Living with Housemates? Tips On How To Get Along

“Sharing is fun.” That’s what most Filipinos would usually say. Yes. We might agree with that, since some people would even share their homes in an apartment Cebu with their friends and/or families. Well, perhaps being alone in your house can also be lonely at times.

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While others would love to share their homes with the other people, for some, they would prefer being alone than being annoyed with their housemates. Understanding your housemate’s behavior can sometimes be challenging in our part, especially when you still really don’t know their personality.

Yes. Understanding his/her behavior might be a challenge, but it is also one of the factors that can make you and your housemate live harmoniously together in one house. And aside from understanding, here are some tips on how to get along with people who are also living with you.

 Establish ground rules

If you are a kind of person who have concerns about the things that must be done when inside the premises of the house, then it is better for you to set some rules within the house. Make a policy that you and your housemate can benefit from it.  You both include in the policy the things that you want to do and not, for you to be aware of your limitations.

When you establish ground rules in your house, make sure that is done with good will for you and for your housemate to have a better understanding and considerable agreement while living together.

Share the cleaning

It is just a norm for every person to clean if he/she is living inside the house. When you have a housemate, make sure that you both do the cleaning. Try to avoid letting one person clean the entire house. Divide the task with your housemates. And when diving the household chores, make sure that it is evenly divided, for as not to be unfair for the both of you.

Also, if your housemate needs some help, you have to help her/him even if it is their task. You should also be considerate when it comes to cleaning.

Be respectful

Respecting one another is a must to have a harmonious living. As a person, you have to be aware of the things and/or the actions that you have done to the person who is living with you. If he/she doesn’t like to be treated that way, then don’t do it.

Giving respect is not just by treating each other, it also applies when you have to borrow things from your housemate. If he or she doesn’t want to let you borrow that particular thing, then respect his or her decision, don’t force. Treat them with respect and they will also treat you back with respect.

Be honest

“Honesty is the best policy.” Indeed. If you are honest with your housemate, and them to you, there will be problems with the communication. When you are guilty of something for doing a thing that one might get mad, then you have to tell them honestly. It is better to tell them personally than letting them know it through the other people.

Being honest can sometimes hurt your ego, but for the sake of living together in the same house, you have to try your best to do what is right.

Avoid conflicts

If you what to live a peaceful and harmonious life with your housemates, as much as possible, try to avoid conflict between you and them. Do not interfere with their personal life when they don’t like to be bothered with it.

Understand and considerate are one of the keywords to avoid conflicts. You definitely don’t want to be in the fight with your housemates. And it is also such a hassle living with hatred, especially living together with that specific person. If you both have some misunderstandings, try to sort things out for as not to make the issue bigger later on.

These are just some tips that you can do to get along with your housemates. It is really up to you on how you control and address the situations.