5 March 2010- Conflict Resolution Post

My roommate and I had a conflict a couple of weeks ago.  He would stay up all night playing Rock Band and going in and out of my room all night.  I couldn't sleep at night.  The night before I had my accounting test, it reached it's worst.  I was very stressed out and had spent all night in the library and had to get up early to go study and take it the next morning.  The combination of the stress, no sleep, and him bursting into my room at 4 am, led to an epic conflict, in which I went upstairs and cussed him out.  Later that day, we texted and explained our side of the story to each other.  We both came to understand one another and there has not been a problem since.  He knows that I need my sleep and I know that he has trouble sleeping some times, so we are able to make compromises and help each other out.  Now, our relationship is stronger than ever & we are really good friends.