Lee
Lee
Lee
Sam: Recently, I have encountered a little problem in my life, please give me some advice.
After coming to Canada, I shared a apartment with a my good friend. But because of all kinds
of small problems between me and my friend, our relationship is not good. Before we came to
Canada, although we knew each other, we did not have the experience of living together. First
of all, he doesn't pay much attention to cleanliness in his daily life. When we shared the
bathroom, I often saw he pee splashing on the toilet. He lost a lot of hair when he took a
shower, and then his hair blocked the sink, and he didn't clean it. And he put a lot of
unpacking delivery box in the living room, occupied a lot of public space. After eating the
lunch, food container is not washed and thrown away, but placed on the dining room table.
And the second problem is that our lifestyle are different. I like to go to bed early and get up
early. He likes to go to bed late and get up late. So whenever I am ready to go to bed, his night
life is just beginning. I'm not allowed to hear any noise when I sleep. But sometimes he likes
to use the washing machine to wash clothes when I am sleeping, which makes a lot of noise.
Moreover, when he plays games, he will play with sound and chat with people. The voice is
very loud. And sometimes he went out with his friends at night and came back late at night. I
was already asleep, but the noise he made would wake me up. And sometimes he bring some
of his friends I don't know to our place. At this time, I feel very embarrassed, because my
personality is very shy. And because I am an introvert, I need a independent and closed space
to do some things. But he would invade my space. Sometimes when I was doing something I
wanted to do, he would suddenly come to my room and say, "play a game with me." then if I
turned him down, he would feel unhappy. And sometimes he will over occupy our common
space, and even occupy my space. For example, we shared a refrigerator, and it was stipulated
that part of the area was for me, the other part was for him, and then he occupied the whole
fridge. So I'm not happy to live with him now, so I want to hear your advice.
Lee: Well, actually I have some problem with my Wife, it’s about our apartment are too small.
Sam:
Lee: My problem is around our apartment are too small and our room become messy than
usual. At first, all the place set up nicely and clearly. I forget when it happen, I recognize the
place I usually present my favour model were full of the cosmetics, her cloth were on my
chair and desk, and then I become more lazy to moderately clean our room, now our room are
full of our belongings. At first i think it’s her fault but i also made the part of mistake, I feel
sorry about it and I think it may cause by our small apartment. Do you have any suggestion
for us?
Sam: I also encounter that problems in my life. I suggest that you choose a day. It is a very
relaxed day. There is nothing else to do or consider. After that, you can ask your wife that you
want to have a cleaning of the house. Because in the process of cleaning, you will consciously
put some things in order. For example, when you wipe the table, you have to take away all the
things on the table. You should avoid putting too many things in one place and looking very
messy. And the worst effect of messy is that when you need something, it's easy to miss it.
Therefore, I suggest that you and your wife put some of the commonly used items in a certain
place, and then put them back every time they are used up. Put away the things you don't use
and put the things you often use in a certain place. It will be very easy to find them, and the
things you don't often use should be sorted out. I hope you and your wife can finish the very
heavy cleaning work in a relaxed day. And in the process of cleaning up with your wife, you
can constantly guide your wife to explain to her the current situation of misplacing things in
the house and the bad effects of littering. I hope this suggestion can solve the problem of
misplacing things without harming your relationship with your wife. Of course, you should
also correct the problem of misplacing things, because people have a lazy nature, and will be
affected by the surrounding environment and people. For example, I used to take a shower
every day, and then received the influence of my father, which led me to take a bath every two
or three days. Later, my hair got a lot of oil and began to lose hair, because my father didn't
like to take a bath. Therefore, I hope that after you clean the house, you can try to keep it for a
period of time. I believe your wife will understand the convenience of not leaving things
around.