night, they refuse, leading to a noisy dispute when they keep waking each other up

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Bar Mor Hazut • Senior Editor
Dec 9, 2024 10:00 PM EST

College presents many challenges to young adults, but nobody talks about the struggles of the first few nights sleeping outside your childhood bedrooms. While we all had sleepovers and trips with friends and school, that is not the same as completely moving out of our home and regularly sleeping in a different bed, and that is not an easy experience for young people. 

On my first night in my dorm room, the first thing I noticed was how loud the street outside was, mainly because of all the cars driving by and people loudly talking. I was so not used to it that I could barely sleep all night, and it took me a few nights after that to finally block out the noise so I could sleep. 

Adding roommates to this whole experience, like what OP (original poster) is dealing with in this Reddit story, must be terrible, especially when they refuse to accommodate any of your needs. Did OP deal with it in the most healthy and mature way? Probably not, the question is, can anyone blame her?

Keep scrolling to read the full story. After you are done, check out this story of another entitled roommate who forbade everyone from using the apartment oven.

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    So I'm not allowed to sleep when I want? OK then.
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    This happened when I was living in a dorm. I explained to my roommates that because of my insomnia I can't sleep whenever I want. I have to follow a strict routine and I sleep
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    from 23 to 7. I asked them not to make too much noise when I'm trying to sleep (previously one of them decided it would be OK to play a song loudly at 23 while I was trying to sleep which is why I
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    felt like a conversation was necessary) They did not like this so they complained to the person in charge, who told me that the sleeping hours are from 24 to 6
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    and if I dislike that I can leave but I don't have the right to ask anyone to be quiet before 24 or after 6. Alright then. My roommates tend to sleep from 2 to 7 and also during the
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    day from 15 to 17. Now according to the rules, I have every right to be loud during 15 to 17 right? And that's exactly what I did. Every day, when they wanted to
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    sleep, I played music or talked to my phone or invited people over. They couldn't sleep anymore. So eventually they decided that they really need some sleep and since I won't let them sleep during the
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    day, they chose to sleep at 23, when I would also be asleep. But I wasn't done. You see, they already ruined my routine, so I can't sleep anymore
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    and keep in mind, I still have the right to be noisy from 23 to 24 and that's exactly what I did. Eventually we had another fight and they asked me to stop and promised to be quiet when I want to sleep.
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    No one bothered my sleep after that. Edit: Just to clear some things up: No I didn't think of a solution before going to college. I didn't
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    have insomnia before going to college. My first semester in the dorm was so terrible that I ended up with anxiety disorder that eventually caused my insomnia.
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    Yes I did continue living in that dorm despite knowing how difficult it would be with my condition. Why do they have more of a right to stay there than I do? Not everyone is rich enough to get a house.
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    No I'm not a terribly nice person. No I didn't use earplugs. I can't sleep with something in my ear. Yes I should have been given a single room, I had a note from my doctor but the few single
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    rooms in our dorm were for the students who......knew some "important" people in our college. It was a known fact. They didn't care about my problem.
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    No I don't understand why it was so wrong of me to expect people to remain quiet while I sleep but it was also so wrong of me to make noise while other people sleep. Double standard much? So
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    I'm supposed to be quiet for people but never expect people to do the same for me? No I don't think I could find any "compromise". I literally can not sleep any other way. So What
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    would the compromise even be? "OK how about I only sleep 3 nights a week?" Is that what you have in mind?
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    Scorpia_Waifu ⚫ 22h ago • 24 to 6 is crazy. our quiet hours started at 22.
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    Loonathik OP • 22h ago • Ikr? 6 hours is not nearly enough. And they acted like I'm unreasonable for wanting 8 hours.
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    jesuschin 21h ago • I would have woken them up everyday at 6 too
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    9lobaldude 22h ago • Malicious compliance with a dash of petty revenge, nice
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    HunterBravo1 • 10h ago • The average person needs between 7-8 hours of sleep a night to be fully rested, a 6 hour quiet time is ridiculous.
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    aitaandanimals • 6h ago will always find it crazy that us unis charge people so much money to go there then make grown adults share a room
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    TheWestern Devil • 9h ago • Who goes to a dorm and thinks they will be getting a routine sleep schedule?
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